Plant Biotechnology

Plant Biotechnology: Current and Future Uses of Genetically Modified Crops covers in detail the development, use and regulation of GM crops. Split into three sections, Part 1 introduces GM crops and describes the GM crops that are used commercially. Part 2 looks at new developments and methodologies in areas including potential applications of GM crops for the production of vaccines, enhanced nutritional value of GM food, and engineering resistance to fungal pathogens. Part 3 concludes by considering the key issues of safety and legislation, including allergenicity, environmental impacts, risk assessment and labelling. Key features: Covers the topic in depth and addresses key subject areas Takes a broad view of the current situation in different countries Examines the commercial application of plant biotechnology in the USA and China Covers two major areas of public concern: allergenicity and gene flow Covers new developments in plant research, safety and legislation aspects This book is essential reading for postgraduates and researchers in plant biotechnology and related sciences in Departments of Plant Science, Biotechnology, Bioscience, Environmental Science, Food Biosciences and Chemistry. It is also of interest for professionals working in the plant biotechnology industry or government professionals working in environmental policy.

Plant Biotechnology: Current and Future Uses of GeneticallyModified Crops covers in detail the development, use andregulation of GM crops. Split into three sections, Part1 introduces GM crops and describes the GM crops that areused commercially. Part 2 looks at new developments andmethodologies in areas including potential applications of GM cropsfor the production of vaccines, enhanced nutritional value of GMfood, and engineering resistance to fungal pathogens. Part 3concludes by considering the key issues of safety and legislationincluding allergenicity, environmental impacts, risk assessment andlabelling.Key features:* Covers the topic in depth and addresses key subject areas* Takes a broad view of the current situation in differentcountries* Examines the commercial application of plant biotechnology inthe USA and China* Covers two major areas of public concern: allergenicity andgene flow* Covers new developments in plant research, safety andlegislation aspectsThis book is essential reading for postgraduates and researchersin plant biotechnology and related sciences in Departments of PlantScience, Biotechnology, Bioscience, Environmental Science, FoodBiosciences and Chemistry. It is also of interest for professionalsworking in the plant biotechnology industry or governmentprofessionals working in environmental policy.

List of Contributors.Preface.PART I: THE CURRENT SITUATION.1.1 From Primitive Selection to Genetic Modification, TenThousand Years of Plant Breeding (Nigel G. Halford).1.2 Crop Biotechnology in the United States: Experiences andImpacts (Sujatha Sankula).1.3 Development of Biotech Crops in China (Qingzhong Xue, YuhuaZhang and Xianyin Zhang).PART II: NEW DEVELOPMENTS.2.1 Advances in Transformation Technologies (Huw D. Jones).2.2 Enhanced Nutritional Value of Food Crops (Dietrich Rein andKarin Herbers).2.3 The Production of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids inTransgenic Plants (Louise V. MichaelsonFrédéric Beaudoin, Olga Sayanova andJohnathan A. Napier).2.4 The Application of Genetic Engineering to the Improvement ofCereal Grain Quality (Peter R. Shewry).2.5 Improvements in Starch Quality (Michael M. Burrell).2.6 Production of Vaccines in GM Plants (Liz Nicholson, M.Carmen Can~izares and George P. Lomonossoff).2.7 Prospects for Using Genetic Modification to Engineer DroughtTolerance in Crops (S.G. Mundree, R. Iyer, B. Baker, N. ConradE.J. Davis, K. Govender, A.T. Maredza and J.A. Thomson).2.8 Salt Tolerance (Eduardo Blumwald and Anil Grover).2.9 Engineering Fungal Resistance in Crops (MaartenStuiver).PART III: SAFETY AND REGULATION.3.1 Plant Food Allergens (E.N. Clare Mills, John A. Jenkins andPeter R. Shewry).3.2 Environmental Impact and Gene Flow (P.J.W. Lutman and K.Berry).3.3 Risk Assessment, Regulation and Labeling (Nigel G.Halford).Index.