Synopses & Reviews
Genetically engineered crops offer the potential for producing higher crop yields, crops that make less of an impact on the ecosystem, and crops that provide foods of higher quality and nutritional value. This book examines the use of biotechnology in crop plants. It covers both input and output traits in crop plants, applications aimed toward pharmaceutical and medical applications, and emerging technologies in genomics.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Overview of Crop Biotechnology, K. Rajasekaran, T. J. Jacks, and J. W. Finley
2. Defining Biotechnology: Increasingly Important and Increasingly Difficult, J. W. Radin and P. K. Bretting
3. Genetically Modified Crop Approvals and Planted Acreages, V. A. Forster
4. Insect-Resistant Transgenic Crops
5. Transgenic Technology for Insect Resistance: Current Achievements and Future Prospects, D. R. Walker et al.
6. Genetic Engineering Crops for Improved Weed Management Traits, S. O. Duke et al.
7. Environmentally Friendly Approaches in Biotechnology: Engineering the Chloroplast Genome to Confer Stress Tolerance, H. Daniell
8. DNA Microchip Technology in the Plant Tissue Culture Industry, K. J. Kunert et al.
9. Genetic Engineering for Resistance to Phytopathogens, K. Rajasekaran et al.
10. Engineering Resveratrol Glucoside Accumulation into Alfalfa: Crop Protection and Nutraceutical Applications, N. L. Paiva
11. Corn as a Source of Antifungal Genes for Genetic Engineering of Crops for Resistance to Aflatoxin Contamination, Z.-Y. Chen et al.
12. Reduction of Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanut: A Genetic Engineering Approach, P. Ozias-Akins et al.
13. Development of Micropropagation Technologies for St. John's wort (Hypericum perforaturm L.): Relevance on Application, S. J. Murch, S. D. S. Chiwocha, and P. K. Saxena
14. Production of Vaccines and Therapeutics in Plants for Oral Delivery, L. M. Welter
15. Food Allergy: Recent Advances in Food Allergy Research, S. J. Maleki and B. K. Hurlburt
16. Assessment of the Allergenicity of Foods Produced through Agricultural Biotechnology, S. L. Taylor
17. Prediction of Parental Genetic Compatibility to Enhance Flavor Attributes of Peanuts, H. E. Pattee et al.
18. Outlook for Consumer Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology, D. B. Schmidt
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index