{"product_id":"genetic-glass-ceilings-jonathan-gressel-9780801887192","title":"Genetic Glass Ceilings: Transgenics for Crop Biodiversity","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the world's population rises to an expected ten billion in the next few generations, the challenges of feeding humanity and maintaining an ecological balance will dramatically increase. Today we rely on just four crops for 80 percent of all consumed calories: wheat, rice, corn, and soybeans. Indeed, reliance on these four crops may also mean we are one global plant disease outbreak away from major famine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revolutionary and controversial book, Jonathan Gressel argues that alternative plant crops lack the genetic diversity necessary for wider domestication and that even the Big Four have reached a \"genetic glass ceiling\" no matter how much they are bred, there is simply not enough genetic diversity available to significantly improve their agricultural value. Gressel points the way through the glass ceiling by advocating transgenics--a technique where genes from one species are transferred to another. He maintains that with simple safeguards the technique is a safe solution to the genetic glass ceiling conundrum. Analyzing alternative crops--including palm oil, papaya, buckwheat, tef, and sorghum--Gressel demonstrates how gene manipulation could enhance their potential for widespread domestication and reduce our dependency on the Big Four. He also describes a number of ecological benefits that could be derived with the aid of transgenics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling synthesis of ideas from agronomy, medicine, breeding, physiology, population genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology, \u003cem\u003eGenetic Glass Ceilings\u003c\/em\u003e presents transgenics as an inevitable and desperately necessary approach to securing and diversifying the world's food supply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Gressel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801887194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801887192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 6.48w x 1.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2008 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 132","brand":"Jonathan Gressel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119515169023,"sku":"9780801887192","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6cad0f35-54f8-4b11-b380-a9de66f901a0.jpg?v=1687409747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/genetic-glass-ceilings-jonathan-gressel-9780801887192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}