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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455421203321

Titolo

Genetic engineering of plants [[electronic resource] ] : agricultural research opportunities and policy concerns / / Board on Agriculture, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1984

ISBN

1-280-24572-7

9786610245727

0-309-57164-2

0-585-14384-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 p.)

Disciplina

631.52

Soggetti

Crops - Genetic engineering

Plant breeding

Agriculture - Research

Crops - Genetic engineering - United States

Plant breeding - United States

Agriculture - Research - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Genetic Engineering of Plants""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Program of the Convocation on Genetic Engineering of Plants: Speakers and Panelists""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Crop Improvement""; ""THE FIRST BIOLOGICAL REVOLUTION""; ""BURGEONING DEMAND FOR FOOD""; ""MOLECULAR GENETICS""; ""UNCERTAIN IMPACT""; ""Gene Transfer""; ""THE BACKGROUND""; ""THE TECHNIQUE""; ""CURRENT CONSTRAINTS""; ""Vectors""; ""Gene Expression""; ""Single and Multigene Traits""; ""Plant Regeneration""; ""A Tool for Fundamental Plant Science""; ""SEED PROTEIN GENES""

""Somatic Cell Genetics""""SELECTION""; ""PROTOPLAST FUSION""; ""SOMACLONAL VARIATION""; ""Applying the Tools of Biotechnology to Agricultural Problems""; ""HERBICIDE RESISTANCE""; ""Engineering an



Atrazine-Resistant Crop""; ""BIOENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS TO COMBAT PLANT DISEASES""; ""NITROGEN FIXATION""; ""THE BOTTOM LINE""; ""Policy and Institutional Considerations""; ""NEGLECT OF BASIC SCIENCE""; ""MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING""; ""University-Industry Relations""; ""UNIVERSITY CONCERNS""; ""INDUSTRY CONCERNS""; ""THREE-WAY COLLABORATION""; ""Safety Regulations""

""THE NEED FOR CONTINUED DILIGENCE""""Patents""; ""THE TEST CASE""; ""PATENT ACTIVITY""; ""Index""