Product Description: Advances in molecular and cell biology have led to the development of a whole range of techniques for manipulating genomes, collectively termed biotechnology. Although much of the focus in the plant sciences has been on the direct manipulation of plant genomes, biotechnology has also catalyzed a renewed emphasis on the importance of biological and genetic diversity and its conservation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: We live in critical times for the world's diversity of plants and animals. It is universally agreed that a catastrophic loss of biological diversity is occurring at the moment, with species, and equally importantly, genes being lost forever...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: There is a serious concern regarding the impact climatic changes will have on biological diversity of species—which may result in impoverishment of the genetic resources of crop plants and their wild relatives upon which human survival depends...read more