Transgenic Crops VI

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pua, Eng-Chong (Editor), Davey, Michael R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 61
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Pharmacology.; Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Cell biology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Genetic engineering is a powerful tool for crop improvement. The status of crop biotechnology before 2001 was reviewed in Transgenic Crops I-III, but recent advances in plant cell and molecular biology have prompted the need for new volumes. Following Transgenic Crops IV (2007) on cereals, vegetable...

Table of Contents:

• Oils and Fibers
• Soybean
• Canola
• Sunflower
• Oil Palm
• Peanut
• Cotton
• Flax
• Medicinal Crops
• Ginseng
• OpiumPoppy
• Henbane, Belladonna, Datura and Duboisia
• Taxus
• Ornamental Crops
• Roses
• Carnation
• Chrysanthemum
• Orchids
• Gladiolus
• Forsythia
• Forages and Grains
• Alfalfa
• Clover
• Tall Fescue
• Ryegrasses
• Lupins
• Regulatory and Intellectual Property of GM Plants
• Freedom to Commercialize Transgenic Plant Products: Regulatory and Intellectual Property Issues.