Plant Biotechnology: Current and Future Applications of Genetically Modified Crops
Editor: Nigel Halford (Crop Performance and Improvement, Rothamsted Research, UK)
ISBN: 978-0-470-02181-1
316 pages
January 2006
US $169.00
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Contents
PART I THE CURRENT SITUATION
1.1 From Primitive Selection to Genetic Modifcation,Ten Thousand Years of Plant Breeding Nigel G. Halford
1.2 Crop Biotechnology in the United States: Experiences and Impacts Sujatha Sankula
1.3 Development of Biotech Crops in China Qingzhong Xue, Yuhua Zhang and Xianyin Zhang
PART II NEW DEVELOPMENTS
2.1 Advances in Transformation Technologies Huw D. Jones
2.2 Enhanced Nutritional Value of Food Crops Dietrich Rein and Karin Herbers
2.3 The Production of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Transgenic Plants Louise V. Michaelson, Frederic Beaudoin, Olga Sayanova
and Johnathan A. Napier
2.4 The Application of Genetic Engineering to the Improvement of Cereal Grain Quality Peter R. Shewry
2.5 Improvements in Starch Quality Michael M. Burrell
2.6 Production of Vaccines in GM Plants Liz Nicholson, M. Carmen Canizares and George P. Lomonossoff
2.7 Prospects for Using Genetic Modi?cation to Engineer Drought Tolerance in Crops S.G. Mundree, R. Iyer, B. Baker, N. Conrad, E.J. Davis, K. Govender, A.T. Maredza and J.A. Thomson
2.8 Salt Tolerance Eduardo Blumwald and Anil Grover
2.9 Engineering Fungal Resistance in Crops Maarten Stuiver
PART III SAFETY AND REGULATION
3.1 Plant Food Allergens E.N. Clare Mills, John A. Jenkins and Peter R. Shewry
3.2 Environmental Impact and Gene Flow P.J.W. Lutman and K. Berry
3.3 Risk Assessment, Regulation and Labeling Nigel G. Halford
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