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

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2006.
Description
xii, 303 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 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 Cañizares, 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.
ISBN
0470021810
LCCN
2005024912
OCLC
61448177
International Article Number
  • 9780470021811
RCP
N - S
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