Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond: Proceedings of the 10th IAPTC&B Congress June 23–28, 2002 Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
The Science and Politics of Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond....Pages 1-9
Putting Plant Disease Resistance Genes to Work....Pages 10-17
Comparative Genomics Enables a Virtual Genome of the Cereals....Pages 18-19
The Role of MADS-Box Genes in the Control of Flower and Fruit Development in Arabidopsis....Pages 20-27
The Plant Cell Cycle....Pages 28-29
Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Responses and Tolerance of Drought and Cold Stress....Pages 30-37
Advances in Apomixis Research: Can we Fix Heterosis?....Pages 38-46
Overcoming and Exploiting RNA Silencing....Pages 48-58
Improving the Nutritional Quality of Plants....Pages 60-67
Antibodies from Plants: Breaking the Barriers to Antibody Production....Pages 68-69
Phytosynthetics: Transgenic Plants as the Primary Source of Industrial and Medical Feedstocks in the 21st Century....Pages 70-71
Quantitative Inference in Functional Genomics of Loblolly Pine ( Pinus taeda L.) Using ESTs and Microarrays....Pages 72-79
About Straight Lines and Complex Crossroads: Metabolism is a Network....Pages 80-81
Plants and Pharmaceuticals in the 21st Century....Pages 82-95
The Reannotation of the Arabidopsis thaliana Genome....Pages 96-106
Biosafe, Transgenic Resistance for Plant Nematode Control....Pages 107-110
Transgenic Crops for Enhanced Disease Resistance and Food Safety....Pages 111-114
Transgenic Papaya: A Case Study on the Theoretical and Practical Application of Virus Resistance....Pages 115-118
Investigation and Development of Bacillus thuringiensis Insecticidal Proteins for Expression in Transgenic Plants....Pages 119-129
Transformation of Cotton Production through the Use of Genetically Improved Cotton....Pages 131-134
Biotechnological Solutions for Weed Problems — The Next Generations....Pages 135-138
Discovery, Development, and Commercialization of Roundup Ready® Crops....Pages 139-142
Engineering Virus-Induced African Cassava Mosaic Virus Resistance by Mimicking a Hypersensitive Reaction in Transgenic Cassava....Pages 143-145
Disease Resistant Transgenic Cotton to Prevent Preharvest Aflatoxin Contamination....Pages 147-150
Evaluation of Transgenic Herbicide (Glufosinate Ammonium) Resistant Sugarcane ( Saccharum Spp. Hybrids) under Field Conditions....Pages 151-152
Transgenic Apple Plants Expressing Viral EPS-Depolymerase: Evaluation of Resistance to the Phytopathogenic Bacterium Erwinia amylovora ....Pages 153-157
Expression of an Altered Antimicrobial Hordothionin Gene in Barley and Oat....Pages 159-160
The Dual Function of Chitinases in Defence Responses as Well as during Nodulation in Legumes....Pages 161-162
Transgenic Oil Palm with Stably Integrated CpTI Gene Confers Resistance to Bagworm Larvae....Pages 163-165
Production of Salt Tolerant Rice by Introduction of a Gene Encoding Catalase, kat E....Pages 167-170
Transgenic Tobacco Overexpressing Glyoxalase I and II Show Enhanced Tolerance to Salinity and Heavy Metal Stress....Pages 171-174
Plant Molecular Responses to Phosphate-Starvation....Pages 175-178
Engineering Enhanced Nutrient Uptake in Transgenic Plants....Pages 179-182
Preliminary Characterization of the DREB Genes in Transgenic Wheat....Pages 183-187
Arabidopsis β-Amylase Induction during Temperature Stress....Pages 189-191
Expression of Cereal Peroxidase and Oxalate Oxidase Genes in Tobacco Results in Alterations in Plant Development and Programmed Cell Death in Cell Cultures....Pages 193-196
Functional Genomics of Rice by T-DNA Tagging....Pages 197-200
A Plant Approach to Systems Biology....Pages 201-204
 Physcomitrella patens as a Novel Tool for Plant Functional Genomics....Pages 205-209
Control of Gene Expression by Histone Deacetylases....Pages 211-214
Site-Specific Gene Stacking Method....Pages 215-218
Chemical Control of Transgene Expression in Transgenic Plants: Basic Research and Biotechnological Applications....Pages 219-223
Cre/ lox Mediated Marker Gene Excision in Transgenic Crop Plants....Pages 225-228
Marker Gene Elimination from Transgenic Sugarbeet by a Chemically Regulated Cre-lox System....Pages 229-231
Homologous Recombination Allows Efficient Isolation of Marker-Free Transplastomic Plants....Pages 233-235
Evaluation of Constitutive Cestrum Yellow Leaf Curling Virus Promoter in Maize and Tomato....Pages 237-238
Heat-Induced Transgene Silencing is Conveyed by Signal Transfer....Pages 239-241
Silencing of the Pollen Gene NTP303 Ceases Pollen Tube Growth in Vivo in Nicotiana tabacum ....Pages 243-245
The Role of D-Type Cyclins in Plant Growth and Development....Pages 247-253
Using Genes that Stimulate the Cell Cycle to Improve Maize Transformation....Pages 255-258
The CDK Inhibitor ICK1 Affects Cell Division, Plant Growth and Morphogenesis....Pages 259-260
 Arabidopsis CDC2a and Cyclin Gene Promoter:: gusA Constructs as Markers of Cell Growth and Division in Heterologous Plants....Pages 261-262
 Leafy Cotyledon Genes and the Control of Embryo Development....Pages 263-268
The Role of the Arabidopsis Somatic Embryogenesis Receptor-Like Kinase 1 (AtSERK1) Gene in Embryogenic Competence....Pages 269-272
Analysis of Peptide Signalling in the Embryo Sac of Maize and Wheat....Pages 273-277
Somatic Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana Promoted by the Wuschel Homeodomain Protein....Pages 279-281
Maize LEC1 Improves Transformation in Both Maize and Wheat....Pages 283-284
Antisense Suppression of a Cytokinin-binding Protein from Petunia Causes Excessive Branching and Reduces Adventitious Shoot Bud Induction in Vitro....Pages 285-287
Molecular Markers Associated with Plant Regeneration from Shoot Meristem Cultures Derived from Germinated Corn ( Zea mays L.) Seeds....Pages 289-292
Development of an Automated Image Collection System for Generating Time-Lapse Animations of Plant Tissue Growth and Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Expression....Pages 293-295
Applications of Ethylene Technology to Climacteric Fruits: A Progress Report....Pages 297-303
Modifying the Amino Acid Composition of Grains Using Gene Technology....Pages 305-308
Engineering of Apomixis in Crop Plants: What Can We Learn from Sexual Model Systems?....Pages 309-314
Overexpression of Arabidopsis DWARF4 in Tomato Increases Branching and Fruit Number....Pages 315-318
Quality of Fruit of Lytic Protein Transgenic Apple Lines with Enhanced Resistance to Fire Blight....Pages 319-319
Transformation of Brassica napus with cDNAs Encoding Proteins That Stimulate in Vitro Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis....Pages 321-322
Towards Transformation, Regeneration and Screening of Papaya Containing Antisense ACC Synthase Gene....Pages 323-327
Functional Genomics to Isolate Genes Involved in Fragrance Production for Genetic Engineering of Scent in Flowers....Pages 329-332
Florigene Flowers: From Laboratory to Market....Pages 333-336
Biotechnology of Floriculture Crops — Scientific Questions and Real World Answers....Pages 337-342
Gene Expression in Space Biology Experiments....Pages 343-346
Stress and Genome Shock in Developing Somatic Embryos in Space....Pages 347-350
Plant Development in Space or in Simulated Microgravity....Pages 351-357
Morphogenesis, Hydrotropism, and Distribution of Auxin Signals in Cucumber Seedlings Grown in Microgravity....Pages 359-362
The Assembly and Potential Applications of Immunoglobulins Expressed in Transgenic Plants....Pages 363-370
Medical Molecular Pharming: Expression of Antibodies, Biopharmaceuticals and Edible Vaccines via the Chloroplast Genome....Pages 371-376
Production and Application of Proteins from Transgenic Plants....Pages 377-382
Plants and Human Health: Delivery of Vaccines via Transgenic Plants....Pages 383-387
Protective Effect of Orally Administered Human Interferon (HuIFN)-α against Systemic Listeria monocytogenes Infection and a Practical Advantage of HuIFN-α Derived from Transgenic Potato Plant....Pages 389-391
Production of Aprotinin in Transgenic Maize Seeds for the Pharmaceutical and Cell Culture Markets....Pages 393-394
Plant and Bacterial Production of Engineered Antibodies for Pharmacological Use in Oncology....Pages 395-396
Tobacco Chloroplasts as a Platform for Vaccine Production....Pages 397-400
Nutritional Improvement of Rice to Reduce Malnutrition in Developing Countries....Pages 401-406
Genomic Approach to Altering Phytochemicals in Tomato for Human Nutrition....Pages 407-411
Nutritionally Improved Transgenic Sorghum....Pages 413-416
Improvements in the Nutritional Quality of the Cottonseed....Pages 417-420
Production of Gamma Linolenic Acid in Seeds of Transgenic Soybean....Pages 421-424
Transfer and Expression of an Artificial Storage Protein (ASP1) Gene in Cassava: Towards Improving Nutritive Value of Storage Roots....Pages 425-427
Anticarcinogenic Properties of Plant Protease Inhibitors from the Bowman-Birk Class....Pages 429-431
A Genomic Approach to Elucidate Gene Function during Wood Formation....Pages 433-438
Abiotic Resistance and Chaperones: Possible Physiological Role of SP1, a Stable and Stabilizing Protein from Populus ....Pages 439-443
Modification of Lignin Biosynthesis in Forest Trees....Pages 445-452
Functional Genomics of Wood Formation in Hybrid Aspen....Pages 453-454
Functional Genomics of Wood Formation....Pages 455-456
Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase Gene Expression in Condensed Tannin-Accumulating and Lignifying Cells of Quaking Aspen....Pages 457-459
Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation of Chamaecyparis obtuse ....Pages 461-463
Secondary Metabolites in the Post-Genomic Era....Pages 465-468
A Functional Genomics Strategy to Identify Genes That Regulate the Production of Biologically Active Metabolites in Plants....Pages 469-472
Phytoremediation of Toxic Mercury and Arsenic Pollution....Pages 473-478
Transgenic Plants for Environmental Biomonitoring: New Perspectives....Pages 479-483
Directing Metabolic Flux Toward Engineered Isoflavone Nutraceuticals in Transgenic Arabidopsis ....Pages 485-490
 In Vitro Production of Secondary Metabolites by Cultivated Plant Cells: The Crucial Role of the Cell Nutritional Status....Pages 491-495
Transgenesis and Genomics in Molecular Breeding of Temperate Pasture Grasses and Legumes....Pages 497-502
Enhancing Turfgrass Performance with Biotechnology....Pages 503-506
Genetic Manipulation of Cool-Season Forage Grasses and Field Evaluation of Transgenic Plants....Pages 507-513
Genomic Structure of the Apomixis Locus in Pennisetum ....Pages 515-518
Molecular Improvement of Perennial Ryegrass by Stable Genetic Transformation....Pages 519-524
 Sn -Transgenic Lotus corniculatus Lines: A Potential Source of Differentially Expressed Genes Involved in Condensed Tannins Biosynthesis....Pages 525-528
Microspore Embryogenesis....Pages 529-535
Somatic Hybridization in Citrus — A Relevant Technique for Variety Improvement in the 21 st Century....Pages 537-540
Recovery of Triploid Seedless Mandarin Hybrids from 2n × 2n and 2n × 4n Crosses by Embryo Rescue and Flow Cytometry....Pages 541-544
 Agrobacterium -Mediated Transformation of Barley Pollen Cultures....Pages 545-547
Molecular Characterization of Citrus Symmetric and Asymmetric Somatic Hybrids by Means of ISSR-PCR and PCR-RFLP....Pages 549-550
A Doubled Haploid Rice Population and Its Genetic Analysis Using Microsatellite Markers....Pages 551-553
Development of Novel White Rust Resistant Genetic Stocks in Crop Brassica by Somatic Hybridization....Pages 555-558
The Transatlantic Dissent between Europe and the United States about GMO’s....Pages 559-563
Social Acceptance of Plant Biotechnology....Pages 565-568
Global Experience with Genetically Modified Crops....Pages 569-574
FDA’s Policy on Food Biotechnology....Pages 575-578
Regulation and Public Acceptance of Transgenic Crops in China....Pages 579-579
Progress of Transgenic Plants in China....Pages 581-585
Transgenic Crops in the Argentinean Agriculture....Pages 587-591
The Status of Plant Biotechnology in South Africa....Pages 593-597
Status of Plant Biotechnology in India....Pages 599-603
Plant Biotechnology in Mexico: Needs and Challenges....Pages 605-610
User-Friendly Problem- Finding and Solving Approaches for International Agricultural Biotechnology Applications....Pages 611-613
Back Matter....Pages 615-619