Provides the tools needed to understnd GM plants - the theoretical and historical bases of genetic engineering. The book also gives a perspective on the practical, legal and ethical questions posed by society and the responses of scientists, legislators and the industry.
Introductory text for students of genetics is general and the students of agronomy as the book gives numerous agronomic applications.
The second part contains a discussion of the principles and practice of techniques of everything concerning in vitro procedures, identification, and direct and indirect transfer of genes and the control of the functioning of trasgenes.