Plant biotechnology : current and future applications of genetically modified crops

Other Authors: Halford,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England: Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley, 2006.
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090 0 0 |a TP248.27.P55   |b PLA 2006 
245 1 0 |a Plant biotechnology :   |b current and future applications of genetically modified crops   |c edited by Nigel G. Halford. 
260 0 0 |a Chichester, England:   |b Hoboken, NJ:   |b J. Wiley,   |c 2006. 
300 |a xii, 303p:   |b ill.;   |c 25 cm. 
500 0 0 |a 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 Caįzares, 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 
501 0 0 |a DSCAU 
504 0 0 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
650 0 0 |a Plant biotechnology  
650 0 0 |a Plant breeding  
650 0 0 |a Plant culture  
650 0 0 |a Agricultural science/research --   |x general  
700 1 1 |a Halford,   |h N.G.  
901 |u www.wiley.com