The role of biotechnology for agricultural sustainability in Africa

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1492, 2008, Pages 905-913

  Thomson, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Drought; Genetically modified crops; Insects; Viruses; Weeds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COTTON; CROPPING PRACTICE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MAIZE; PEST RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MAIZE STREAK VIRUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; STRIGA; ZEA MAYS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; FORECASTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 40949157914     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2191     Document Type: Review

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