TY - BOOK ID - 211891 TI - Tree Transgenesis : Recent Developments AU - Fladung, Matthias. AU - Ewald, Dietrich. PY - 2006 SN - 3540321993 3540321985 3642068812 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Trees KW - Transgenic plants. KW - Genetic engineering. KW - GE crops (Genetically engineered crops) KW - GE plants (Genetically engineered plants) KW - Genetically engineered crops KW - Genetically engineered plants KW - Genetically modified crops KW - Genetically modified plants KW - GM crops (Genetically modified crops) KW - GM plants (Genetically modified plants) KW - Novel crops KW - Transgenic crops KW - Plants, Cultivated KW - Transgenic organisms KW - Plant genetic engineering KW - Dendrology KW - Nursery stock KW - Woody plants KW - Arboriculture KW - Forests and forestry KW - Timber KW - Trees. KW - Plant genetics. KW - Plant Ecology. KW - Plant physiology. KW - Environmental toxicology. KW - Tree Biology. KW - Plant Genetics and Genomics. KW - Genetic Engineering. KW - Plant Physiology. KW - Ecotoxicology. KW - Ecotoxicology KW - Pollutants KW - Pollution KW - Environmental health KW - Toxicology KW - Botany KW - Plants KW - Physiology KW - Ecology KW - Designed genetic change KW - Engineering, Genetic KW - Gene splicing KW - Genetic intervention KW - Genetic surgery KW - Genetic recombination KW - Biotechnology KW - Genetics KW - Phytoecology KW - Vegetation ecology KW - Plant ecology. KW - Floristic ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:211891 AB - A continuous development in plant biotechnology including gene technology has been observable during the past 20 years. Different methods elaborated with model plants were also applied to forest trees on a larger scale. Whereas in the beginning the meaning of the term “plant biotechnology” embraced a wide variety of meanings like, e. g. , regeneration of plantlets via tissue culture, embryo rescue, somatic embryogenesis and gene transfer, the focus of this term has changed more and more. Nowadays, it is the transfer of genes which comes into mind when plant biotechnology is discussed, including of course the evaluation of all challenges and risks related to gene transfer methods. Compared with annual plants, especially in the field of agriculture, the work and the progress with transgenic trees is still in its infancy. Nevertheless, but often unnoticed by the scientific community, there are a few countries which already allow the commercial use of a restricted number of transgenic tree clones after different critical steps of approval. This and the ongoing improvement in transgenic research in trees led to the idea of preparing a summary of the present state of the art from different points of view. With the help of a number of authors directly or indirectly involved in tree transgenesis, this book was produced. ER -