Biotechnology for Crop Protection

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Content: Biorational herbicide synergists / J. Gressel and Y. Shaaltiel --
Molecular biology of resistance to sulfonylurea herbicides / Julie K. Smith, C. Jeffry Mauvais, Susan Knowlton, and Barbara J. Mazur --
5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase : from biochemistry to genetic engineering of glyphosate tolerance / G. Kishore, D. Shah, S. Padgette, G. della-Cioppa, C. Gasser, D. Re, C. Hironaka, M. Taylor, J. Wibbenmeyer, D. Eichholtz, M. Hayford, N. Hoffmann, X. Delannay, R. Horsch, H. Klee, S. Rogers, D. Rochester, L. Brundage, P. Sanders, and R.T. Fraley --
Trichothecenes and their role in the expression of plant disease / Horace G. Cutler --
Potential role of phytoalexins in aflatoxin contamination of peanuts / R.J. Cole, J.W. Dorner, P.D. Blankenship, and T.H. Sanders --
Preinfection changes in germlings of a rust fungus induced by host contact / Richard C. Staples and Harvey C. Hoch --
Structural, biogenetic, and activity studies on metabolites of fungal pathogens / Albert Stoessl, Z. Abramowski, H.H. Lester, G.L. Rock, J.B. Stothers, G.H.N. Towers, and R.C. Zimmer --
Insecticidal metabolites from Fusarium avenaceum, a fungus associated with foliage of Abies balsamea infested by spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana / George M. Strunz and Douglas B. Strongman --
Metabolites of fungal pathogens and plant resistance / J. David Miller and Roy Greenhalgh --
Sex-specific selection using chimeric genes : applications to sterile insect release / Paul D. Shirk, David A. O'Brochta, P. Elaine Roberts, and Alfred M. Handler --
Potential applications of neuroendocrine research to insect control / Larry L. Keeley --
Insect cuticle structure and metabolism / Karl J. Kramer, Theodore L. Hopkins, and Jacob Schaefer --
Mechanisms of immunity in Drosophila and Mediterranean fruit flies / John H. Postlethwait, Stephen Saul, Mark Robertson, Dale Grace, Kristie Abrams, and Ellie Brandenburg --
Molecular genetic approach to the study of target-site resistance to pyrethroids and DDT in insects / Douglas C. Knipple, Jeffrey R. Bloomquist, and David M. Soderlund --
Inhibition of juvenile hormone esterase by transition-state analogs : a tool for enzyme molecular biology / András Székács, Bruce D. Hammock, Yehia A.I. Abdel-Aal, Matthew Philpott, and György Matolcsy --
Research in biotechnology at the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture / Jerome P. Miksche and G. Ram Chandra --
Regulation of gene expression in the sunflower embryo / C.A. Adams, K.E. Koprivnikar, R.D. Allen, E.A. Cohen, C.L. Nessler, and T.L. Thomas --
Molecular dynamics of the 32,000-Dalton photosystem II herbicide-binding protein / Autar K. Mattoo, Franklin E. Callahan, Bruce M. Greenberg, Pierre Goloubinoff, and Marvin Edelman --
Development of genetically improved strains of Bacillus thuringiensis : a biological insecticide / Bruce C. Carlton --
Transgenic crop varieties resistant to insects / Mark Vaeck, Arlette Reynaerts, Herman Höfte, and Herman Van Mellaert --
Development of genetically engineered microbial biocontrol agents / Frederick J. Perlak, Mark G. Obukowicz, Lidia S. Watrud, and Robert J. Kaufman --
Applications of immunochemistry in crop protection and biotechnology / Bruce D. Hammock --
Immunological approaches to the study of plant disease resistance / Arthur R. Ayers, Keith L. Wycoff, Patricia Loomis, Christine Sharetzsky, and Misty Bender --
Immunochemical methods of pesticide residue analysis / Robert O. Harrison, Shirley J. Gee, and Bruce D. Hammock --
Applying biotechnology and microelectronics for environmental analysis / William D. Stanbro, Arnold L. Newman, and Kenneth W. Hunter, Jr. --
Immunochemical technology in indexing propagative plant parts for viruses and bacteria in the Netherlands / J.W.L. van Vuurde, D.Z. Maat, and A.A.J.M. Franken --
Methods used to track introduced genetically engineered organisms / Philip C. Kearney and James M. Tiedje --
Monitoring Bacillus thuringiensis in the environment with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay / Peter Y.K. Cheung and Bruce D. Hammock --
Phylogenetically based studies of microbial ecosystem perturbation / David A. Stahl --
Biotechnology regulation : an environmentalist's view / Jack Doyle --
Genetically engineered viral insecticides : practical considerations / David W. Miller --
Agricultural biotechnology research guidelines : considerations for laboratory experiments and field release / Richard M. Parry, Jr. and Jerome P. Miksche --
Biorational control of crop pests by mating disruption : residue analyses of Z-9-dodecen-1-yl acetate and Z-11-tetradecen-1-yl acetate in grapes / Terry D. Spittler, Harrison C. Leichtweis, and Timothy J. Dennehy --
Genetically engineered microbial pesticides : regulatory program of the Environmental Protection Agency and a scientific risk assessment case history / Frederick S. Betz.

Author(s): Paul A. Hedin, Julius J. Menn, and Robert M. Hollingworth (Eds.)
Series: ACS Symposium Series 379
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Year: 1988

Language: English
Pages: 454
City: Washington, D.C