Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture

Preface

1. Introduction: The scope of plant biotechnology and its impact on agriculture
2. Introduction to basic procedures in plant biotechnology
3. Breeding biotechnologies
4. Plant germplasm
5. Controlling plant response to the environment: Abiotic stress
6. Controlling plant response to the environment: Biotic stress
7. Biotechnological improvement of yield and quality traits
8. Plants as factories for industrial products, pharmaceuticals and biomaterials
9. Plants and crop residues for bioenergy
10. Commercial, legal and public aspects
11. Prospects, limitations and sociological considerations of agricultural plant biotechnologies
12. Concluding remarks

Appendices

Index