Use of Agriculturally Important Genes in BiotechnologyGeza Hrazdina IOS Press, 2000 - 252 pages During the 45 years of communist regimes in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, agriculture was centrally directed without regard of quality factors and market needs, and was heavily subsidized. Democratization of the countries and adoption of market driven economies, including agriculture, created conditions that require new thinking and approaches to find market areas that will fill the needs of each country, and provide produce that is not redundant for the Common Market. The aim of this book is to facilitate solving common agricultural problems using the tools of biotechnology. The book addresses five themes: Plant Transformations, Plant Genomics, Breeding Plants for Resistance and Legal Aspects of Biotechnology, including risk assessment. Some specific topics dealt with are: The way from fundamental research to start-up company, Crop improvement by transgenic technology; Strategies for improving resistance; Current procedures for applying risk assessment in genetically modified crops; Questions arising from the implementation of the Hungarian gene technology law; Public perception and legislation of Biotechnology in Poland. |
Contents
Transgenic Potato Plants Carrying Truncated cDNA Copy of a Severe Strain | 14 |
Elements of Biotechnology Applied to Potato Breeding at IHAR Mlochów | 32 |
Linkage Studies in Pisum and Lupinus Genomes B Wolko W K Swiecicki | 45 |
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Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to Gene Resistance and Marker | 58 |
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Micromanipulation of Gametic Cells of Cereals B Barnabás Zs Pónya | 76 |
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Performance of Virus Resistant Transgenic Potatoes B Flis A Chachulska | 142 |
Molecular Phylogeny as a Tool for Controlling Potato Virus Y Spread | 148 |
Legal Aspects of Biotechnology | 160 |
Questions Raised During the Implementation of the Hungarian Law | 171 |
Public Perception and Legislation of Biotechnology in Poland | 180 |
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45 | 199 |
Property Rights and Agricultural Biotechnology R S Cahoon | 203 |
Plant Transformations | 102 |
Ten Generations of Transgenic Triticale J Zimny S Sowa I MenkeMilczarek | 103 |
Transformation of Foreign Gene and Sexual Transfer of Transgene in Wheat | 112 |
Breeding for Resistance | 124 |
Evaluation of Transgenic Cucumbers Expressing the Thaumatin Gene | 131 |
Opportunities for Successful Collaboration J E Haldeman | 216 |
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Author Index | 251 |
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