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Agricultural biotechnology : genetic engineering for a food cause /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Venkataraman, Srividhya (Author), Hefferon, Kathleen L. (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; San Diego : Academic Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Agricultural biotechnology.
Biotechnologie agricole.
Agricultural biotechnology
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Agricultural Biotechnology
  • Agricultural Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering for a Food Cause
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Author biography
  • 1
  • Introduction
  • 2
  • Engineered microbes for improved soil and plant health
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Engineered plants and microbes that break down industrial waste
  • 3. Engineered plants and microbes that break down plastics
  • 4. Engineered plants and microbes for carbon fixation
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 3
  • Biofortified crops
  • 1. Malnutrition: the hidden hunger
  • Impacts of micronutrient deficiency
  • 2. Addressing malnutrition: strategies and technologies
  • 3. Conventional strategies
  • Microbe-enabled and foliar application of nutrients
  • Conventional breeding practices
  • Improved crop varieties generated by conventional breeding
  • Crop wild relatives as sources for nutritional traits
  • 4. Use of plant growth promoting organisms to enhance crop biofortification
  • 5. HarvestPlus program
  • HarvestPlus objectives
  • Three phases of the HarvestPlus program
  • Success of the HarvestPlus program
  • 6. New breeding technologies
  • Transgenic breeding
  • Cereals
  • Overexpression of genes encoding micronutrients and inhibition of antinutrient biosynthesis
  • Golden rice and other improved crop varieties developed by transgene overexpression
  • Transgene-enabled biofortification by augmentation of micronutrients and amino acid contents
  • Development of crop varieties with improved micronutrient, vitamin, fatty acid, and fiber contents using transgene technology
  • Biofortification of pulses using transgenic technology
  • 7. RNA interference
  • 8. Genome editing toward crop biofortification
  • Genome editing for cereal biofortification
  • Biofortification of pulses using genome editing
  • Nutritionally enriched feed crops
  • Biofortified crops with other health benefits.
  • 9. Regulatory issues concerned with crop varieties generated through new plant breeding techniques (NBTs)
  • 10. Conclusions and future perspectives
  • References
  • 4
  • Genetically engineered plant products for health: plant-made recombinant pharmaceuticals
  • 1. An overview of major accomplishments in the area of plant-based biopharmaceuticals
  • Strategies for expression of plant-based biopharmaceuticals: indirect gene delivery by agrobacterium-mediated nuclear trans ...
  • Direct delivery of foreign genes into plant cells by biolistic bombardment
  • Plastid transformation
  • Transient expression of vaccine proteins using plant virus-based expression systems
  • Production of vaccines in the geminivirus system
  • Infiltration technologies for transient expression of foreign proteins
  • Use of sonication and chemical (PEG) stimulation to promote DNA uptake
  • Other augmented transfection methods
  • Generation of multicomponent subunit vaccines
  • 2. Benefits and drawbacks of using plants for the generation of biopharmaceuticals
  • 3. Difficulties encountered by plant-derived recombinant vaccines and therapeutics
  • 4. Recent developments in the generation of plant-based pharmaceuticals
  • 5. Use of plant viruses and derivatives as biopharmaceuticals
  • Roles of TMV in medicine and cancer
  • Applications of TMV in medical imaging and theranostics
  • PVX as an expression vector for biopharmaceuticals, theranostics, and human medicine
  • Applications of CPMV and CCMV in medical biotechnology and cancer
  • The use of geminiviruses in biotechnology and medicine
  • 6. Conclusions and future perspectives
  • References
  • 5
  • Genome-edited crops
  • 1. An overview of genome editing and its action mechanism
  • 2. CRISPR/Cas9 complex: mechanism of action
  • 3. Delivery of CRISPR/CAS components into plants.
  • 4. Precision plant breeding applications using CRISPR/Cas9 technology
  • Crop trait enhancement by gene knockout
  • Improvement of crop traits using gene knock-in and replacement
  • Gene modifications for augmenting yield traits
  • Gene modifications for enhanced produce quality
  • Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 technology for abiotic stress tolerance
  • CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing toward biotic stress resistance
  • 5. CRISPR/Cas9-based control of gene transcription or translation
  • 6. Use of CRISPR/Cas9 technology in mutant library construction
  • 7. Use of base editors in plant breeding
  • 8. Accelerating hybrid breeding
  • 9. Biological, political challenges, and regulatory decisions on GenEd crops
  • 10. Conclusions and future perspectives
  • References
  • 6
  • Gene drives focusing on agriculture
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Gene drives and genome editing
  • 3. Pest management through genetic control
  • Control of agricultural pests through indirect genetic engineering measures
  • Control of insect pests through direct genetic engineering measures
  • 4. Controlling weeds through the use of CRISPR/Cas9 gene drives
  • Weed gene drives
  • 5. Genetic modification of polyploids
  • 6. Pregametic gene drives
  • 7. Postgametic gene drives
  • 8. Use of genetic engineering measures to control insect vector transmission of plant disease pathogens
  • 9. Nascent and forthcoming genetic engineering technologies and gene drives
  • 10. Sterile insect methodology
  • 11. Insects infected with Wolbachia
  • 12. Genetically modified insects
  • 13. Synthetic gene drives and their constructs
  • Use of synthetic gene drive constructs
  • Genetic tools for management of D. suzukii
  • Gene drives toward control of D. suzukii
  • 14. Risks incurred by gene drives
  • 15. Mitigating the risks posed by gene drives
  • 16. Conclusions and future perspectives
  • References.
  • 7
  • Phytoremediation strategies using biotechnology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Removal of air pollutants by phytoremediation: purification of indoor air pollutants by plants
  • 3. Removal of water pollution by phytoremediation
  • 4. Removal of organic pollutants from the soil by phytoremediation
  • 5. In situ phytoremediation
  • Decontamination of soil contaminated with heavy metals by in situ phytoremediation
  • Decontamination of groundwater contaminated with heavy metals by in situ phytoremediation
  • 6. Improved integrated phytoremediation measures
  • Sustainable phytoremediation
  • Microbially-enabled phytoremediation
  • Remediation of heavy metals by plant-associated microbial organisms
  • Bacterial siderophores
  • 7. Nanophytoremediation: an inimitable strategy
  • Nano-TiO2 integrated plants
  • Plants integrated with nanocomposites
  • 8. Genetic engineering measures used for phytoremediation
  • 9. In situ phytoremediation mechanisms and examples of hyperaccumulator plants
  • Phytoextraction
  • Phytostabilization
  • Phytofiltration
  • Phytovolatilization
  • 10. Challenges faced by phytoremediation procedures
  • 11. Conclusions and future directions
  • References
  • 8
  • Engineering crop resistance to biotic stresses
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Cellular machinery of plant defense against pathogens and insect pests
  • 3. Translational application of PGIP toward mitigation of biotic stresses
  • 4. Regulatory activities of plant transcription factors in response to biotic stress
  • 5. Role of plant hormones in plant defense response
  • 6. Hormonal crosstalk involved in plant defense response
  • 7. Generation of plants resistant to biotic stresses
  • Genome editing strategies for augmenting resistance of plants to insect pests
  • Targets for genome editing toward augmenting resistance of plants to insect pests.
  • Genome editing technologies for the engineering of plant disease resistance
  • 8. Disease resistance breeding in the pre-editing times
  • 9. Prospects for genome editing-based engineering of disease resistance in plants
  • 10. Targeting of susceptibility genes for generating disease resistance
  • 11. Gene editing-based engineering of immune receptors toward generating broad-spectrum resistance
  • 12. Spatial uncoupling of plant hormones implicated in defense response
  • 13. CRISPR/cas technology in engineering plant defense against biotic stresses
  • 14. Recent developments in engineering resistance against biotic stresses
  • Use of RNAi technology to alleviate biotic stress
  • Use of beneficial microorganisms to combat biotic stress
  • Application of transgenic technology to develop resistance against biotic stress
  • Recent progress in CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing for developing disease resistance in crops
  • 15. Conclusions and future directions
  • References
  • 9
  • Strategies to address climate change: novel ways to generate food proteins using biotechnology to reduce greenh ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. History and current status of alternative proteins
  • History and current status of fermentation
  • History and current status of cultivated meat production
  • Other sources of protein
  • 3. Circular food systems
  • 4. Impact of the alternative protein on land use, food sovereignty, and social justice
  • 5. Consumer behavior toward the alternative protein movement
  • 6. Conclusion and future prospects for alternative protein development
  • References
  • 10
  • Recent developments in agricultural biotechnology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Phytoremediation
  • 3. Gene drive management
  • 4. Biofortified crops
  • 5. Genome-edited crops
  • 6. Plant-based biopharmaceuticals
  • 7. Engineered microbes for improved soil and planet health.