This timely reference/text integrates available basic biotechnological methodologies with current agricultural practices, providing solutions to specific agricultural needs and problems from plant and crop yield to animal husbandry.
Presenting and evaluating the limitations of "classical" methodologies and the potential of novel and emergent agriculturally related biotechnologies, Agricultural Biotechnology covers:
- Plant biotechnology—discussing genetic engineering and crop improvement for yield and quality traits, rapid clonal propagation and marker-assisted selection, and metabolite production
- Microbial biotechnology in agriculture and pest control—detailing biofertilization, bioremediation, and degradation of agricultural products, and new approaches to virus, fungus, insect, and weed control
- Livestock biotechnology—examining growth factors; meat, milk, and egg production and quality control; gene farming; and genetic manipulations for improved fertility, reproduction, and growth
- Marine biotechnology—exploring the use of fish, macro- and micro-algae, and other marine microorganisms for food production, as well as biochemical (pharmaceuticals and polysaccharides) and environmental applications
- The legal and ethical aspects of agricultural biotechnologies—clarifying how laws and public policy affect food production in developed and developing countries and the environment
- And much more!
Contents
Agriculture and Agricultural Biotechnologies: Development Trends
Toward the 21st Century
Part I: PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
Clonal Germplasm
Micropropagation: Clonal Plant Propagation In Vitro
In Vitro Production of Pathogen- and Contaminant-Free Plants
In Vitro Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources
Crop Improvement
Asexual Cell Genetics
Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants
Engineering of Crop Plants for Industrial Traits
Metabolite Production
Production of Secondary Metabolites
Large-Scale Plant Tissue Culture
Production of Foreign Compounds in Transgenic Plants
Part II: MICROBIAL AGRO-BIOTECHNOLOGY
Biotechnology of Plant Pest Control
Biological Control of Bacteria and Phytopathogenic Fungi
Transgenic Plants for the Control of Insect Pests
Biotechnology of Weed Control
Biofertilization, Fermentation, and Bioremediation
Biotechnology of Biofertilization and Phytostimulation
Lignin-Degrading Fungi: Mechanisms and Utilization
Bioremediation: Pesticides and Other Agricultural Chemicals
Part III: LIVESTOCK BIOTECHNOLOGY
Germplasm, Reproduction, and Fertility
Marker-Assisted Selection in Animal Biotechnology
Embryo Manipulation for Biotechnology in Domestic Animals
Successful Gender Preselection in Farm Animals
Transgenic Livestock—Growth, Milk, and Egg Production
Transgenic Livestock
Transgenic Dairy Animals for Production of Novel Proteins in Milk
Somatotropin in Domestic Animals
Livestock Diseases
Biotechnology and Veterinary Diagnosis: An Overview
Part IV: MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
Fish and Marine Invertebrates
Transgenic Fish Technology and Its Application in Fish Production
Use of the Fish Antifreeze Protein Gene Promoter in the Production of Growth Hormone-Transgenic Salmon with Enhanced
Growth Performance
Biotechnology of Marine Invertebrates: Current Approaches and Future Directions
Diagnosis and Disease Control of Marine Organisms
Macro- and Micro-Algae
Marine Algae as a Tool for Bioremediation of Marine Ecosystems
Environmental Applications of Marine Biotechnology
Production of Valuable Products from Microalgae: An Emerging Agroindustry
Part V: LEGAL AND PUBLIC ASPECTS
Agricultural Biotechnology and the Law: Patents, Plant Patents, Plant Variety,
Centrificates, and the Rise of Intellectual Property Rights in Biological Subject Matter
Biotechnology in Agriculture: Ethical Aspects and Public Acceptance
EPILOG
Biotechnology and Food Production: Relevance to Developing Countries
Biotechnology and the Environment
Prospects and Limitations of Agricultural Biotechnologies: An Update
Index
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