The Biological Efficiency of Protein Production

This 1973 volume reports the proceedings of a 1971 symposium considering the relative biological efficiency of alternative methods of protein production by plants and animals.

J. G. W. Jones (Edited by)

9780521279406, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 9 June 2011

398 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.58 kg

This 1973 volume reports the proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Reading in 1971. The main purpose of the symposium was to consider the relative biological efficiency of alternative methods of protein production by both plants and animals, at the level of tissue, the individual and the population, in a variety of environments. Although the main contributions deal with an agricultural framework, emphasis is placed on understanding the underlying biological processes. Introductory sections highlight the wide scope of the subject, the reasons for concern about protein production and the meanings that should be attached to the term biological efficiency. To provide further background to the discussions, economic and social aspects of protein production are considered. Since the primary intention was to achieve a synthesis of all the contributions, the book also contains the reports of discussion leaders who were invited to the guide.

Editor's preface
Foreword C. R. W. Spedding
Part I. Introduction: 1. The purpose of protein production K. L. Blaxter
2. The meaning of biological efficiency C. R. W. Spedding
3. Future demand for protein foods A. A. Woodham
4. Factors affecting demand for protein products J. C. McKenzie
5. Economics of protein production K. E. Hunt
Part II. The Biological Efficiency of Protein Production by Plants: 6. Biochemical aspects of the conversion of inorganic nitrogen into plant protein A. J. Keys
7. The potential of cereal grain crops for protein production R. N. H. Whitehouse
8. Plants as sources of unconventional protein foods N. W. Pirie
9. Potential protein production of temperate grasses Th. Alberda
Discussion report J. P. Cooper and P. F. Wareing
Part III. The Biological Efficiency of Protein Production by Animals: 10. Considerations of the efficiency of amino acid and protein metabolism in animals P. J. Buttery and E. F. Annison
11. Possibilities for changing by genetic means the biological efficiency of protein production by whole animals J. C. Bowman
12. Factors affecting the efficiency of protein production by populations of animals R. V. Large
13. The biological efficiency of protein production by animal production enterprises P. N. Wilson
Discussion report V. R. Fowler and C. C. Balch
Part IV. The Biological Efficiency of Protein Production by Ecosystems: 14. The biological efficiency of protein production by grazing and other land-based systems J. Phillipson
15. The biological efficiency of protein production by stall-fed ruminants IT. Homb and D. C. Joshi
16. Ecological factors affecting amounts of protein harvested from aquatic ecosystems H. A. Reiger
Discussion report G. Williams and P. A. Jewell
Part V. The Biological Efficiency of Industrial Systems of Protein Production: 17. Conversion of agricultural produce for use as human food F. Aylward and B. J. F. Hudson
18. Aspects of protein production by unicellular organisms M. T. Heydeman
19. Protein production by unicellular organisms from hydrocarbon substrates T. Walker
20. Protein production by micro-organisms from carbohydrate substrates J. T. Worgan
Discussion report E. J. Rolfe and A. Spicer
List of participants
Index.

Subject Areas: Agriculture & farming [TV]