02004pamaa2200229 4500 0000044796 20121210090000.0 090122 eng 0470021810 TP248.27.P55 PLA 2006 Plant biotechnology : current and future applications of genetically modified crops edited by Nigel G. Halford. Chichester, England: Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley, 2006. xii, 303p: ill.; 25 cm. 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 DSCAU Includes bibliographical references and index Plant biotechnology Plant breeding Plant culture Agricultural science/research -- general Halford, N.G. www.wiley.com