Crop Biotechnology: Genetic Modification and Genome Editing

by Nigel G Halford

Book Overview

Plant molecular biology came to the fore in the early 1980s and there has been tremendous growth in the subject since then. The study of plant genes and genomes, coupled with the development of techniques for the incorporation of novel or modified genes into plants, eventually led to the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the mid-1990s. This was seen as the start of a biotechnological revolution in plant breeding. However, plant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786347822
• ISBN13: 9781786347824
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"