Genetically Modified Crops - Their Development, Uses, and Risks

Genetically Modified Crops: Their Development, Uses, and Risks examines cutting-edge methods for integrating foreign DNA into the nucleus of a plant cell. This volume details the tools and techniques for gene transfer, and identifies the benefits, risks, and limitations of these methods in horticulture and agriculture. Authors at the forefront of this developing technology provide a comprehensive overview of transgenic crops and vital research on specific plant genera that have undergone transgenic transformation. Complete with references, figures, and photographs, this book (A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title for 2005)is an indispensable manual for agronomists, plant and molecular geneticists, and students in agronomy, genetics, entomology, horticulture, and plant pathology.