Tree Transgenesis Recent Developments - Fladung, Matthias; Ewald, Dietrich; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
Transgenic Trees in the World -- Field Trials with Transgenic Trees - State of the Art and Developments -- Transgenic Forest Trees in China -- Modification of Perennial Fruit Trees -- Genetic Transformation of Some Tropical Trees, Shrubs, and Tree-like Plants -- Wood and other Traits -- Environmental Aspects of Lignin Modified Trees -- Modification of Cellulose in Wood -- Heavy Metal Resistance and Phytoremediation with Transgenic Trees -- Transgenic Approaches to Engineer Nitrogen Metabolism -- Biotic and Abiotic Resistances -- Virus Resistance Breeding in Fruit Trees -- The Use of Genetic Transformation Procedures to Study the Defence and Disease Resistance Traits of Trees -- Fungal and Bacterial Resistance in Transgenic Trees -- Genetically Modified Trees Expressing Genes for Insect Pest Resistance -- Towards Genetic Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Trees -- Biosafety Issues -- Genome Instability in Woody Plants Derived from Genetic Engineering -- Investigation of Horizontal Gene Transfer from Transgenic Aspen to Ectomycorrhizal Fungi -- Transgenic Temperate Fruit Tree Rootstocks.
Keywords: Trees; Plant genetics; Genetic engineering; Plant ecology; Plant physiology; Ecotoxicology; Tree Biology; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Genetic Engineering; Plant Ecology; Plant Physiology; Ecotoxicology