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1010327
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Colloquium on Plants and Population: Is There Time?(1998 :, Irvine, Calif.)
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Colloquium on Plants and Population : : Is There Time? /\ [edited by Joel E. Cohen and Nina V. Federoff].
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Washington, D.C. :: National Academy of Sciences,, 1999.
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1 online resource (v, pages 5903-6008) :: illustrations (some color)
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0309064279
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: 0309569303
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: 9780309064279
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: 9780309569309
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0309064279
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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COLLOQUIUM ON PLANTS AND POPULATION: IS THERE TIME? -- Plants and Population: is there time? -- Contents -- Plants and population: Is there time? -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION AND PROSPECT: THE CHALLENGE -- COLLOQUIUM GOALS AND STRUCTURE -- INSIGHTS FROM THE COLLOQUIUM -- CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE -- World food and agriculture: Outlook for the medium and longer term -- KEY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS -- WORLD PRODUCTION AND FOOD INSECURITY: AN UNCERTAIN LINK. -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- CONCLUSIONS
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INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND HOST PLANT RESISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTSECOLOGY OF HOST�PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AND MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL -- CONCLUSIONS -- Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture -- THE NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION -- INTENSIFICATION IN FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTS -- YIELD POTENTIAL -- SOIL QUALITY -- PRECISION AGRICULTURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- The transition to agricultural sustainability -- SUSTAINABILITY SCENARIOS
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Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity?THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (CGIAR) IN PRESERVING GENETIC RESOURCES -- CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHEAT GENETIC RESOURCES -- USE OF GENETIC RESOURCES IN MAIZE IMPROVEMENT -- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ISSUES RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES -- MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES -- GENETIC RESOURCES: WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS? -- Ecological approaches and the development of “truly integrated� pest management
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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS CRESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS -- Biotechnology: Enhancing human nutrition in developing and developed worlds -- AGRONOMIC TRAITS -- DIFFERENTIATED CROPS -- PLANTS AS FACTORIES -- Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming -- CONCLUSIONS -- Transgenic plants for tropical regions: Some considerations about their development and their transfer to the small farmer -- From pre-Hispanic to future conservation alternatives: Lessons from Mexico
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The growth of demand will limit output growth for food over the next quarter centuryGlobal and local implications of biotechnology and climate change for future food supplies -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE IFPRI�IMPACT MODEL -- III. SPECIFYING THE NONPRICE SUPPLY (AREA AND YIELD) TERMS -- IV. POLICY SCENARIOS -- V. POLICY SIMULATIONS -- VI. POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX: THE IFPRI�IMPACT MODEL BASE CASE -- World food trends and prospects to 2025 -- CEREAL PRODUCTION TRENDS -- THE FUTURE: CEREAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY -- CONCLUSION
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Agriculture, Congresses.
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Biodiversity conservation, Congresses.
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Food supply, Congresses.
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Agriculture.
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Biodiversity conservation.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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Food supply.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.8
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S401.C47 1998eb
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Cohen, Joel E.
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Fedoroff, Nina V., (Nina Vsevolod),1942-
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