Global yields of legumes have been relatively stagnant for the last five decades, despite the adoption of conventional and molecular breeding approaches.
This book presents the latest advances in and current research perspectives on the field of urban/industrial solid waste recycling for bio-energy and bio-fuel recovery.
With exponentially increasing population across the globe and shrinking resources, the concern of food security is looming large over the world community.
ALREDEDOR de los diferentes modelos planteados para conseguir una articulación entre las exigencias de las normas que versan sobre la seguridad y salud en el trabajo, han aparecido propuestas diversas que tratan de armonizar iniciativas de actividades y planes de salud con el entorno organizacional, que, si bien son el resultado de condiciones y formas de ver el proceso productivo en distintas empresas, no podría dejarse de lado la realidad, que en el afán de producir bienes o servicios, hace que las organizaciones incurran en reiteradas exposiciones laborales en detrimento de la salud e integridad de sus trabajadores, quienes solo tienen su fuerza de trabajo para garantizar su subsistencia, quedando a merced de situaciones de riesgos que requieren ser manejados de manera sistemática para evitar accidentes de trabajo o enfermedades laborales.
Hasta hace muy poco tiempo la genética cuantitativa y el mejoramiento animal se consideraban como un pilar de la zootecnia con nula o muy poca aplicación a nivel de explotaciones en Colombia.
Functional foods, also known as nutraceuticals, began to gain prominence in the 1980s in Japan as "e;foods for specified health use"e; and became more widely recognized in the 1990s as research and interest in foods that could provide specific health benefits beyond essential nutrition grew worldwide.
"El libro Programas de Monitoreo del Medio Marino Costero: Diseños Experimentales, Muestreos, Métodos de Análisis y Estadística Asociada es el primero de su género en el país.
The monograph discusses models of synthetic protocells, which are cell-like structures obtained from non-living matter endowed with some rudimentary kind of metabolism and genetics, but much simpler than biological cells.
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of enzyme engineering, from fundamental principles through to the state-of-the-art in research and industrial applications.
Overall, this work identifies key points to be taken into account when drawing up guidelines that govern the use of herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops in order to preserve the effectiveness of this innovation over time.
This book presents a historical and ethnographic study of changing mangrove management in northern Vietnam over the past 100 years, grounded in a case study in the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam.
This volume is based on a multidisciplinary approach towards biological and chemical threats that can, and have been previously used in bioterrorism attacks around the globe.
Taking up a social constructionist position, this book illustrates the social and cultural construction of autism as made visible in everyday, educational, institutional and historical discourses, alongside a careful consideration of the bodily and material realities of embodied differences.
Recent progress in biotechnology and genomics has expanded the plant breeders' horizon providing a molecular platform on the traditional plant breeding, which is now known as 'plant molecular breeding'.
This important 2-volume reference book is the first comprehensive resource reflecting the current global status and prospects of date palm cultivation by country.
Conversion of biomass into chemicals and biofuels is an active research and development area as trends move to replace traditional fossil fuels with renewable resources.
Conversion of biomass into chemicals and biofuels is an active research and development area as trends move to replace traditional fossil fuels with renewable resources.
This textbook has been conceptualized to provide a detailed description of the various aspects of Systems and Synthetic Biology, keeping the requirements of M.
The contributed volume addresses a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, biotechnology, synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry and materials chemistry.
Synthetic Biology (SB) is a revolutionary discipline with a vast range of practical applications, but is SB research really based on engineering principles?
This book addresses the methodological issues involved in responsible innovation and provides an overview of recent applications of multidisciplinary research.
The "e;bioelectronic nose"e;, the device which has a similar function to the human smell sensing system, can be realized by combining the olfactory cells or receptors with nanotechnology.
The central theme of this book "e;Microbial BioEnergy: Hydrogen Production"e; is focused on the biological machinery that microorganisms use to produce hydrogen gas.
Stem cells have the ability to differentiate into all types of cells within the body, thus have great therapeutic potential for regenerative medicine to treat complicated disorders, like Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury.
The book describes in detail the authors' current understanding of the models that incorporate the concepts andtechniques of synthetic chemistry, chemical engineering, synthetic biology andbioengineering.
While focusing on various interactions between trait genes/QTL and dynamic expressions of conditional QTL genes, this book also discusses aspects of molecular marker-assisted breeding, and applications of molecular markers associated with yield, quality, physiology and disease resistance in wheat.
The book mainly describes the QTL mappings and efficacy analyses that are associated with wheat productivity, quality, physiology and various stress resistances and provides summaries of results from studies conducted both at home and abroad.
This book provides state-of-the-art reviews, current research and prospects of producing hydrogen using bio, thermal and electrochemical methods and covers hydrogen separation, storage and applications.
This book provides a comprehensive review of the properties of various stem cell types, the mechanisms of their behaviors and their potential clinical application.
The Sixth International Congress on Photosynthesis took place from 1 to 6 August 1983, on the Campus of the "e;Vrije Universiteit Brussel"e;, in Brussels, Belgium.
The Sixth International Congress on Photosynthesis took place from 1 to 6 August 1983, on the Campus of the "e;Vrije Universiteit Brussel"e;, in Brussels, Belgium.
The 10th IAPTC&B Congress, Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond, was held June 23-28, 2002, at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, in Orlando, Florida, USA.
