Instant Insights: Genetic Modification of Crops

Chapter 1 - Genetic modification of bananas: the long road to farmers' fields: James Dale, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; Wilberforce Tushemereirwe, National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda; and Robert Harding, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 1 Introduction2 Banana improvement by genetic modification and gene editing3 Case study: biofortified East African Highland bananas4 Future trends and conclusion5 References
Chapter 2 - Biofortified Golden Rice: an additional intervention for vitamin A deficiency: Adrian Dubock, Golden Rice Humanitarian Board, Switzerland; 1 Introduction
2 The problem of vitamin A deficiency (VAD)3 The origins of Golden Rice4 Developing Golden Rice as a product5 Current challenges to establishing Golden Rice as an additional VAD intervention6 Conclusions7 Acknowledgements8 Where to look for further informationReferences
Chapter 3 - Advances in the genetic modification of soybeans: Wensheng Hou, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China; 1 Introduction2 Genetic modification of agronomic traits: herbicide tolerance and insect resistance3 Genetic modification of other agronomic traits4 Genome editing technology5 Case studies6 Summary7 Future trends in research8 Where to look for further information9 References
Chapter 4 - Genetic modification of grain legumes: Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur and Kiran Kumar Sharma, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India; 1 Introduction2 Genetic engineering of grain legumes3 Genetic engineering of chickpea4 Genetic engineering of pigeonpea5 Genetic engineering of cowpea6 Genetic engineering of lentil7 Genetic engineering of pea (Pisum sativum)8 Genetic engineering of peanut9 Genetic engineering of other grain legumes: tepary bean, Vigna species and faba bean10 Challenges in the commercialization of genetically engineered grain legumes11 Conclusion12 Future trends13 Where to look for further information14 References
Chapter 5 - Advances in the genetic modification of oil palm: Denis J. Murphy, Head of Genomics and Computational Biology Research Group, University of South Wales, United Kingdom; 1 Introduction2 Early and current genetically modified (GM) crop varieties3 GM oil palm in Malaysia4 Improving the fatty acid composition of palm oil5 Progress to date in oil palm transformation6 New technologies for genome editing - an alternative to 'classical GM'7 Conclusions and future prospects8 Where to look for further information9 References
Chapter 6 - Advances in genetic modification of cassava: P. Zhang, Q. Ma, M. Naconsie, X. Wu, W. Zhou, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and J. Yang, Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, China; 1 Introduction2 Transition from model cultivars to farmer-preferred cultivars3 Tools of gene expression regulation4 Production of virus-resistant cassava5 Cassava biofortifi cation for better nutrition6 Starch modifi cation of cassava for industrial applications7 Improving storage, root production and post-harvest storage8 Future trends and conclusion9 Where to look for further information10 Acknowledgements11 References