Frank Kempken / Christian Jung (Hrsg.)

Genetic Modification of Plants

Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry
Herausgegeben:Nagata, Toshiyuki; Lörz, Horst; Widholm, Jack, Herausgegeben:Kempken, Frank; Jung, Christian

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Transgenic plant capabilities are discussed by field experts in this timely volume. The cross-referenced structure provides quick access topics like genetic trait generation and detection and the socioeconomic implications of genetic modification technology.

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Conceived with the aim of sorting fact from fiction over genetically modified (GM) crops, this book brings together the knowledge of 30 specialists in the field of transgenic plants. It covers the generation and detection of these plants as well as the genetic traits conferred on transgenic plants. In addition, the book looks at a wide variety of crops, ornamental plants and tree species that are subject to genetic modifications, assessing the risks involved in genetic modification as well as the potential economic benefits of the technology in specific cases. The book's structure, with fully cross-referenced chapters, gives readers a quick access to specific topics, whether that is comprehensive data on particular species of ornamentals, or coverage of the socioeconomic implications of GM technology. With an increasing demand for bioenergy, and the necessary higher yields relying on wider genetic variation, this book supplies all the technical details required to move forward to a new era in agriculture.

Produktdetails

• Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 64
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 12325146, 978-3-642-02390-3
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 704
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1272g
• ISBN-13: 9783642023903
• ISBN-10: 3642023908
• Artikelnr.: 26392463

Autorenporträt

Christian Jung hat an den Universitäten Rostock und Freiburg studiert. Nach Research Exchange in Taiwan und Praktischem Jahr in Zürich, Freiburg und St. Petersburg (Florida/USA) hat er 2005 das Studium abgeschlossen. Im Rahmen seiner Promotion forschte er über neuronale Plastizität. Von 2005-2007 war er als Assistenzarzt an der Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie, Pneumologie und Intensivmedizin der Universitätsklinik Jena tätig. Seit 2007 forscht er am Karolinska Universitätskrankenhaus in Stockholm an endothelialen Progenitorzellen.

Inhaltsangabe

Generation and Analysis of Transgenic Plants.- Plant Nuclear Transformation.- Plastid Transformation.- Concepts of Marker Genes for Plants.- Precise Breeding Through All-Native DNA Transformation.- Gene Silencing in Plants: Transgenes as Targets and Effectors.- Breeding with Genetically Modified Plants.- Detection of Genetically Modified Plants in Seeds, Food and Feed.- Selected Characters of Transgenic Plants and Their Application in Plant Production.- Drought Stress Tolerance.- Herbicide Resistance.- Insect and Nematode Resistance.- Metabolic Engineering.- Pharmaceuticals.- Biopolymers.- Engineered Male Sterility.- Transgenic Plants in Breeding and Crop Production.- Cotton.- Triticeae Cereals.- Fruit Crops.- Maize.- Ornamentals.- Potato.- Rapeseed/Canola.- Rice.- Sugarcane.- Soybean.- Vegetables.- Risk Assessment and Economic Applications.- Regulatory Oversight and Safety Assessment of Plants with Novel Traits.- Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified Maize Expressing Cry1 Proteins.- Benefits of Transgenic Plants: A Socioeconomic Perspective.- Risk Assessment and Economic Applications - the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: GMO Approval and Import on a World-Wide Scale.- Public Perceptions of Modern Biotechnology and the Necessity to Improve Communication.