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Almost all the books that have been published on plant hunting
focus on the so-called 'golden age' that ended with the death of
Frank Kingdon Ward in 1958. One might be forgiven for thinking that
plant hunting itself came to an end in 1958. On the contrary, there
have been more new plant introductions in the past thirty years
than ever before. This book tells the stories of the modern-day
plant hunters - such pioneering adventurers as Mikinori Ogisu, Dan
Hinkley, Roy Lancaster, Ed de Vogel, Lin Yu-Lin, Michael Wickenden
and Claire Scobie. The author also examines the search for
medicinal plants and the work of scientific institutions, both of
which have been largely ignored, and considers such developments as
the effect of habitat destruction on plant loss and plant
diversity.
The food supply chain needs to reassure consumers and businesses
about the safety and standards of food. Global estimates of the
cost of food fraud to economies run into billions of dollars hence
a huge surge in interest in food authenticity and means of
detecting and preventing food fraud and food crime. Approaches
targeting DNA markers have assumed a pre-eminence. This book is the
most comprehensive and timely collection of material from those
working at the forefront of DNA techniques applied to food
authenticity. Addressing the new field of analytical molecular
biology as it combines the quality assurance rigour of analytical
chemistry with DNA techniques, it introduces the science behind DNA
as a target analyte, its extraction, amplification, detection and
quantitation as applied to the detection of food fraud and food
crime. Making the link with traditional forensic DNA profiling and
describing emerging and cutting-edge techniques such as next
generation sequencing, this book presents real-world case studies
from a wide perspective including from analytical service
providers, industry, enforcement agencies and academics. It will
appeal to food testing laboratories worldwide, who are just
starting to use these techniques and students of molecular biology,
food science and food integrity. Food policy professionals and
regulatory organisations who will be using these techniques to back
up legislation and regulation will find the text invaluable. Those
in the food industry in regulatory and technical roles will want to
have this book on their desks.
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