Plant genetic manipulation for crop protection / edited by A.M.R. Gatehouse, V.A.Hilder, D.Boulter.
Series: Biotechnology in agriculture seriesPublication details: Willford : C.A.B International, c1992.Description: xiii, 266 p. : ill. ; 25cmISBN:- 0851987079
- 0960-202X
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Content
1. Introduction
2. Methodologies of plant transformation
Target cells for genetic transformation
Genes and their construction
Genetic transformation by agrobacterium species
Transformation of monocots by agribacterium species and viruses
Transformation by direct gene transfer
Expression, intergration and inheritance of inserted genes
3.The development of genetically modified varieties of agriculture crops by the seed indurstry
Plant breeding and the seeds industry
Aplication of biotechnology in plant breeding
Interlectual property protection for innovation in plants boitechnolgy
Regulation of the release of genetically modified crops into the environment
Regulation of the food use of genetically modified crops
The market ofgenetically modified crops variety
4. Genetically engineered plants for herbicide resistance
Strategies
Overexpression of target proteins
Mutation of target proteins
Detoxification genes frombactaria
Aplant detoxifiction system
5. Fungal resistance:The isolation of a plant R Gene by Transposon Tagging
Aspects to restance to fungal infection
Isolation of R genes
Gene cloning using insertional inactivation by T-DNA
Transposon -tagging plant gene
Transposon -tagging an R gene in antirrhinum
6.Engineering of insect -resistant plants with Bacillus thuringiensis cristal protein genes
Bacillus thuringiensis, the insecticidal bacterium
Bacillus thuringiensis , the crstal proteins
Mechanism of action and insect re stance
Engineering of insects restance plants
Insects restance plants
Perspectives
7. Pontential of plant-derived genes in the the genetic manupulatilation of crops of insects ressistance
Pontential candidates inengineerin insects resistance
8. Genetic engineering of virus resistance
Steps in the production of transgenic plants
Coat proteins mmediated ressistance
Attempts to obtain resistance with oher viruses genes
Satilite RNA mediated resistance
Defective viruses genomic nucleic acid
9. Potencialof secondary metabolic in genetic engineering of crops for resistance
Secondary metabolites in plantdefence
Biosythetic pathway for crop proctaction compound Future strategies
Promoting crop protection by genetic engineering and conventional plant breeding of crops for resistance
Insect control
Virus resistance
herbicide resistance
Some ecological consideration
The position of plant breeding.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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