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Tree Transgenesis - Recent Developments
Edited by Fladung, Matthias; Ewald, Dietrich
Springer
2006
Hardcover XX, 357 p., 19 illus., 8 in colour ISBN 3540321985
£115.00
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Tree improvement is necessary to meet the growing demand for the renewable resource wood.
Many novel possibilities to obtain improved species are offered by biotechnology, and the time is ripe for a
critical evaluation of the chances and challenges of tree transgenesis. Sixteen chapters by experts in the field
provide concise information on the present state of the following topics: transgenic trees in the world; environmental
aspects of lignin-modified trees; modification of cellulose in wood; heavy metal resistance and phytoremediation with
transgenic trees; transgenic approaches to engineer nitrogen metabolism; disease resistance; drought tolerance.
In addition, biosafety and risk assessment are treated in detail, and future experimental tasks are discussed.
The book provides a sound basis for decision-making processes in politics.
Of interest to researchers, resource managers, wood industry, environmentalists, politicians (environment)
Contents
Part A Transgenic Trees in the World
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Field Trials with Transgenic Trees - State of the Art and Developments
- Marcel Robischon
- Transgenic Forest Trees in China
- Dietrich Ewald, Jianjun Hu, And Minsheng Yang
- Modification of Perennial Fruit Trees
- Xiuxin Deng And Yanxin Duan
- Genetic Transformation of Some Tropical Trees, Shrubs, and Tree-like Plants
- Shuchishweta V. Kendurkar, Vaishali B. Naik, And Rajani S. Nadgauda
Part B Wood and other Traits
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Environmental Aspects of Lignin Modified Trees
- Hely Häggman, Karoliina Niemi, Heidi Tiimonen, Tiina Ylioja,
And Vincent Chiang
- Modification of Cellulose in Wood
- Matthias Fladung
- Heavy Metal Resistance and Phytoremediation with Transgenic Trees
- Andreas D Peuke And Heinz Rennenberg
- Transgenic Approaches to Engineer Nitrogen Metabolism
- Francisco M Cánovas, Fernando Gallardo, Zhong Ping Jing,
And María Belén Pascual
Part C Biotic and Abiotic Resistances
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Virus Resistance Breeding in Fruit Trees
- Margit Laimer
- The Use of Genetic Transformation Procedures to Study the Defence
and Disease Resistance Traits of Trees
- Trevor M Fenning
- Fungal and Bacterial Resistance in Transgenic Trees
- William A Powell, Charles A Maynard, Brian Boyle,
And Armand Séguin .
- Genetically Modified Trees Expressing Genes for Insect Pest Resistance
- Alma Balestrazzi, Gianni Allegro, And Massimo Confalonieri
- Towards Genetic Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Trees
- Andrea Polle, Arie Altman, And Xiangning Jiang
Part D Biosafety Issues
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Genome Instability in Woody Plants Derived from Genetic Engineering
- Hans Hoenicka And Matthias Fladung
- Investigation of Horizontal Gene Transfer from Transgenic
Aspen to Ectomycorrhizal Fungi
- Uwe Nehls, Chi Zhang, Mika Tarkka, Rüdiger Hampp,
And Matthias Fladung
- Transgenic Temperate Fruit Tree Rootstocks
- Sergey V Dolgov And M-Viola Hanke
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