Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture
Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture
Editor: Altman, Arie
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Single-User Purchase Price:
$248.40

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$372.60
ISBN: 978-0-12-381466-1
Category: Agriculture, Aquaculture & Food Sciences
Image Count:
70
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
A biological approach to plant biotechnology provides researchers, professionals, and students with a one-stop guide to applications and implication in agriculture
Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword - Roger N. Beachy
- Preface - Arie Altman and Paul Michael Hasegawa
- Introduction to Plant Biotechnology 2011: Basic Aspects and Agricultural Implications - Arie Altman and Paul Michael Hasegawa
- Section A Introduction To Basic Procedures In Plant Biotechnology
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1 Genetics And Genomics Of Crop Domestication - J.S. (Pat) Heslop-Harrison, Trude Schwavacher
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2 The Scope Of Things To Come: New Paradigms In Biotechnology - Maheshi Dassanayake, Dong-Ha Oh, Dae-Jin Yun, Ray A. Bressan, John M. Cheeseman, J. Hans Bohnert
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3 Protein Targeting: Strategic Planning For Optimizing Protein Products Through Plant Biotechnology - Elizabeth Hood, Carole Cramer, Giuliana Medrano, Jianfeng Xu
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4 Proteomics And Its Application In Plant Biotechnology - Sylvain Bischof, Jonas Grossmann, Wilhelm Gruissem
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5 Plant Metabolomics: Applications And Opportunities For Agricultural Biotechnology - Diane M. Beckles, Ute Roessner
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6 Plant Genome Sequencing: Models For Developing Synteny Maps And Association Mapping - Delphine Fleury, Ute Baumann, Peter Langridge
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7 Agrobacterium-Mediated Plant Genetic Transformation - Yoel Shiboleth, Tzvi Tzfira
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8 Biolistic And Other Non-Agrobacterium Technologies Of Plant Transformation - Tracie K. Matsumoto, Dennis Gonsalves
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9 Plant Tissue Culture For Biotechnology - Prakash P. Kumar, Chiang Shiong Loh
- Section B Breeding Biotechnologies
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10 Somatic (Asexual) Procedures (Haploids, Protoplasts, Cell Selection) And Their Applications - Tanya Tapingkae, Zul Zulkarnain, Masayo Kawaguchi, Takashi Ikeda, Acram Taji
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11 Marker-Assisted Selection In Plant Breeding - Giora Ben-Ari, Uri Lavi
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12 Male Sterility And Hybrid Seed Production - Sally Mackenzie
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13 Advances In Identifying And Exploiting Natural Genetic Variation - Christian S. Hardtke, Kaisa Nieminen
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14 From Epigenetics To Epigenomics And Their Implications In Plant Breeding - Athanasios Tsaftaris, Aliki Kapazoglou, Nikos Darzentas
- Section C Plant Germplasm
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15 An Engineering View To Micropropagation And Generation Of True To Type And Pathogen-Free Plants - Eli Khayat
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16 Regulation Of Apomixis - Peggy Ozias-Akins, Joann A. Conner
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17 Germplasm Collection, Storage, And Conservation - Florent Engelmann
- Section D Controlling Plant Response To The Environment: Abiotic And Biotic Stress
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18 Integrating Genomics And Genetics To Accelerate Development Of Drought And Salinity Tolerant Crops - Zvi Peleg, Harkamal Walia, Eduardo Blumwald
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19 Molecular Responses To Extreme Temperatures - Rafael Catalá, Aurora DíAz, Julio Salinas
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20 Biotechnological Approaches For Phytoremediation - Om Parkash Dhankher, Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits, Richard B. Meagher, Sharon Doty
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21 Biotechnological Strategies For Engineering Plants With Durable Resistance To Fungal And Bacterial Pathogens - Dor Salomon, Guido Sessa
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22 Controlling Plant Response To The Environment: Viral Diseases - Munir Mawassi, Abed Gera
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23 Insects, Nematodes, And Other Pests - Philip R. Watkins, Joseph E. Huesing, Venu Margam, Larry L. Murdock, T.J. V. Higgins
- Section E Biotechnology For Improvement Of Yield And Quality Traits
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24 Growth Control Of Root Architecture - Christopher N. Topp, Philip N. Benfey
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25 Control Of Flowering - Alon Samach
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26 Fruit Development And Ripening: A Molecular Perspective - Avtar K. Handa, MartíN- Ernesto Tiznado-HernáNdez, Autar K. Mattoo
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27 Potential Application Of Biotechnology To Maintain Fresh Produce Postharvest Quality And Reduce Losses During Storage - Amnon Lers
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28 Engineering The Biosynthesis Of Low Molecular Weight Metabolites For Quality Traits (Essential Nutrients, Health-Promoting Phytochemicals, Volatiles, And Aroma Compounds) - Fumihiko Sato, Kenji Matsui
- Section F Plants As Factories For Industrial Products, Pharmaceuticals, Biomaterials, And Bioenergy
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29 Vaccines, Antibodies, And Pharmaceutical Proteins - Yuri Y. Gleba, Anatoli Giritch
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30 Plants As Factories For Bioplastics And Other Novel Biomaterials - Jan B. Van Beilen, Yves Poirier
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31 Bioenergy From Plants And Plant Residues - Blake A. Simmons
- Section G Commercial, Legal, Sociological, And Public Aspects Of Agricultural Plant Biotechnologies
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32 Containing And Mitigating Transgene Flow From Crops To Weeds, To Wild Species, And To Crops - Jonathan Gressel
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33 Intellectual Property Rights Of Biotechnologically Improved Plants - Antoine Harfouche, Richard Meilan, Kannan Grant, Vincent K. Shier
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34 Regulatory Issues Of Biotechnologically Improved Plants - Elizabeth E. Hood, Deborah Vicuna Requesens, Kellye A. Eversole
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35 Prospects For Increased Food Production And Poverty Alleviation: What Plant Biotechnology Can Practically Deliver And What It Cannot - Martina Newell Mcgloughlin
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36 Crop Biotechnology In Developing Countries - Hugo De Groote