Plant biotechnology: the genetic manipulation of plants/
Adrian Slater, Nigel W. Scott and Mark R. Fowler
- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
- xxii, 346 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Plant genomes : the organisation and expression of plant genes -- Plant tissue culture -- Techniques for plant transformation -- Binary vectors for plant transformation -- The genetic manipulation of herbicide resistance -- The genetic manipulation of pest resistance -- Plant disease resistance -- Reducing the effects of viral disease -- Strategies for engineering stress tolerance -- The improvement of crop yield and quality -- Molecular farming/'pharming' -- Future prospects for GM crops.