Research and Markets has announced the addition of the
"Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques and Applications"
report to their offering.
This report explores contemporary techniques and applications of plant
biotechnology, illustrating the tremendous potential this technology has to
change our world by improving the food supply. As an introductory text, its
focus is on basic science and processes. It guides students from plant
biology and genetics to breeding to principles and applications of plant
biotechnology. Next, the text examines the critical issues of patents and
intellectual property and then tackles the many controversies and consumer
concerns over transgenic plants. The final chapter of the book provides an
expert forecast of the future of plant biotechnology.

Each chapter has been written by one or more leading practitioners in the
field and then carefully edited to ensure thoroughness and consistency. The
chapters are organized so that each one progressively builds upon the
previous chapters. Questions set forth in each chapter help students deepen
their understanding and facilitate classroom discussions.

Inspirational autobiographical essays, written by pioneers and eminent
scientists in the field today, are interspersed throughout the text. Authors
explain how they became involved in the field and offer a personal
perspective on their contributions and the future of the field. The text's
accompanying CD-ROM offers full-color figures that can be used in classroom
presentations with other teaching aids available online.

This text is recommended for junior and senior-level courses in plant
biotechnology or plant genetics and for courses devoted to special topics at
both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also an ideal reference
for practitioners.

- Provides a thorough overview of botany and genetics for those students
with minimal background in those areas, with coverage extending from very
basic introductory materials to advanced techniques and applications.

- Includes autobiographical essays from eminent scientists to provide
insight into the field of plant biotechnology and how it is changing the
face of agriculture.

- Facilitates group discussions on problems and issues in plant
biotechnology through the use of chapter questions and problems.

- Includes a CD ROM with colour graphics to aid students and teachers in
presenting and understanding the material.

Key Topics Covered:

- Plant agriculture: the impact of biotechnology (Graham Brookes).

- Plant reproduction and Mendelian genetics (Matthew D Halfhill and Suzanne
I. Warwick).

- Plant breeding (Nicholas A. Tinker).

- Plant development and physiology (Glenda E. Gillaspy).

- Tissue culture: the manipulation of plant development (Vinitha Cardoza).

- Molecular genetics of gene expression (Maria Gallo).

- Recombinant DNA, vector design construction (Mark D. Curtis).

- Genes and traits of interest for transgenic plants (Kenneth L. Korth).

- Promoters and marker genes (Brian Miki).

- Transgenic plant production (John Finer and Taniya Dhillon).

- Transgenic plant analysis (Janice Zale).

- Regulations and biosafety (Alan McHughen).

- Field testing of transgenic plants (Detlef Bartsch, Achim Gathmann,
Christiane Saeglitz and Arti Sinha).

- Intellectual property in agricultural biotechnology: strategies for open
access (Alan B. Bennett, Cecilia Chi-Ham, Gregory Graff and Sara Boettiger).

- Why are transgenic plants so controversial (Doug Powell)?

- The future of plant biotechnology (C. Neal Stewart, Jr. and David W. Ow).
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