Floreat scientia : celebrating New Zealand's agrifood innovation. - 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes index.

Our time / Innovation and the modern economy : an economist's perspective / Agrifood science, technology and education : its role in the development of New Zealand / AndroVax / Anlene : the expert in bone nutrition / Mechanised cheese-making / Bacteriophage : the cheese-maker's worst nightmare / Electrical stimulation of meat / Fertiliser technologies / Fonterra's probiotics / From waste to profit : a marriage of necessity and opportunity / Genetics and animal breeding / Ingenious grazing systems / Innovation in wool / Instant milk powders / Ion exchange : a successful New Zealand saga / The kiwifruit story / The lactose industry / New apple cultivars / New Zealand pharmaceuticals : founded on gall / Not all bull / Novelty cereal grains / Novel milk proteins / Protein quality / The rise of the vacreator : a boon for the dairy industry / The rumen / Ryegrass and clover varieties / Spreadable butter / Spring fever / Zinc bullets and facial eczema / Securing New Zealand's agricultural future / Precision agriculture / Animal genomics / Genetically engineered plants / Functional foods / Nutrigenomics / Gastronomic engineering : where science meets food / Food nanotechnology / Food of the future / Creating the food of the future / Paul J. Moughan -- Philip Stevens -- Russell Ballard -- Ken McNatty -- Linda Schollum -- Peter S. Robertson -- Howard Heap -- Carrick Devine -- Bert Quin -- Pramod Gopal -- Ken Kirkpatrick, Kevin Marshall, David Woodhams -- Hugh Blair -- John Scott -- Garth Carnaby -- Alan J. Baldwin -- John Ayers -- Ross Ferguson -- Richard Archer -- Vincent Bus -- Richard Earle -- Pat Shannon -- John Baker -- Don Wright -- Harjinder Singh -- Paul J. Moughan -- David Gardiner -- Marcus Ulyatt -- John Caradus, Deric Charlton -- Syd Easton -- Robert Norris, David Illingworth -- Jock Macmillan -- Jack Parle -- Alison Stewart, David Teulon -- Ian Yule -- Jimmy Suttie, John McEwan, Ramakrishnan Vishwanath -- Tony Conner -- Paul J. Moughan -- Lynnette R. Ferguson -- Matt Golding -- Mita Lad -- Mike Boland -- Mark Ward. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. No-tillage seeding / 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Ryegrass endophyte : uncovering a hidden player / 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43.

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