The Outlook for Protein Engineering in Crop Improvement From: Plant Physiology | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: Rao, A Gururaj | Copyright American Society of Plant Biologists May 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

In the early 1800s the population of the world was estimated to be around 1 billion. It grew to 2 billion in the 1920s and to 6 billion at the close of the last millennium. We are currently adding approximately 80 million more per year and, at this rate, the global population will increase from the current 6 billion to >10 billion people by the mid-2020s (Pimentel and Pimentel, 2000). Simultaneous decline of arable agricultural land will challenge our ability to meet increasing demands for...

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