Genetic Modification of Plants

Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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In addition, the book looks at a wide variety of crops, ornamental plants and tree species that are subject to genetic modifications, assessing the risks involved in genetic modification as well as the potential economic benefits of the technology in specific cases.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-08-23
Mått155 x 235 x 38 mm
Vikt1 048 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBiotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry
Antal sidor675
FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN9783662518731

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Generation and Analysis of Transgenic Plants.- Plant Nuclear Transformation.- Plastid Transformation.- Concepts of Marker Genes for Plants.- Precise Breeding Through All-Native DNA Transformation.- Gene Silencing in Plants: Transgenes as Targets and Effectors.- Breeding with Genetically Modified Plants.- Detection of Genetically Modified Plants in Seeds, Food and Feed.- Selected Characters of Transgenic Plants and Their Application in Plant Production.- Drought Stress Tolerance.- Herbicide Resistance.- Insect and Nematode Resistance.- Metabolic Engineering.- Pharmaceuticals.- Biopolymers.- Engineered Male Sterility.- Transgenic Plants in Breeding and Crop Production.- Cotton.- Triticeae Cereals.- Fruit Crops.- Maize.- Ornamentals.- Potato.- Rapeseed/Canola.- Rice.- Sugarcane.- Soybean.- Vegetables.- Risk Assessment and Economic Applications.- Regulatory Oversight and Safety Assessment of Plants with Novel Traits.- Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified Maize Expressing Cry1 Proteins.- Benefits of Transgenic Plants: A Socioeconomic Perspective.- Risk Assessment and Economic Applications – the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: GMO Approval and Import on a World-Wide Scale.- Public Perceptions of Modern Biotechnology and the Necessity to Improve Communication.