Famine plant

Lathyrus sativus (chickling pea) (Fabaceae) a so-called famine plant consumed in India in the absence of other sustenance but with potential neurotoxic effects... 

When the potato was first introoluced into Europe, it was believed to cause diseases and to be toxic. In fact, there are toxins in the potato plant, but only in its leaves and flowers-not in the tuber. Potatoes became a dietary staple in Europe sometime during the eighteenth century. Its hardiness (it grows at high elevations in the Andes in a cold climate) helped to establish the potato as a crop that would help prevent famine. 

The intention of this law, which had a long colonial history, was to force the peasantry into planting crops that did well under arid conditions, thus lowering the government s food relief expenditures during times of famine. 

Although famine in the world nowadays is originated by complex problems and not only by an insufflcient production of food, there is no doubt that the gains in food production provided by the Green Revolution have reached their ceiling, while the world population continues to rise. Therefore, increasing the yield of crop plants in normal soils and in less-productive lands - includ-... 

Apply to over 90% of PHA containing cells Employ a feast and famine selection process to find a robust PHA production strain The use of robust PHA production strains, better imder a nonsterUization condition The manipulation of the N-terminus of PHA synthase The development of low-cost technology for production of low-cost PHA biofuels or fuel additives Plant molecular biology... 

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