Chapter 8 - Plant and forest biotechnology
- Introduction
- Agriculture
- Population
- Green revolution
- past verses future
- Size
- Plant biotechnology
- photosynthesis
- historical plant manipulation
- artificial selection
- traditional breeding
- artificial mutations
- genetic manipulation
- Clonal propagation
- callus tissue
- production products
- 2° metabolites
- recombinant protein
- micropropagation
- uses
- treatment of plant cells
- protoplast formation
- Plant genetic engineering
- problem
- Ti plasmid
- plasmid
- problem
- alternate gene entry techniques
- gene gun
- eletroporation
- silicon carbide crystals
- antisense genes
- what genetic engineering provides
- improvements
- Improved resistance to specific herbicides
- goals
- GMHT
- herbicides
- glyphosate
- glufosinate
- GMHT crop effect on environment
- Improved resistance to insect pests and microbial diseases
- chemical pesticides
- biological control
- problems
- Bt
- viral resistance
- resultsImproved post-harvest characteristics
- problems
- cause
- tomato
- Flavr Savr
- targets
- Transgenic crops worldwide
- where and what modified
- biofortification
- golden rice 2
- regulatory approval costs
- Pharming: pharmaceutical crops
- definition
- expectations
- stages
- stage
- target drug
- problems & solutions
- Forest biotechnology
- Why do
- Acid rain
- Research amounts
- Tissue culture technology
- Targets for change
- Hurdles
- Solutions
- Trees as energy crops
- coppice crops
- giant grasses
- cellulose crops
- white rot fungi