TY - BOOK AU - Halford,N.G. TI - Plant biotechnology: current and future applications of genetically modified crops SN - 0470021810 PY - 2006/// CY - Chichester, England PB - J. Wiley KW - Plant biotechnology KW - Plant culture KW - Agricultural science/research - general KW - Plant breeding N1 - 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 Canizares, 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024912.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005024912-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2005024912-b.html ER -