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Plant Biotechnology and Transgenic Plants
Edited by Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey, Wolfgang Barz
Marcel Dekker
2002
720pp, illus ISBN 082470794X
£159.00
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- Details methodologies for plant cell culture, crop enhancement, and large-scale production of new plant materials
- Offers approaches to improve the nutritional quality, agronomical characteristics, and oxidative stress and
chemical tolerance of plants
- Explores new bioreactors for increased production of plant-derived products
- Covers engineered plant resistance to pests, as well as viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases
- Discusses the development and optimization of the DNA transfer process
- Elucidates the use of hairy roots for investigation of secondary metabolite and foreign protein production,
phytoremediation, and phytomining
- Includes coverage of engineered plants for production of immunotherapeutic compounds
Contains case studies illustrating the cell culture production of pigments, flavors, and antineoplastic compounds
Plant Biotechnology and Transgenic Plants covers topics that range from food to fragrances to fuel. It includes
discussions of technologies and research on the engineering, synthesis, utilization, and control of primary and
secondary plant metabolites such as carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, polymers, proteins, and phytochemicals
for industrial, pharmaceutical, and food and feed applications. The editors put the emphasis on recent methods
in farming, plant propagation, and breeding and modern procedures to formulate more effective biopharmaceuticals.
Contents
- Plant Biotechnology - An Emerging Field, K.-M. Oksman-Caldentey and W.H. Barz
- Plant-Derived Drugs and Extracts, Y. Holm and R. Hiltunen
- Industrial Strategies for the Discovery of Bioactive Compounds from Plants, H. Kessmann and B. Schmurr
- Plant Cell and Tissue Culture Techniques Used in Plant Breeding, P.M.A. Tigerstedt and A.-M. Niskamen
- Plant Cell Cultures as Producers of Secondary Compounds, K. Saito and H. Mizukami
- Genetic Transformation of Plants and Their Cells, R.M. Twyman, P. Christou, and E. Stöger
- Properties and Applications of Hairy Root Cultures, P. Doran
- Bioreactors for Plant Cell and Tissue Cultures, R. Eibl and D. Eibl
- The Potential Contribution of Plant Biotechnology to Improving Food Quality, D.G. Lindsay
- Engineering Plant Biochemical Pathways for Improved Nutritional Quality, M. Jacobs, M. Vauterin, E. Dewales,
and A. Craciun
- Transgenic Plants as Producers of Modified Starch and Other Carobhydrates, A.H. Schulman
- Improving the Nutritional Quality and Functional Properties of Seed Proteins by Genetic Engineering, P. Shewry
- Transgenic Plants as Sources of Modified Oils, S.J. Coughlan and A.J. Kinney
- Flavors and Fragrances from Plants, H. Zorn and R.G. Berger
- Fine Chemicals from Plants, M. Keil
- Genetic Engineering of the Plant Cell Factory for Secondary Metabolite Production: Indole Alkaloid Production
in Catharanthus roseusas a Model, S. Whitner, R. van der Heijden, and R. Verpoorte
- Transgenic Plants for Production of Immunotherapeutic Agents, J.W. Larrick, L. Yu, S. Jaiswal, and K. Wycoff
- Signal Transduction Elements, D. Scheel
- The Plant Cell Wall - Structural Aspects and Biotechnological Developments, B. Moerschbacher
- Liginin Genetic Engineering: A Way to Better Understand Lignification beyond Applied Objectives,
A.-M. Boudet
- Transgenic Plants Expressing Tolerance Toward Oxidative Stress, F. van Breusegem and D. Inzé
- Transgenic Plants with Increased Tolerance against Viral Pathogens, H. Jeske
- Transgenic Plants with Enhanced Tolerance against Microbial Pathogens, R. Tenhaken
- Transgenic Crop Plants with Increased Tolerance to Insect Pests, D.J. Llewellyn and T.J.V. Higgins
- Transgenic Herbicide Resistant Crops - Advantages, Drawbacks and Failsafes, J. Gressel
- Plants and Environmental Stress Adaptation Strategies, H.J. Bohnert and J.C.Cushman
- Molecular Mechanisms that Control Plant Tolerance to Heavy Metals and Possible Roles in Manipulating
Metal Accumulation, S. Clemens, S. Thomine, and J.I. Schröder
- Index
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