Transgenic Crop Plants

• 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:

• Transgenic Crop Plants for Resistance to Biotic Stress
• Transgenic Plants for Abiotic Stress Resistance
• Transgenic Crops for Herbicide Resistance
• Understanding and Manipulation of the Flowering Network and the Perfection of Seed Quality
• Biotechnological Interventions to Improve Plant Developmental Traits
• Transgenics for Biofuel Crops
• Plant-Produced Biopharmaceuticals
• Biotech Crops for Ecology and Environment
• Algal Biotechnology: An Emerging Resource with Diverse Application and Potential
• Biotech Crops and Functional Genomics
• Deployment: Regulations and Steps for Commercialization
• Patent and Intellectual Property Rights Issues
• Transgenic Crop Plants: Contributions, Concerns, and Compulsions.