Plant biotechnology and genetics : principles, techniques, and applications

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stewart, C. Neal (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley , c2008
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Plant agriculture: the impact of biotechnology
  • 2. Mendelian genetics and plant reproduction
  • 3. Plant breeding
  • 4. Plant development and physiology
  • 5. Tissue culture: the manipulation of plant development
  • 6. Molecualr genetics of gene expression
  • 7. Recombinant DNA, vector design, and construction
  • 8. Genes and traits of interest for transgenic plants
  • 9. Marker genes and promoters
  • 10. Transgenic plant production
  • 11. Transgenic plant analysis
  • 12. Regulations and biosafety
  • 13. Field testing of transgenic plants
  • 14. Intellectual property in agricultural biotechnology: strategies for open access
  • 15. Why transgenic plants are so controversial
  • 16. The future of plant biotechnology