Genetically modified crops:their development, uses, and risks
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Food Products Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2004. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xviii, 394 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
1560222808 (case : alk. paper) 1560222816 (soft : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | S330 |
CLC: | S330 |
Call Number: | S330/G328 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Transformation : a powerful tool for crop improvement / D.Z. Skinner, S. Muthukrishnan, G.H. Liang -- Mechanism(s) of transgene locus formation / David A. Somers ... [et al.] -- Gene stacking through site-specific integration / David W. Ow -- Transgenics of plant hormones and their potential application in horticultural crops / Yi Li ... [et al.] -- Avidin : an egg-citing insecticidal protein in transgenic corn / Karl J. Kramer -- Genetic engineering of wheat : protocols and use to enhance stress tolerance / Tom Clemente, Amitava Mitra -- Development and utilization of transformation in Medicago species / Deborah A. Samac, Stephen J. Temple -- Sorghum transformation for resistance to fungal pathogens and drought / S. Muthukrishnan ... [et al.] -- Rice transformation : current progress and future prospects / James Oard, Junda Jiang -- Cotton transformation : successes and challenges / Roberta H. Smith, James W. Smith, Sung Hun Park -- Progress in transforming the recalcitrant soybean / Jack M. Widholm -- Progress in vegetable crop transformation and future prospects and challenges / Zamir K. Punja, Mistianne Feeney -- Genetic transformation of turfgrass / Barbara A. Zilinskas, Xiaoling Wang -- Risks associated with genetically engineered crops / Paul St. Amand. |