COLLOQUIUM ON PLANTS AND POPULATION: IS THERE TIME? -- Plants and Population: is there time? -- Contents -- Plants and population: Is there time? -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION AND PROSPECT: THE CHALLENGE -- COLLOQUIUM GOALS AND STRUCTURE -- INSIGHTS FROM THE COLLOQUIUM -- CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE -- World food and agriculture: Outlook for the medium and longer term -- KEY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS -- WORLD PRODUCTION AND FOOD INSECURITY: AN UNCERTAIN LINK. -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- CONCLUSIONS
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INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND HOST PLANT RESISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTSECOLOGY OF HOST�PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AND MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL -- CONCLUSIONS -- Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture -- THE NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION -- INTENSIFICATION IN FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTS -- YIELD POTENTIAL -- SOIL QUALITY -- PRECISION AGRICULTURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- The transition to agricultural sustainability -- SUSTAINABILITY SCENARIOS
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Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity?THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (CGIAR) IN PRESERVING GENETIC RESOURCES -- CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHEAT GENETIC RESOURCES -- USE OF GENETIC RESOURCES IN MAIZE IMPROVEMENT -- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ISSUES RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES -- MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES -- GENETIC RESOURCES: WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS? -- Ecological approaches and the development of “truly integrated� pest management
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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS CRESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS -- Biotechnology: Enhancing human nutrition in developing and developed worlds -- AGRONOMIC TRAITS -- DIFFERENTIATED CROPS -- PLANTS AS FACTORIES -- Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming -- CONCLUSIONS -- Transgenic plants for tropical regions: Some considerations about their development and their transfer to the small farmer -- From pre-Hispanic to future conservation alternatives: Lessons from Mexico
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The growth of demand will limit output growth for food over the next quarter centuryGlobal and local implications of biotechnology and climate change for future food supplies -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE IFPRI�IMPACT MODEL -- III. SPECIFYING THE NONPRICE SUPPLY (AREA AND YIELD) TERMS -- IV. POLICY SCENARIOS -- V. POLICY SIMULATIONS -- VI. POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX: THE IFPRI�IMPACT MODEL BASE CASE -- World food trends and prospects to 2025 -- CEREAL PRODUCTION TRENDS -- THE FUTURE: CEREAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY -- CONCLUSION
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Title
Colloquium on Plants and Population.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Agriculture, Congresses.
Biodiversity conservation, Congresses.
Food supply, Congresses.
Agriculture.
Biodiversity conservation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
Food supply.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
E100
BUS-- 032000
SOC-- 000000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
363
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8
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
S401
Book number
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C47
1998eb
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Cohen, Joel E.
Fedoroff, Nina V., (Nina Vsevolod),1942-
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Colloquium on Plants and Population: Is There Time?(1998 :, Irvine, Calif.)