Genetic Modification of Plants

1. Plant Nuclear Transformation
John J. Finer

2. Plastid Transformation
Heribert Warzecha, Anna Hennig

3. Concepts of Marker Genes for Plants
Josef Kraus

4. Precise Breeding Through All-Native DNA Transformation
Caius M. Rommens

5. Gene Silencing in Plants: Transgenes as Targets and Effectors
Andreas E. Müller

6. Breeding with Genetically Modified Plants
Christian Jung

7. Detection of Genetically Modified Plants in Seeds, Food and Feed
Lutz Grohmann

8. Drought Stress Tolerance
Dorothea Bartels, Jonathan Phillips

9. Herbicide Resistance
Micheal D. K. Owen

10. Insect and Nematode Resistance
Tim Thurau, Wanzhi Ye, Daguang Cai

11. Metabolic Engineering
Lars M. Voll, Frederik Börnke

12. Pharmaceuticals
Andreas Schiermeyer, Stefan Schillberg

13. Biopolymers
Maja Hühns, Inge Broer

14. Engineered Male Sterility
Frank Kempken

15. Cotton
Keerti S. Rathore

16. Triticeae Cereals
Jochen Kumlehn, Grit Zimmermann, Carolin Berger, Cornelia Marthe, Goetz Hensel

17. Fruit Crops
Magda-Viola Hanke, Henryk Flachowsky

18. Maize
David D. Songstad

19. Ornamentals
Thomas Debener, Traud Winkelmann

20. Potato
Jens Lübeck

21. Rapeseed/Canola
Christian Möllers

22. Rice
Hao Chen, Yongjun Lin, Qifa Zhang

23. Sugarcane
Fredy Altpeter, Hesham Oraby

24. Soybean
Jack M. Widholm, John J. Finer, Lila O. Vodkin, Harold N. Trick, Peter LaFayette, Jiarui Li, Wayne Parrott

25. Vegetables
Evelyn Klocke, Thomas Nothnagel, Günter Schumann

26. Regulatory Oversight and Safety Assessment of Plants with Novel Traits
Yann Devos, Karine Lheureux, Joachim Schiemann

27. Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified Maize Expressing Cry1 Proteins
Detlef Bartsch, Yann Devos, Rosie Hails, Jozsef Kiss, Paul Henning Krogh, Sylvie Mestdagh, Marco Nuti, Angela Sessitsch, Jeremy Sweet, Achim Gathmann

28. Benefits of Transgenic Plants: A Socioeconomic Perspective
Matin Qaim, Arjunan Subramanian

29. Risk Assessment and Economic Applications – the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: GMO Approval and Import on a World-Wide Scale
Joachim Bendiek, Hans-Jörg Buhk

30. Public Perceptions of Modern Biotechnology and the Necessity to Improve Communication
Roger J. Busch

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Genetics & Genomics, Genetic Engineering, Agriculture, Forestry, Agricultural Economics