| Chapter 1. Human Population
Growth: Lessons from Demography |
| Dr. David Sadava |
| The Claremont Colleges |
| Chapter 2. Agricultural
R&D, Productivity and Global Food Prospects |
| Dr. Brian Wright |
| University of California,
Berkeley |
| Chapter 3. Development,
Productivity and Sustainability of Crop Production |
| Dr. Maarten Chrispeels |
| University of California, San Diego |
| Dr. David Sadava |
| The Claremont Colleges |
| Chapter 4. Food Security:
Why Do Hunger and Malnutrition Persist in a World of Plenty? |
| Dr. Marc Cohen |
| International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Chapter 5. Developing
Food Production Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Dr. Jesse Machuka |
| International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) |
| Chapter
6. The Molecular Basis of Genetic Modification and Improvement of Crops |
| Dr. T. Erik Mirkov |
| The Texas A&M University Agricultural Experiment Station |
| Chapter 7. Plants in Human
Nutrition and Animal Feed |
| Dr. T. J. Higgins |
| CSIRO Division of Plant Industry |
| Dr. Maarten Chrispeels |
| University of California, San Diego |
| Chapter
8. The Genetic Basis of Growth and Development |
| Dr. Maarten Chrispeels |
| University of California, San Diego |
| Chapter 9. Seeds: Biology,
Technology and Role in Agriculture |
| Dr. Kent J. Bradford |
| University of California, Davis |
| Dr. Derek Bewley |
| University of Guelph |
| Chapter
10. Converting Solar Energy into Crop Production |
| Dr. Don Ort |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Dr. Stephen P. Long |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Chapter 11. Plant Nutrition
and Crop Improvement in Adverse Soil Conditions |
| Dr. Idupulapati M. Rao |
| International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) |
| Dr. Grant Cramer |
| University of Nevada, Reno |
| Chapter 12. Life Together
in the Underground |
| Dr. Maarten Chrispeels |
| University of California, San Diego |
| Chapter 13. Ten Thousand
Years of Crop Evolution |
| Dr. Paul Gepts |
| University of California, Davis |
| Chapter
14. From Classical Plant Breeding to Modern Crop Improvement |
| Dr. Todd Pfeiffer |
| University of Kentucky |
| Chapter 15. Crop Diseases
and Strategies for Their Control |
| Dr. Andrew Bent |
| University of WisconsinÐMadison |
| Chapter
16. Strategies for Controlling Insect, Mite and Nematode Pests |
| Dr. John Benedict |
| Professor Emeritus |
| Texas A&M University |
| Chapter 17. Weeds and
Weed Control Strategies |
| Dr. Patrick Tranel |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Chapter
18. Toward a Greener Agriculture |
| Dr. Jonathan Shaver |
| Oklahoma State University |
| Chapter 19. Plants as
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Factories |
| Dr. John Ohlrogge |
| Michigan State University |
| Dr. Maarten Chrispeels |
| University of California, San Diego |
| Chapter
20. Urban Myths and Real Concerns About Genetically Modified (GM) Crops
|
| Dr. C. Neal Stewart, Jr. |
| University of Tennessee |
| Sarah K. Wheaton |
| University of Rhode Island |
