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Plant biotechnology : current and future applications of genetically modified crops / edited by Nigel G. Halford.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Chichester, England : J. Wiley, c2006.Description: xii, 303 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0470021810 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 631.5233 PLA
Contents:
List of contributors. - Preface. - Part I: The current situation. - From primitive selection to genetic modification, ten thousand years of plant breeding / Nigel G. Halford. - Crop biotechnology in the United States : experiences and impacts / Sujatha Sankula. - Development of biotech crops in China / Qingzhong Xue, Yuhua Zhang, and Xianyin Zhang. - Advances in transformation technologies / Huw D. Jones. - Enhanced nutritional value of food crops / Dietrich Rein and Karin Herbers. - The production of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic plants / Louise V. Michaelson ... [et al.]. - The application of genetic engineering to the improvement of cereal grain quality / Peter R. Shewry. - Improvements in starch quality / Michael M. Burrell. - Production of vaccines in GM plants / Liz Nicholson, M. Carmen Canizares, and George P. Lomonossoff. - Prospects for using genetic modification to engineer drought tolerance in crops / S.G. Mundree ... [et al.]. - Salt tolerance / Eduardo Blumwald and Anil Grover. - Engineering fungal resistance in crops / Maarten Stuiver. - Plant food allergens / E.N. Clare Mills, John A. Jenkins, and Peter R. Shewry. - Environmental impact and gene-flow / P.J.W. Lutman and K. Berry. - Risk assessment, regulation, and labeling / Nigel G. Halford. - Index.
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List of contributors. - Preface. - Part I: The current situation. - From primitive selection to genetic modification, ten thousand years of plant breeding / Nigel G. Halford. - Crop biotechnology in the United States : experiences and impacts / Sujatha Sankula. - Development of biotech crops in China / Qingzhong Xue, Yuhua Zhang, and Xianyin Zhang. - Advances in transformation technologies / Huw D. Jones. - Enhanced nutritional value of food crops / Dietrich Rein and Karin Herbers. - The production of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic plants / Louise V. Michaelson ... [et al.]. - The application of genetic engineering to the improvement of cereal grain quality / Peter R. Shewry. - Improvements in starch quality / Michael M. Burrell. - Production of vaccines in GM plants / Liz Nicholson, M. Carmen Canizares, and George P. Lomonossoff. - Prospects for using genetic modification to engineer drought tolerance in crops / S.G. Mundree ... [et al.]. - Salt tolerance / Eduardo Blumwald and Anil Grover. - Engineering fungal resistance in crops / Maarten Stuiver. - Plant food allergens / E.N. Clare Mills, John A. Jenkins, and Peter R. Shewry. - Environmental impact and gene-flow / P.J.W. Lutman and K. Berry. - Risk assessment, regulation, and labeling / Nigel G. Halford. - Index.