Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. Introduction to plant biotechnology. Introduction to classical genetics and plant breeding / Wayne Powell [and others] -- Introduction to plant biotechnology / Richard B. Flavell -- Overview of applications of plant biotechnology / Denis J. Murphy -- Introduction to plant genetic modification: transgenes and transformation / Jim Giovannoni -- Plant gene isolation and characterization: non-genomic sequences. Construction and application of genomic DNA libraries / Hye Ran Kim [and others] -- Isolation and analysis of gene regulatory sequences / Reinhard Hehl, Nils Ole Steffens and Edgar Wingender -- Tools for gene tagging and mutagenesis / Jong-Seong Jeon, Hong-Gyu Kang and Gynheung An -- Molecular assisted breeding for multigenic traits. Molecular mapping and marker-assisted selection of quantitative trait loci in plants / James P. Prince and Ebenezer A. Ogundiwin -- Plant genomics. Methods and utility of EST and whole genome sequencing / Pablo D. Rabinowiez and Robert A. Martienssen -- Gene expression profiling / Paxton Payton, Rob Alba and Shanna Moore -- Plant proteomics / R.S. Saravanan, Sajid Bashir and Jocelyn K.C. Rose -- Computational tools and resources in plant genome informatics / Todd J. Vision and Aoife McLysaght -- Introduction to plant genetic modification: gene isolation / Paul Christou -- Plant transformation technology: agrobacterium-mediated transformation / Toshihiko Komari, Yuji Ishida and Yukoh Hiei -- Plant transformation technology: particle bombardment / Richard M. Twyman and Paul Christou -- Control and silencing of transgene expression / Andreas E. Müller and Michael Wassenegger -- Gene expression and level of expression / Sylvie De Buck and Anna Depicker.

Agronomic traits. Engineering of crops for improved agronomic traits / A.M.R. Gatehouse -- Engineering resistance to herbicides / Claire A. CaJacob [and others] -- Engineering resistance to insect pests / N. Ferry [and others] -- Engineering pathogen resistance in crop plants / Matthew A. Campbell, Heather A. Fitzgerald and Pamela C. Ronald -- Molecular bases of plant adaptation to abiotic stress and approaches to enhance tolerance to hostile environments / Immacolata Coraggio and Roberto Tuberosa -- Quality and yield traits. Introduction / Ganesh Kishore -- Lipid metabolism / Katherine M. Schmid -- Carbohydrate metabolism / Alisdair R. Fernie and Lothar Willmitzer -- Storage proteins and their metabolism / N.D. Hagan and T.J.V. Higgins -- Amino acids / Rainer Hoefgen, Holger Hesse and Gad Galili -- Metabolic engineering of plant secondary metabolism / Reuben J. Peters and Rodney B. Croteau -- Genetics and genomics of nodulation and symbiotic nitrogen fixation / Peter M. Gresshoff -- Developmental traits. Introduction to developmental traits / Richard Amasino -- Plant architecture / S.D. Jackson -- Flowering time / David A. Laurie -- Seed germination / Allison R. Kermode -- Male sterility and hybrid production systems / Melvin J. Oliver -- Phytochromes- biotechnological prospects / Robert Reid, Huw D. Jones and Harry Smith.

v. 2. A production system for industrial and pharmaceutical proteins. An introduction to industrial and pharmaceutical protein production in plants / Rainer Fischer and Neil Emans -- Crop plants for molecular farming / Eva Stoger, Sylvain Marcel and Richard M. Twyman -- Perennial plants as a production system for pharmaceuticals / Marc-André D'Aoust [and others] -- Plants as a source for subunit vaccines / Tsafrir S. Mor and Hugh S. Mason -- Production of pharmaceutical proteins using viral vectors / Laurence K. Grill -- Plants as enzyme factories / Elizabeth E. Hood -- Emerging production systems for antibodies in plants / Stefan Schillberg and Richard M. Twyman -- Natural products and metabolites / Kazufumi Yazaki -- Non-food crops: introduction / Harry Klee -- Applications of plant biotechnology to ornamental crops / David G. Clark -- Forestry / Janice E.K. Cooke, Alison M. Morse and John M. Davis -- Risk assessment of transgenic crops. Introduction / Sivramiah Shantharam -- Risk assessment of transgenic plants: science and public policy / Sivramiah Shantharam and Lillian Aubserson-Huang -- Risk assessment and public policy issues / Martina Newell-McGloughlin -- Political and social risk amplification of GMOs / Wesley Jamison [and others] -- Economic impact analysis of genetically modified crops / Anwar Naseem and Carl Pray -- Safe or unsafe? 15 years of EU risk assessment research on GMOs / Ioannis Economidis and Charles Kessler -- Factors influencing public policy development in agricultural biotechnology / Klaus Ammann and Biljana Papazova Ammann -- Patents and plant genetic resources: The Bonn guidelines on access to genetic resources and the patentability of plant biotechnological inventions under the TRIPS agreement / Shakeel T. Bhatti -- Intellectual property rights and patent regimes in biotechnology and their impact on agriculture development in the developing world / Victoria Henson-Apollonio.

Commercialization. Perspectives on proprietary technology and patents. Intellectual property rights for plant biotechnology: international aspects / Sara Boettiger [and others] -- Customer and consumer perspectives. Cotton and biotechnology / P.J. Wakelyn, O.L. May and E.K. Menchey -- Global social acceptance of plant biotechnology / Thomas Jefferson Hoban -- Product commercialization examples. The story of Bollgard® cotton / John P. Purcell [and others] -- The use of transgenic papaya to control papaya ringspot virus in Hawaii, and the transfer of this technology to other countries / Dennis Gonsalves and Gustavo Fermin -- Benefits of commercialized biotechnology-derived crops in the United States / Sujatha Sankula and Leonard Gianessi -- Plant biotechnology in developing countries. Agricultural biotechnology for developing countries: a strategic overview / Albert Sasson and Malcolm C. Elliott -- Adoption of biotechnology-enhanced crops by developing countries / Clive James -- Agricultural biotechnology in Africa / Albert Sasson -- Crop biotechnology in India, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia / Usha Barwale Zehr -- Agricultural biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean / Claire E. Cockcroft, Luis Herrera-Estrella and Carlos G. Borroto Nordelo -- Poverty alleviation, plant biotechnology and the importance of the CGIAR International Agricultural Research Centres / Charles Spillane and Aisling Doyle -- Crop biotechnology for developing countries: opportunity and duty / Gurdev S. Khush and Julian Ma -- Technology transfer to developing countries and technology diffusion: the future role of institutions in capacity building, regulations, IPRs and funding / Anatole F. Krattiger.