B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Shewry, P. R., Jones, H. D. and Halford, N. G. 2008. Plant biotechnology: transgenic crops. in: Stahl, U., Donalies, U. E. B. and Nevoigt, E. (ed.) Food Biotechnology Springer International Publishing Ag.
Authors | Shewry, P. R., Jones, H. D. and Halford, N. G. |
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Editors | Stahl, U., Donalies, U. E. B. and Nevoigt, E. |
Abstract | Transgenesis is an important adjunct to classical plant breeding, in that it allows the targeted manipulation of specific characters using genes from a range of sources. The current status of crop transformation is reviewed, including methods of gene transfer, the selection of transformed plants and control of transgene expression. The application of genetic modification technology to specific traits is then discussed, including input traits relating to crop production (herbicide tolerance and resistance to insects, pathogens and abiotic stresses) and output traits relating to the composition and quality of the harvested organs. The latter include improving the nutritional quality for consumers as well as the improvement of functional properties for food processing. |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Book title | Food Biotechnology |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing Ag |
Series | Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology book series (ABE, volume 111) |
ISBN | 978-3-540-70536-9 |
ISSN | 0724-6145 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2008_095 |
Funder | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
Funder project or code | Centre for Crop Genetic Improvement (CGI) |
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Structural and protein engineering studies of novel cereal and oilseed proteins with functional properties or biological activity | |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 26 Feb 2008 |
Journal | Advances in Biochemical Engineering-Biotechnology |
Journal citation | 111, pp. 149-186 |
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