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Plant Breeding : Past, Present and Future by John E. Bradshaw (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book aims to help plant breeders by reviewing past achievements, currently successful practices, and emerging methods and techniques. Theoretical considerations are also presented to strike the right balance between being as simple as possible but as complex as necessary. The United Nations predicts that the global human population will continue rising to 9.0 billion by 2050. World food production will need to increase between 70-100 per cent in just 40 years. First generation bio-fuels are also using crops and cropland to produce energy rather than food. In addition, land area used for agriculture may remain static or even decrease as a result of degradation and climate change, despite more land being theoretically available, unless crops can be bred which tolerate associated abiotic stresses. Lastly, it is unlikely that steps can be taken to mitigate all of the climate change predicted to occur by 2050, and beyond, and hence adaptation of farming systems and crop production will be required to reduce predicted negative effects on yields that will occur without crop adaptation. Substantial progress will therefore be required in bridging the yield gap between what is currently

Who reads Plant Breeding : Past, Present and Future?

Author

John E. Bradshaw (auth.)

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9783319232850

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Technology, Agriculture