Agricultural biotechnology / edited by Arie Altman ; international advisory editorial board, Rita R. Colwell [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Agriculture and Agricultural Biotechnology: Development Trends Toward the 21st Century / Hamutal Meiri and Arie Altman -- 2. Micropropagation: Clonal Plant Propagation In Vitro / Arie Altman and Beth Loberant -- 3. In Vitro Production of Pathogen- and Contaminant-Free Plants / Alan C. Cassells -- 4. In Vitro Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources / Lyndsey A. Withers and Florent Engelmann -- 5. Asexual Cell Genetics / Gerhard Wenzel -- 6. Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants / Ingo Potrykus, Roland Bilang and Johannes Futterer -- 7. Engineering of Crop Plants for Industrial Traits / Reinhard Topfer and Norbert Martini -- 8. Production of Secondary Metabolites / Wolfgang G.W. Kurz and Friedrich Constabel -- 9. Large-Scale Plant Tissue Culture / A.H. Scragg -- 10. Production of Foreign Compounds in Transgenic Plants / Jose J. Pueyo and Andrew Hiatt -- 11. Biocontrol of Bacteria and Phytopathogenic Fungi / Alfredo Herrera Estrella and Ilan Chet -- 12. Transgenic Plants for the Control of Insect Pests / Michael G. Koziel, Nadine B. Carozzi and Gregory W. Warren -- 13. Biotechnology of Weed Control / Jonathan Gressel -- 14. Biotechnology of Biofertilization and Phytostimulation / Yaacov Okon, Guido V. Bloemberg and Ben J.J. Lugtenberg -- 15. Lignin-Degrading Fungi: Mechanisms and Utilization / Zohar Kerem and Yitzhak Hadar -- 16. Bioremediation: Pesticides and Other Agricultural Chemicals / Aloys Huttermann and Andrzej Majcherczyk -- 17. Marker-Assisted Selection in Animal Biotechnology / Morris Soller -- 18. Embryo Manipulation for Biotechnology in Domestic Animals / Brendan Tatham -- 19. Successful Gender Preselection in Farm Animals / Lawrence A. Johnson -- 20. Transgenic Livestock / Kenneth R. Bondioli and Robert J. Wall -- 21. Transgenic Dairy Animals for Production of Novel Proteins in Milk / Neal L. First and Robert D. Bremel -- 22. Somatotropin in Domestic Animals / Robert J. Collier and John C. Byatt -- 23. Avian Transgenics / K. Simkiss -- 24. Biotechnology and Veterinary Diagnosis: An Overview / Amichai Naveh and Arieh Hadani -- 25. Transgenic Fish Technology and Its Application in Fish Production / Thomas T. Chen, Jenn-Ken Lu and Richard Fahs II -- 26. Use of the Fish Antifreeze Protein Gene Promoter in the Production of Growth Hormone-Transgenic Salmon with Enhanced Growth Performance / Choy L. Hew, Shao Jun Du and Zhiyuan Gong -- 27. Biotechnology of Marine Invertebrates: Current Approaches and Future Directions / Gerardo R. Vasta and Adam G. Marsh -- 28. Disease Diagnosis and Control of Marine Organisms / Brian Austin -- 29. Marine Algae as a Tool for Bioremediation of Marine Ecosystems / Kimon T. Bird, Konstantine S. Bourdine and William S. Busch -- 30. Environmental Applications of Marine Biotechnology / Roger C. Prince, Ronald M. Atlas and Joseph L. Zelibor, Jr. -- 31. Production of Valuable Products from Microalgae: An Emerging Agroindustry / Shoshana Arad and Ishai Spharim -- 32. Agricultural Biotechnology and the Law: Patents, Plant Patents, Plant Variety Certificates, and the Rise of Intellectual Property Rights in Biological Subject Matter / Donald S. Chisum and Andrew W. Stuart -- 33. Biotechnology in Agriculture: Ethical Aspects and Public Acceptance / Darryl R.J. Macer -- 34. Biotechnology and Food Production: Relevance to Developing Countries / Albert Sasson -- 35. Biotechnology and the Environment / D. Jay Grimes -- 36. Prospects and Limitations of Agricultural Biotechnologies: An Update / Neal L. First, Jeff Schell and Indra K. Vasil.

"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." "Furnished with authoritative contributions by experts from around the world and supplemented with over 3500 bibliographic citations, tables, figures, and photographs, Agricultural Biotechnology is an essential reference for biotechnologists; agricultural scientists; chemists, and researchers; plant biologists, pathologists, physiologists, geneticists; applied and molecular biologists; agronomists; and food scientists, chemists, and technologies; and a comprehensive text for graduate-level students in departments of agricultural, biotechnological, food, and environmental science."--Jacket.