Title:
Genetic engineering of crop plants
Publication Information:
London : Butterworths, 1990
ISBN:
9780408047791
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Summary
Summary
Nearly two dozen selected and edited papers from the 49th Nottingham Easter School at Sutton Bonington, England, April 1989. Describes recent advances in the techniques for the genetic manipulation of crop plants, and in the understanding of characteristics that can be altered, such as the development and composition of seeds and tubers; seed germination; fruit ripening; resistance to stress, herbicides, insect pests, and diseases; root nodule development; nitrogen fixation; and photosynthesis. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
