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" Plant biotechnology : "
edited by Nigel G. Halford
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BL
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629145
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| Title & Author
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Plant biotechnology : : current and future applications of genetically modified crops /\ edited by Nigel G. Halford
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| Publication Statement
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Chichester, England ;Hoboken, NJ :: J. Wiley,, c2006
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xii, 303 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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0470021810
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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The book covers in detail the development, use and regulation of GM crops. Split into three sections, Part 1 introduces GM crops and describes the GM crops that are used commercially. Part 2 looks a new developments and methodologies in areas including potential applications of GM crops for the production of vaccines, enhanced nutritional value of GM food, and engineering resistance to fungal pathogens. Part 3 concludes by considering the key issues of safety and legislation, including allergenicity, environmental impacts, risk assessment and labeling
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Plant biotechnology
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631.5/233
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SB106.B56P582 2006
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SB106.B56P582 2006
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Halford, Nigel G.
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