Agricultural BiotechnologyThis work integrates basic biotechnological methodologies with up-to-date agricultural practices, offering solutions to specific agricultural needs and problems from plant and crop yield to animal husbandry. It presents and evaluates the limitations of classical methodologies and the potential of novel and emergent agriculturally related biotechnologies. |
Contents
Agriculture and Agricultural Biotechnology Development Trends Toward the 21st Century | 1 |
Micropropagation Clonal Plant Propagation In Vitro | 19 |
In Vitro Production of Pathogen and ContaminantFree Plants | 43 |
In Vitro Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources | 57 |
Asexual Cell Genetics | 89 |
Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants | 119 |
Engineering of Crop Plants for Industrial Traits | 161 |
Production of Secondary Metabolites | 183 |
Transgenic Livestock | 453 |
Transgenic Dairy Animals for Production of Novel Proteins in Milk | 473 |
Somatotropin in Domestic Animals | 483 |
Avian Transgenics | 499 |
Biotechnology and Veterinary Diagnosis An Overview | 511 |
Transgenic Fish Technology and Its Application in Fish Production | 527 |
Use of the Fish Antifreeze Protein Gene Promoter in the Production of Growth HormoneTransgenic Salmon with Enhanced Growth Performance | 549 |
Biotechnology of Marine Invertebrates Current Approaches and Future Directions | 563 |
LargeScale Plant Tissue Culture | 225 |
Production of Foreign Compounds in Transgenic Plants | 251 |
Biocontrol of Bacteria and Phytopathogenic Fungi | 263 |
Transgenic Plants for the Control of Insect Pests | 283 |
Biotechnology of Weed Control | 295 |
Biotechnology of Biofertilization and Phytostimulation | 327 |
LigninDegrading Fungi Mechanisms and Utilization | 351 |
Bioremediation Pesticides and Other Agricultural Chemicals | 367 |
MarkerAssisted Selection in Animal Biotechnology | 387 |
Embryo Manipulation for Biotechnology in Domestic Animals | 407 |
Successful Gender Preselection in Farm Animals | 439 |
Disease Diagnosis and Control of Marine Organisms | 585 |
Marine Algae as a Tool for Bioremediation of Marine Ecosystems | 601 |
Environmental Applications of Marine Biotechnology | 615 |
Production of Valuable Products from Microalgae An Emerging Agroindustry | 629 |
Agricultural Biotechnology and the Law Patents Plant Patents Plant Variety Certificates and the Rise of Intellectual Property Rights in Biological Subj... | 645 |
Biotechnology in Agriculture Ethical Aspects and Public Acceptance | 661 |
Biotechnology and Food Production Relevance to Developing Countries | 691 |
Biotechnology and the Environment | 731 |
Prospects and Limitations of Agricultural Biotechnologies An Update | 743 |
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