Biotechnology in agricultural chemistry /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Chemical Society. Division of Agrochemicals, American Chemical Society. Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, American Chemical Society. Division of Fertilizer and Soil Chemistry, American Chemical Society. Meeting
Other Authors: LeBaron, Homer M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, 1987.
Series:ACS symposium series ; 334.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Status and overview of biotechnology in agricultural chemistry / Homer M. LeBaron
  • Use of plant of cell cultures in pesticide metabolism studies / Beth A. Swisher
  • In vitro plant cultures for herbicide prescreening / J. Gressel
  • Applications of in vitro selection systems : whole-plant selection using the haploid phase of Ceratopteris / Leslie G. Hickok
  • Use of plant cells and organ culture in the production of biological chemicals / Hector E. Flores
  • Use of somatic embryogenesis for the regeneration of plants / David A. Stuart and M. Keith Redenbaugh
  • Selection for herbicide resistance at the whole-plant level / G. Haughn and C.R. Somerville
  • Classical approaches to the development of herbicide tolerance in crop cultivars / W.D. Beversdorf
  • Cell culture approaches for obtaining herbicide-resistant chloroplasts in crop plants / Pal Maliga, Erzsebet Fejes, Katherine Steinback, and Laszlo Menczel
  • Developing insecticide resistance in insect and mite predators and opportunities for gene transfer / Marjorie A. Hoy
  • Importance of conformational variability in protein engineering of subtilisin / Richard Bott, Mark Ultsch, James Wells, David Powers, Daniel Burdick, Martin Struble, John Burnier, David Estell, Jeffrey Miller, Thomas Graycar, Robin Adams, and Scott Power
  • Detection of plasmids in the plant pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris Pathovar glycines / Michael J. Haas and William F. Fett
  • Use of microorganisms and microbial systems in the degradation of pesticides / Jeffrey S. Karns, Mark T. Muldoon, Walter W. Mulbry, Myra K. Derbyshire, and Philip C. Kearney
  • Biodegradation of s-triazines : an approach to dispose of recalcitrant wastes / Alasdair M. Cook
  • Use of microorganisms and enzymes in the synthesis and production of optically active agricultural chemicals / Gary J. Calton
  • Microbiological identification and characterization of an amino acid biosynthetic enzyme as the site of sulfonylurea herbicide action / Robert A. LaRossa, S. Carl Falco, Barbara J. Mazur, Kenneth J. Livak, John V. Schloss, Dana R. Smulski, Tina K. Van Dyk, and Narendra S. Yadav
  • Genetic engineering of bacterial insecticides / Brian B. Spear
  • Ice nucleation-deficient bacteria as frost protection agents / G.J. Warren, J. Lindemann, T.V. Suslow, and R.L. Green
  • Immunoassays for crop management systems and agricultural chemistry / Richard K. Lankow, G. David Grothaus, and Sally A. Miller
  • Anticipating the impacts of biotechnology on agriculture : a review and synthesis / Joseph J. Molnar, Henry Kinnucan, and Upton Hatch
  • Patent laws governing applications of biotechnology patents related to agricultural products / Rene D. Tegtmeyer
  • Protection of biotechnology in agricultural-related inventions / Kate H. Murashige
  • Public policies for avoiding mistakes in biotechnology developments / Edwin H. Clark, II
  • Safety issues in perspective / Winston J. Brill
  • Review of the safety of agricultural recombinant DNA experiments and field tests : the role of the National Institutes of Health / Bernard Talbot
  • Report of the Interagency Biotechnology Working Group : description of the Toxic Substances Control Act / David L. Dull, Matthew Hale, Anne K. Hollander, Jane Rissler, and Carl Mazza
  • Biotechnology products related to agriculture : overview of regulatory decisions at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / F. Betz, A. Rispin, and W. Schneider
  • Critique of industry comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture policy statement on regulation of biotechnology / Bruce F. Mackler
  • Risk assessment and regulation of genetically engineered products / C.A. Franklin, E.R. Nestmann, and L. Ritter.