Agricultural Biotechnology

Genetic Engineering for a Food Cause
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-323-88476-1
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Agricultural biotechnology and the production of GM crops have been controversial despite being practiced in both developed and developing countries, the major reason being their potential negative impact on human / animal health or environment. Also prevalent is the view that it is simply unethical to engineer different forms of life in the laboratory, especially when it comes to consuming food generated through genetic engineering. GM crops have been introduced into the agricultural landscape more than 2 decades ago which has allowed us to study their effects on economy, health and the environment.

Agricultural Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering for a Food Cause is a compendium of information, practices, observations and discernible insights on agriculture, biotechnology and sustainable development. The book begins by descriptions of genetic engineering practices and strategies for producing GM crops, their importance in the food chain and advantages of GM crops over non-modified crops. Followed by chapters on the strategic genetic applications and the use of synthetics microbiology and microbial symbiosis, Agricultural Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering concludes with an insight of the Future of microbiotechnology in agricultural practices.

Agricultural Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering for a Food Cause fills a gap by summarizing the available literature in a wide variety of topics under one single volume, being accessible to audiences in academic, government and industry spaces.

Zielgruppe

Graduate students and researchers both in academia and corporate environments in biological sciences, microbiology and agriculture
Other stakeholders in industry and government who need to acknowledge the importance of biotechnology in commerce and society

Autoren/Hrsg.

Venkataram, Vidya

Hefferon, Kathleen

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Engineered microbes for improved soil and plant health
2. Biofortified crops
3. Genetically engineered plant products for health: Plant made pharmaceuticals
4. Genomed edited crops
5. Gene drive focusing on agriculture
6. Phytoremediation strategies using microbiotechnology (eg plastic eating microbes)
7. Application of Genetic engineering
8. Strategies to address climate change
9. Repurposing food and agricultural waste using microbiotechnology
10. Synthetic Microbiology and microbial symbiosis
11. Metabolic Engineering of plants for secondary metabolite production
12. Sustainability through agricultural microbiotechnology
13. Economic benefit
14. Biofuel production and agricultural microbiotechnology
15. Development of molecular biomarkers in plant and plant molecular breeding
16. Public perception, intellectual property issues
17. Future of microbiotechnology in agricultural practices

Über Autor(innen)

Hefferon, Kathleen
Kathleen Hefferon received her PhD from the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University. Kathleen has published multiple research papers, chapters and reviews, and has written three books. Kathleen is the Fulbright Canada Research Chair of Global Food Security and has been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto over the past year. Her research interests include virus expression vectors, food security agricultural biotechnology and global health. She most recently held the title of Director of Operations, Human Metabolic Research Unit at Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

Venkataram, Vidya
Dr. Vidya Venkataram obtained her PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore where she won the Young Scientist award for her PhD work. After a brief experience at the Pennsylvania State University, USA and the US Vitamins Pharmaceuticals, she moved to Toronto where she functioned as Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Fellow in Regenerative Medicine at the Toronto General Hospital and the Toronto Medical Laboratories. She then held assignment as a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Guelph. She is currently a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto. She has over 45 publications and has contributed a book. Her primary research interests are in the areas of viruses, virus-like particles, food security, genetic engineering and biotechnology. She lives with her family in Toronto.