The role of biotechnology in the improvement of agricultural traits, production of industrial products and pharmaceuticals as well as biomaterials and biomass provide a historical perspective and a look to the future. This volume provides an overview of all these aspects along with an updated review of the major plant biotechnology procedures and techniques, their impact on novel agricultural development, and crop plant improvement. Plant tissue culture (PTC) technology has gained unassailable success for its various commercial and research applications in plant sciences. 4), and waste wood and sawdust to power sawmills (Chap. These include more use of energy sources such as, among others, manure in anaerobic digesters, waste wood in forests as fuel or feedstock for cellulosic ethanol, and conservation reserve program (CRP) land crops that are presently unused in the US. We would also extend our sincere thank to Kluwer Academic Publishers for the publication of these proceedings. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. Economic Effect of Agricultural Biotechnology 6. Topics such as history and scope of agricultural biotechnology, plant tissues culture, techniques of genetic modification, crop improvement, production of transgenic crops etc. The role of plant biotechnology is considered in tackling enormous challenges to the welfare of human populations around the world. Image Count:
There are currently many controversial socioeconomic issues concerned with the development and implementation of agricultural biotechnology. This book begins by laying the foundations for plant biotechnology by outlining the biological aspects including gene structure and expression, and the basic procedures in plant biotechnology of genomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. Plant Biotechnology And Agriculture. The book begins with a discussion of the rationale for the use of biotechnology in agriculture. This work integrates basic biotechnological methodologies with up-to-date agricultural practices, offering solutions to specific agricultural needs and problems from plant and crop yield to animal husbandry. Each chapter is written by experts from across the globe. ---Plant Growth Regulation "This comprehensive volume deals with virtually every facet of the large field of agricultural biotechnology, including plants, fermenting and lignin-degrading microorganisms, livestock, fish and marine invertebrates, and algae....well worth its price." This book begins by laying the foundations for plant biotechnology by outlining the biological aspects including gene structure and expression, and the basic procedures in plant biotechnology of genomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. Short exercises at the end of the chapters help to make the book suitable for course work in agriculture biotechnology, genetics, biology, biotechnology, and plant science. Read as many books as you like (Personal use) and Join Over 150.000 Happy Readers. Includes specific emphasis on the inter-relationships between basic plant biotechnologies and applied agricultural applications, and the way they contribute to each other, Provides an updated review of the major plant biotechnology procedures and techniques, their impact on novel agricultural development and crop plant improvement, Takes a broad view of the topic with discussions of practices in many countries, Introduction: The scope of plant biotechnology and its impact on agriculture, Introduction to basic procedures in plant biotechnology, Controlling plant response to the environment: Abiotic stress, Controlling plant response to the environment: Biotic stress, Biotechnological improvement of yield and quality traits, Plants as factories for industrial products, pharmaceuticals and biomaterials, Prospects, limitations and sociological considerations of agricultural plant biotechnologies. This volume presents the contributions of the lectures and a selected number of posters, which are an up-to-date account of the state of knowledge on agricultural biotechnology. These developments have the potential to seriously affect crop productivity in some of the most densely populated and vulnerable regions of the world. The next big thing will be cellulosic ethanol. Sections addressing intellectual property rights and sociological and food safety issues round out the holistic discussion of this important topic. Includes specific emphasis on the inter-relationships between basic plant biotechnologies and applied agricultural applications, and the way they contribute to each other Provides an updated review of the major plant biotechnology procedures and techniques, their impact on novel agricultural development and crop plant improvement Takes a broad view of the topic with discussions of practices in many countries. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. Charts, figures, and graphs support the text when appropriate. (2009) Historical perspective of biofuels: learning from the past to rediscover the future. Agricultural Biotechnology on Biodiversity 4.