Transgenic Plants : Promise or Danger

Contents: 1. Biotechnology and transgenic plants. 2. Genetic engineering and transgenic plants. 3. Gene isolation and identification. 4. Techniques of producing transgenic plants. 5. Expression of induced genes. 6. Gene silencing and antisense technology. 7. Transgenic plants and photosynthetic carbon metabolism. 8. Scopes and achievements. 9. Recommendations and priorities for future research. 10. Potential ecological impact of transgenic virus-resistance in plants. 11. Alarming issues related to transgenic plants. 12. Transgenic plants: promise and danger. Glossary. Subject index.