
Plant Genetic Engineering (Applications And Limitations)
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Plants are the most abundant and cost effective renewable resource uniquely adapted for synthesis of several thousands of metabolites that are used as food, feed, fuel, medicines and raw materials for the various industries. Unfortunately, our food crops do not contain these metabolites in sufficient amount to meet out the nutritional and therapeutic needs to maintain optimal human health. The improvements in nutritional and therapeutic qualities of plants have inadequately been achieved previously by the traditional methods of plant breeding. Recent advances in gene technologies have made it possible to modify the existing or to introduce a new metabolic pathway in plants. The book highlights the current understanding of applications of molecular/genetic techniques in controlling biosynthetic pathways, new technologies to manipulate the content and composition of starch, fructants, proteins, amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins (A, C, 0 and E), antioxidants, minerals, sterols, pigments, isoflavonoids, terpenoids, lignins, alkaloids and other secondary metabolites, recombinant proteins (vaccines, antibodies, pharmaceutical proteins), industrial enzymes, elimination of the production of toxic substances and decrease in allergenicity of food in crop plants to meet the human needs in a sustainable way. The risk assessment and regulation of genetically modified (GM) foods have also been described. Such GM plants with clear and direct health benefits for the consumers should lead to greater acceptance of crop genetic engineering. The leading world's experts in their respective areas have prepared the chapters of this monograph. The book is valuable for researchers, graduate students, scientists, planners, technocrats and industrialists working in the area of biotechnology, molecular biology, biochemistry, plant biology, plant physiology, genetics, agronomy, horticulture, agriculture, food and pharmaceutical sciences.
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- Intro
- Cover
- Halftitle
- The Editors
- Title
- Copyrights
- Preface
- Contents
- Other Volumes in the Series
- 1. RNA editing in plant organelles
- 2. Genetic engineering for insect resistance
- 3. Genetically engineered resistance to plant viruses
- 4. Genetic engineering for bacterial resistance
- 5. Abiotic stress induced proteins and signal transduction in plants
- 6. Engineering abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants
- 7. Improvement of crop plants for abiotic stress tolerance through introduction of glycinebetaine pathway
- 8. Genetic manipulation of polyamine metabolism
- 9. Enhancing the potential of biological nitrogen fixation by genetic manipulations of diazotrophic bacteria for sustainable agriculture
- 10. Genetic engineering for enhancing levels of carotenoids
- 11. Production of antibodies using transgenic plants
- 12. Development of transgenic plants as source of edible vaccines - a new approach
- 13. Hairy root cultures of Catharanthus roseus : a model for primary and secondary metabolic studies
- 14. Genetic engineering for modifications of lignin
- 15. Manipulation of flower colour by genetic engineering
- 16. Transgenic plants : environmental concerns
- 17. Intellectual property rights and Indian agriculture
- 18. Bioinformatics studies in plant systems
- Lastcover
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