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crops for the future

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Introduction lecture
Genetic improvements in agricultu...,
Plant domestication followed the ...,
Plants were domesticated in paral...
19  cards
7.10 lecture 1: crops from the past are our crops for the future
Key points in relation to maize d...,
Maize was domesticated in the sou...,
Maize arose from a single domesti...
23  cards
4.11 lecture 2: wood from the trees
Photosynthesis captures light ene...,
Photosynthesis combines carbon fi...,
Cellulose is the most abundant bi...
27  cards
11.11: Lecture 3: Snip Snip
Domestication has created divergi...,
Developmental biology 2,
Brassicas are not particularly ho...
18  cards
Lecture 4: Recent rapid domestications
Kiwifruit actinidia chinensis 1,
Quinoa 2,
Orphan crops an urgency for impro...
3  cards
Lecture 5a: Abiotic stress: drought
The need for increased yield 1,
Abiotic factors are the biggest u...,
The earth s surface is 75 water b...
36  cards
Lecture 5b: Abiotic stress: salt stress
Defining salinisation and salinity 1,
Global distribution of saline soi...,
Causes of salination 3
33  cards
Lecture 6a: Abiotic stress: heat stress
Key points from previous lectures 1,
Questions and key issues 2,
Temperature increase is sustained...
29  cards
Lecture 6b: Abiotic stress: cold and freezing
Low temperature stress tolerance 1,
How big a problem is freezing 2,
The problems caused by freezing s...
34  cards
Lecture 7a: Plant immunity part 1
Why study plant immunity 1,
Potato blight 2,
Differences between animal and pl...
31  cards
Lecture 7b: Plant immunity part 2
Disease triangle in depth 1,
Example of a disease cycle life c...,
Gaussian plume model gpm 3
18  cards
7c: Plant immunity part 3
Defence mechanisms of plants to ward of pathogens
18  cards
Lecture 8: Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin
– why is it such a good insecticide for biotechnological applications?
42  cards
Lecture 9: Sources and Genetics of Crop Quality Traits    
Importance utility of crops and p...,
Careers in plant biology 2,
Lecture content 3
29  cards
Lecture 10: Tools and Approaches for Crop Nutritional Improvement
Spontaneous mutations 1,
Induced mutations mutagens 2,
Induced mutation process 3
50  cards
Lecture 11: Sustainable phytochemical engineering biology
Lecture outline 1,
Key milestones in humans explorat...,
Phytochemical example arugula roc...
61  cards

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