Plant biotechnology & genetics: Principles, techniques & applications, with CD-ROM

Provides a thorough overview of botany and genetics for those students with minimal background in those areas, with coverage extending from very basic introductory materials to advanced techniques and applications. Includes autobiographical essays from eminent scientists to provide insight into the field of plant biotechnology and how it is changing the face of agriculture. Facilitates group discussions on problems and issues in plant biotechnology through the use of chapter questions and problems. Includes a CD ROM with colour graphics to aid students and teachers in presenting and understanding the material.

Plant agriculture: the impact of biotechnology (Graham Brookes). Plant reproduction and Mendelian genetics (Matthew D Halfhill and Suzanne I. Warwick). Plant breeding (Nicholas A. Tinker). Plant development and physiology (Glenda E. Gillaspy). Tissue culture: the manipulation of plant development (Vinitha Cardoza). Molecular genetics of gene expression (Maria Gallo). Recombinant DNA, vector design construction (Mark D. Curtis). Genes and traits of interest for transgenic plants (Kenneth L. Korth). Promoters and marker genes (Brian Miki). Transgenic plant production (John Finer and Taniya Dhillon). Transgenic plant analysis (Janice Zale). Regulations and biosafety (Alan McHughen). Field testing of transgenic plants (Detlef Bartsch, Achim Gathmann, Christiane Saeglitz and Arti Sinha). Intellectual property in agricultural biotechnology: strategies for open access (Alan B. Bennett, Cecilia Chi-Ham, Gregory Graff and Sara Boettiger). Why are transgenic plants so controversial (Doug Powell)? The future of plant biotechnology (C. Neal Stewart, Jr. and David W. Ow).

Textbook for junior- or senior- level undergraduates in departments of biology, biotechnology, botany, molecular biology, plant biology, and plant science.