Agricultural Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering for a Food Cause
- 1st Edition - April 19, 2023
- Authors: Vidya Venkataram, Kathleen Hefferon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 4 7 6 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 4 7 7 - 8
Agricultural biotechnology and the production of GM crops have been controversial despite being practiced in both developed and developing countries, the major reason being th… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAgricultural 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.
- Provides knowledge of the purposes of engineering microbes
- Includes the latest techniques and practices in microbiology
- Gives an insight in the future of agricultural microbiotechnology
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
Other stakeholders in industry and government who need to acknowledge the importance of biotechnology in commerce and society
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Author biography
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 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
- Chapter 3. Biofortified crops
- 1. Malnutrition: the hidden hunger
- 2. Addressing malnutrition: strategies and technologies
- 3. Conventional strategies
- 4. Use of plant growth promoting organisms to enhance crop biofortification
- 5. HarvestPlus program
- 6. New breeding technologies
- 7. RNA interference
- 8. Genome editing toward crop biofortification
- 9. Regulatory issues concerned with crop varieties generated through new plant breeding techniques (NBTs)
- 10. Conclusions and future perspectives
- Chapter 4. Genetically engineered plant products for health: plant-made recombinant pharmaceuticals
- 1. An overview of major accomplishments in the area of plant-based biopharmaceuticals
- 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
- 6. Conclusions and future perspectives
- Chapter 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
- 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
- Chapter 6. Gene drives focusing on agriculture
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Gene drives and genome editing
- 3. Pest management through genetic control
- 4. Controlling weeds through the use of CRISPR/Cas9 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
- 14. Risks incurred by gene drives
- 15. Mitigating the risks posed by gene drives
- 16. Conclusions and future perspectives
- Chapter 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
- 6. Improved integrated phytoremediation measures
- 7. Nanophytoremediation: an inimitable strategy
- 8. Genetic engineering measures used for phytoremediation
- 9. In situ phytoremediation mechanisms and examples of hyperaccumulator plants
- 10. Challenges faced by phytoremediation procedures
- 11. Conclusions and future directions
- Chapter 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
- 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
- 15. Conclusions and future directions
- Chapter 9. Strategies to address climate change: novel ways to generate food proteins using biotechnology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- 1. Introduction
- 2. History and current status of alternative proteins
- 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
- Chapter 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
- 8. Strategies to address climate change: novel ways to generate food proteins using biotechnology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- 9. Conclusion
- Chapter 11. Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 280
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 19, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323884761
- eBook ISBN: 9780323884778
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Vidya Venkataram
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaKH
Kathleen Hefferon
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
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Operations, Human Metabolic Research Unit at Cornell University, Ithaca, USARead Agricultural Biotechnology on ScienceDirect