عنوان

Plant biotechnology: current and future applications of genetically modified crops

English

Plant biotechnology: current and future applications of genetically modified crops

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ

J. Wiley

c2006

xii, 303 p.: ill.; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

edited by Nigel G. Halford

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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 Caعnizares, 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.

، Plant biotechnology

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