Agricultural biotechnology strategies for national competitiveness
Biotechnology offers tremendous potential for improving crop production, animal agriculture, and bioprocessing. It can provide scientists with new ways to develop higher-yielding and more nutritious crop varieties, to improve resistance to disease, or to reduce the need for inputs of fertilizers and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C.
National Academy Press
1987, 1987
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Biotechnology offers tremendous potential for improving crop production, animal agriculture, and bioprocessing. It can provide scientists with new ways to develop higher-yielding and more nutritious crop varieties, to improve resistance to disease, or to reduce the need for inputs of fertilizers and other expensive agricultural chemicals. This book explores the United States' ability to solve important agricultural problems, effectively use funds and institutional structures to support biotechnology research for agriculture, train researchers in new scientific areas, efficiently transfer technology, and regulate and test recombinant DNA organisms in the field |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page |
| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (xvi, 205 pages) illustrations |
| ISBN: | 030903745X 9780309037457 |