Transgenic Crop Plants Principles and Development /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kole, Chittaranjan (Editor), Michler, Charles H. (Editor), Abbott, Albert G. (Editor), Hall, Timothy C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Development of transgenic crop plants, their utilization for improved agriculture, health, ecology and environment and their socio-political impacts are currently important fields in education, research and industries and also of interest to policy makers, social activists and regulatory and funding...

Table of Contents:

• Generation and Deployment of Transgenic Crop Plants: An Overview
• Explants Used for the Generation of Transgenic Plants
• Gene Transfer Methods
• Selection and Screening Strategies
• Levels and Stability of Expression of Transgenes
• Silencing as a Tool for Transgenic Crop Improvement
• Transgene Integration, Expression and Stability in Plants: Strategies for Improvements
• Organelle Transformations
• Biosynthesis and Biotransformation
• Metabolic Engineering of Pathways and Gene Discovery.