Plant Biotechnology and Transgenic Plants (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment, 92)

Discusses the latest technologies and current research on the engineering, synthesis, utilization, and control of primary and secondary plant metabolites. Contains case studies illustrating the cell culture production of pigments, flavors, and antineoplastic compounds. Contains case studies illustrating the cell culture production of pigments, flavors, and antineoplastic compounds Plant Biotechnology and Transgenic Plants covers topics that range from food to fragrances to fuel. It includes discussions of technologies and research on the engineering, synthesis, utilization, and control of primary and secondary plant metabolites such as carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, polymers, proteins, and phytochemicals for industrial, pharmaceutical, and food and feed applications. The editors put the emphasis on recent methods in farming, plant propagation, and breeding and modern procedures to formulate more effective biopharmaceuticals. Biotechnology is a scientific discipline with focus on the exploitation of metabolic properties of living organisms for the production of valuable products of a very different structural and organizational level for the benefit of men.