Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants (10-Volume Set)

About this book

The Series Set offers a comprehensive review of the commercially relevant transgenic plants developed and presently utilized. Volumes 1-9 cover around 100 plant species, including all economic plants from crops to forest trees. Volume 10 is the master index volume. Each chapter covers one particular species (or sometimes group of closely related species) and the transgenic versions developed for that particular species.

This volume offers a complete description of the successfully developed transgenic plants for around 100 commercially relevant crops from fruits and vegetables to grains, industrial crops and forest tree species. It covers the transgenic techniques used in the molecular tailoring of traits relevant from an agricultural, medicinal and environmental point of view. It explores future developments, from desired traits to expected new technologies. It examines risks and concerns around the use of GM crops. It discusses public perception, industrial perspectives and political and economic consequences. It includes contributions from over 300 leading scientists from around the world. It provides a valuable and inclusive reference for students, researchers, scientists and industry professionals, studying and working on transgenic plants.

Contents

Volume 1: Transgenic Cereals and Forage Grasses
Volume 2: Transgenic Oilseed Crops
Volume 3: Transgenic Legume Grains and Forages
Volume 4: Transgenic Temperate Fruits and Nuts
Volume 5: Transgenic Tropical and Subtropical Fruits and Nuts
Volume 6: Transgenic Vegetable Crops
Volume 7: Transgenic Sugar, Tuber and Fiber Crops
Volume 8: Transgenic Plantation Crops, Ornamentals and Turf Grasses
Volume 9: Transgenic Forest Tree Species
Volume 10: Cumulative Index

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Biography

Chittaranjan Kole is Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at Allahabad Agricultural Institute in India. He is currently Visiting Professor at Clemson University.

Timothy C. Hall is Distinguished Professor of Biology and Director of the Institute of Developmental and Molecular Biology at Texas A&M University.