Sumário “...Introduction: The scope of plant biotechnology and its impact on agriculture Introduction to basic procedures in plant biotechnology -- Breeding biotechnologies -- Plant germplasm -- 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 -- Plants and crop residues for bioenergy -- Commercial, legal and public aspects -- Prospects, limitations and sociological considerations of agricultural plant biotechnologies -- Concluding remarks -- Appendices -- Index....”
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Sumário “...Hicks -- ch. 11. Applications of agricultural and medicinal biotechnology in functional foods / Kandan Aravindaram and Ning-Sun Yang -- ch. 12. ...”
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Sumário “...Plant agriculture: the impact of biotechnology -- Mendelian genetics and plant reproduction -- Plant breeding -- Plant development and physiology -- Tissue culture: the manipulation of plant development -- Molecualr genetics of gene expression -- Recombinant DNA, vector design, and construction -- Genes and traits of interest for transgenic plants -- Marker genes and promoters -- Transgenic plant production -- Transgenic plant analysis -- Regulations and biosafety -- Field testing of transgenic plants -- Intellectual property in agricultural biotechnology: strategies for open access -- Why transgenic plants are so controversial -- The future of plant biotechnology....”
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Sumário “...Methods used for the recovery of culturable endophytic actinobacteria : an overview -- Actinobacteria from Rhizosphere : molecular diversity, distributions, and potential biotechnological applications -- Molecular markers used for identification and genomic profiling of plant associated endophytic actinobacteria -- Freshwater actinobacteria : potential source for natural product search and discovery -- Actinobacteria : eco-friendly candidates for control of plant diseases in a sustainable manner -- Biocontrol potential and applications of actinobacteria in agriculture -- Endophytic actinobacteria from native plants of Algerian Sahara : potential agents for biocontrol and promotion of plant growth -- Streptomyces in plant growth promotion : mechanisms and role -- Current status and applications of actinobacteria in the production of anticancerous compounds -- Biotechnological potential of thermophilic actinobacteria associated with hot springs -- The role of actinobacteria in the production of industrial enzymes -- Characterization of the genus Sinomonas : from taxonomy to applications -- Actinobacteria : a highly potent source for holocellulose degrading enzymes -- Metabolic potential and biotechnological importance of plant associated endophytic actinobacteria -- Biology of pathogenic actinobacteria : nocardia and allied genera -- Novel perspectives of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance mechanism in actinobacteria -- Detection and expression of biosynthetic gene clusters in actinobacteria -- Recent trends in biosorption of heavy metals by actinobacteria -- Antimicrobial compounds from actinobacteria : synthetic pathways and applications -- Bio-augmentation of actinobacteria and their role in dye decolorization -- Future prospects of actinobacteria in health and industry -- Genomics of actinobacteria with a focus on natural product biosynthetic genes....”
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Sumário “...Conflicts of interest undermine agricultural biotechnology research /...”
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“...Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry ;...”
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Sumário “...Reichman, Robert Weissman, and Amy Kapczynski -- IPRs, public health, and the pharmaceutical industry : issues in the post-2005 TRIPS agenda / Benjamin Coriat and Luigi Orsenigo -- Innovation, appropriability, and productivity growth in agriculture : a broad historical viewpoint / Alessandro Nuvolari and Valentina Tartari -- The distributive impact of intellectual property regimes : report from the 'natural experiment' of the green revolution / Tim Swanson and Timo Goeschl -- Securing the global crop commons in support of agricultural innovation / Michael Halewood -- Mode of entry for emerging markets : an ex-ante and ex-post perspective of the open source development and management of biotechnology knowledge assets / Minna Allarakhia -- Intellectual property and alternatives : strategies for green innovations / Jerome H. ...”
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