Genetic and Environmental Manipulation of Horticultural Crops. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Genetic and Environmental Manipulation of Horticultural Crops

Advances in science and technology continue to create opportunities for novel and improved products and systems of production in horticulture. The chapters collected here originated at the first Horticulture Research International conference, held at Wellesbourne in October 1997. Here leading experts address ways to improve horticultural crops through plant breeding, biotechnology, and the manipulation of the physiology and environment of the plant. The chapters include examples which illustrate the progression from scientific breakthrough to practical application for producers and consumers. The book also highlights potential scientific advances which could lead to new commercial applications.

Brian obtained his first degree in Botany and a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology at UCW Aberystwyth. He worked as a Postdoctoral Scientist at Carleton University, Ottawa and the University of Reading before becoming a research scientist at the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute in Littlehampton. He moved to Wellesbourne as part of Horticulture Research International (HRI), where he was Research Director. HRI became part of the University of Warwick in 2004, where Brian is Professor of Crop Development in the School of Life Sciences. His research interests include mechanisms by which plants interact with the environment and the practical consequences of these interactions, vegetable crop improvement, and climate change and crop development. He is currently Senior Editor in the Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology and Senior Editor for both first and second editions of The Encyclopaedia of Applied Plant Sciences