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| View Larger Image | Transgenic Cotton
by Jia Shirong
| | List Price: | $103.00 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 4496582 | | Studio: | Elsevier Science | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 324 | | Publication Date: | February 24, 2006 | | Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
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Product Description
This book describes the major acheivements made in the R&D of transgenic insect pest-resistant cotton under the financial support of the Ministry of Science & Technology for the National High-Tech Program. This resulted in the development of Transgenic Bt cotton, the first biotechnology product applied in Chinese agriculture. Translated from the original Chinese proceedings of the 2000 China-ASEAN Workshop on Transgenic Plants, this reference represents a valuable wealth of information that has been updated to include advances made since the first printing in 2001.
* Covers field performance of Bt Cotton, variety restrictions, and inheritance of Bt genes
* Discusses insect resistance management for Bt cotton and safety assessments of Bt cotton byproducts
* Includes a setion on the genetic engineering of cotton for improvements |
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