Genetic modification of plants
Subtitle: agriculture, horticulture and forestry
By: Frank Kempken, Christian Jung, editors
Series: Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry -- v. 64; Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry -- 64.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 675
ISBN-13: 9783642023903
Subjects: Plant genetic engineering
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. A. Generation and analysis of transgenic plants. Plant nuclear transformation / John J. Finer; title: Plastid transformation / Heribert Warzecha and Anna Hennig; title: Concepts of marker genes for plants / Josef Kraus; title: Precise breeding through all-native DNA transformation / Caius M. Rommens; title: Gene silencing in plants: transgenes as targets and effectors / Andreas E. Müller; title: Breeding with genetically modified plants / Christian Jung; title: Detection of genetically modified plants in seeds, food and feed / Lutz Grohmann; title: pt. B. Selected characters of transgenic plants and their application in plant production. Drought stress tolerance / Dorothea Bartels and Jonathan Phillips; title: Herbicide resistance / Micheal D.K. Owen; title: Insect and nematode resistance / Tim Thurau, Wanzhi Ye, and Daguang Cai; title: Metabolic engineering / Lars M. Voll and Frederik Börnke; title: Pharmaceuticals / Andreas Schiermeyer and Stefan Schillberg; title: Biopolymers / Maja Hühns and Inge Broer; title: Engineered male sterility / Frank Kempken; title: pt. C. Transgenic plants in breeding and crop production. Cotton / Keerti S. Rathore; title: Triticeae cereals / Jochen Kumlehn ... [et al.]; title: Fruit crops / Magda-Viola Hanke and Henryk Flachowsky; title: Maize / David D. Songstad; title: Ornamentals / Thomas Debener and Traud Winkelman; title: Potato / Jens Lübeck; title: Rapeseed/canola / Christian Möllers; title: Rice / Hao Chen, Yongjun Lin, and Qifa Zhang; title: Sugarcane / Fredy Altpeter and Hesham Oraby; title: Soybean / Jack M. Widholm ... [et al.]; title: Vegetables / Evelyn Klocke, Thomas Nothnagel, and Günter Schumann; title: pt. D. Risk assessment and economic applications. Regulatory oversight and safety assessment of plants with novel traits / Yann Devos, Karine Lheureux, and Joachim Schiemann; title: Environmental impact of genetically modified maize expressing cry1 proteins / Detlef Bartsch ... [et al.]; title: Benefits of transgenic plants: a socioeconomic perspective / Matin Qaim and Arjunan Subramanian; title: Risk assessment and economic applications - the cartagena protocol on biosafety: GMO approval and import on a world-wide scale / Joachim Bendiek and Hans-Jörg Buhk; title: Public perceptions of modern biotechnology and the necessity to improve communication / Roger J. Busch.