Biological Efficiency of Protein Production

Name: Biological Efficiency of Protein Production
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ISBN: 9780521279406

ISBN-10: 0521279402

ISBN-13: 9780521279406

Edition: 2011

Authors: J. G. W. Jones

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Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 398
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Editor's preface


Foreword




Introduction



The purpose of protein production




The meaning of biological efficiency




Future demand for protein foods




Factors affecting demand for protein products




Economics of protein production




The Biological Efficiency of Protein Production by Plants



Biochemical aspects of the conversion of inorganic nitrogen into plant protein




The potential of cereal grain crops for protein production




Plants as sources of unconventional protein foods




Potential protein production of temperate grasses Th. Alberda; Discussion report




The Biological Efficiency of Protein Production by Animals



Considerations of the efficiency of amino acid and protein metabolism in animals




Possibilities for changing by genetic means the biological efficiency of protein production by whole animals




Factors affecting the efficiency of protein production by populations of animals




The biological efficiency of protein production by animal production enterprises



Discussion report




The Biological Efficiency of Protein Production by Ecosystems



The biological efficiency of protein production by grazing and other land-based systems




The biological efficiency of protein production by stall-fed ruminants




Ecological factors affecting amounts of protein harvested from aquatic ecosystems H. A. Reiger; Discussion report




The Biological Efficiency of Industrial Systems of Protein Production



Conversion of agricultural produce for use as human food




Aspects of protein production by unicellular organisms




Protein production by unicellular organisms from hydrocarbon substrates




Protein production by micro-organisms from carbohydrate substrates



Discussion report



List of participants


Index