(NAS Colloquium) Plants and Population:

Is There Time?

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Size: 112 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1999

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Front Matter	i-vi
Plants and population: Is there time?	5903-5907	(skim)
World food and agriculture: Outlook for the medium and longer term	5908-5914	(skim)
The growth of demand will limit output growth for food over the next quarter century	5915-5920	(skim)
Global and local implications of biotechnology and climate change for future food supplies	5921-5928	(skim)
World food trends and prospects to 2025	5929-5936	(skim)
Plant genetic resouces: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity?	5937-5943	(skim)
Ecological approaches and the development of truly integrated pest management	5944-5951	(skim)
Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture	5952-5959	(skim)
The transition to agricultural sustainability	5960-5967	(skim)
Biotechnology: Enhancing human nutrition in developing and developed worlds	5968-5972	(skim)
Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming	5973-5977	(skim)
Transgenic plants for tropical regions: Some considerations about their development and their transfer to the small farmer	5978-5981	(skim)
From pre-Hispanic to future conservation alternatives: Lessons from Mexico	5982-5986	(skim)
Gardenification of tropical conserved wildlands: Multitasking, multicropping, multiusers	5987-5994	(skim)
Global environmental impacts of agricultural expansion: The need for sustainable and efficient practices	5995-6000	(skim)
Nitrogen management and the future of food: Lessons from the management of energy and carbon	6001-6008	(skim)

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