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  • Vexing Nature?

    On the Ethical Case Against Agricultural Biotechnology

    by Gary L. Comstock ...
    Agricultural biotechnology refers to a diverse set of industrial techniques used to produce genetically modified foods. Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods manipulated at the molecular level to enhance their value to farmers and consumers. This book is a collection of essays on the ethical dimensions of ag biotech. The essays were written over a dozen years, beginning in 1988. When I began ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Life Science Ethics

    Edited by Gary L. Comstock ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Does nature have intrinsic value? Should we be doing more to save wilderness and ocean ecosystems? What are our duties to future generations of humans? Do animals have rights? This revised edition of "Life Science Ethics" introduces these questions using narrative case studies on genetically modified foods, use of animals in research, nanotechnology, and global climate change, and then explores ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Molecular Farming in Plants: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

    Edited by Aiming Wang, Shengwu Ma ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    Molecular farming in plants is a relatively young subject of sciences. As plants can offer an inexpensive and convenient platform for the large-scale production of recombinant proteins with various functions, the driven force from the giant market for recombinant protein pharmaceuticals and industrial enzymes makes this subject grow and advance very quickly. To summarize recent advances, current ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Genetic Data Analysis for Plant and Animal Breeding

    by Fikret Isik, James Holland, Christian Maltecca ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book fills the gap between textbooks of quantitative genetic theory, and software manuals that provide details on analytical methods but little context or perspective on which methods may be most appropriate for a particular application. Accordingly this book is composed of two sections. The first section (Chapters 1 to 8) covers topics of classical phenotypic data analysis for prediction of ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Horticultural Nematology

    by N.G. Ravichandra ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The major objective of this book is to highlight the significance of phytonematodes in horticulture. Detailed and latest information on major aspects of phytonematodes associated exclusively with horticultural crops, which is the need of the day, is lacking. Hence, the book has been written mainly with the objective of providing its readers, comprehensive information on the advanced aspects ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Plant Systematics

    by Michael G. Simpson ...
    Plant Systematics, Second Edition, provides the basis for teaching an introduction to the morphology, evolution, and classification of land plants.It presents a foundation of the approach, methods, research goals, evidence, and terminology of plant systematics, along with the most recent knowledge of evolutionary relationships of plants and practical information vital to the field. This updated ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture

    Prospects for the 21st Century

    Edited by Arie Altman, Paul Michael Hasegawa ...
    As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying ... Read more

    $186.29 USD

  • Advances in Plant Biopesticides

    Edited by Dwijendra Singh ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The ‘Advances in Plant Biopesticides’ comprises 19 chapters on different important issues of developing biopesticides from promising botanicals and its phytomolecules based on the research reviews in the area concern. The book is written by reputed scientists and professors of both developed and developing countries namely Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, India, Kenya, Thailand, ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Introduction to Nonparametric Statistics for the Biological Sciences Using R

    by Thomas W. MacFarland, Jan M. Yates ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book contains a rich set of tools for nonparametric analyses, and the purpose of this text is to provide guidance to students and professional researchers on how R is used for nonparametric data analysis in the biological sciences:To introduce when nonparametric approaches to data analysis are appropriateTo introduce the leading nonparametric tests commonly used in biostatistics and how R is ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology: The United States and Canada

    Edited by Chris A. Wozniak, Alan McHughen ...
    Agricultural biotechnology takes many forms and applications, with the number and diversity of products ever increasing. With this rapid development, regulatory authorities have sought to keep pace through regulatory adjustments and advances to ensure the safe and beneficial use of this critical technology. The regulatory systems for the U.S. and Canada are not static and must evolve in order to ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Bacillus thuringiensis Biotechnology

    Edited by Estibaliz Sansinenea ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used as a biopesticide in agriculture, forestry and mosquito control because of its advantages of specific toxicity against target insects, lack of polluting residues and safety to non-target organisms. The insecticidal properties of this bacterium are due to insecticidal proteins produced during sporulation. Despite these ecological benefits, the use of Bt ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • Forgotten Women: The Scientists

    by Zing Tsjeng, Zhi Ying Tsjeng ...
    Series series Forgotten Women
    'To say this series is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, uncles and nephews, too.' - indy100 'Here's to no more forgotten women.' Evening StandardThe women who shaped and were erased from our history.The Forgotten Women series will uncover the lost histories of the.. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD