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R. G. Herrmann
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
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B. A. Larkins
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University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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The VI NATO Advanced Study Institute on Plant Molecular Biology, held in Elmau, Bavaria, Germany, from 14 to 23 May, 1990, brought together representative scientific leaders from all over the world to review their lastest results. They presented lectures or posters, participated in lively discussions, educated students, and exchanged views and plans for future research in this highly exciting field of science. The experiments, data and questions were naturally varied, but all of them illustrate that the modern techniques of molecular biology, complemented by developments in immunology, genetics, and ultrastructural research, have pervaded nearly every branch of biology. The presentations show that these approaches have tremendously increased our potential both for fundamental research, our understanding of life, and by analogy to the precedents of physics and chemistry, have led and will continue to lead to "engineering sciences" and implicitly, to new industrial processes. Some of these applications are a matter of debate in the public domain today and many feel that the development of industrial gene technology requires the attention of the whole scientific community. Nevertheless, the implications of this research for the genetic improvement of agricultural plants are profound. Some of the near term technologies being developed provide novel approaches for improving the utility of food crops. They can also result in reduced dependence on the use of pesticides for food production.
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Table of contents (74 chapters)
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- François Chaumont, Marc Boutry
Pages 611-618
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- Brian A. Larkins, Craig R. Lending, Everaldo de Barros
Pages 619-625
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- Natale Di Fonzo, Hans Hartings, Massimo Maddaloni, Stefan Lohmer, Richard Thompson, Francesco Salamini et al.
Pages 627-634
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- William J. P. Lago, M. Paul Scott, Niels C. Nielsen
Pages 635-640
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- Peter R. Shewry, Arthur S. Tatham, Gillian Hull, Nigel G. Halford, Janey Henderson, Nick Harris et al.
Pages 641-649
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- Montserrat Pagès, Dolors Ludevid, Josep Vilardell, M. Angel Freire, Maria Pla, Margarita Torrent et al.
Pages 651-661
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- D. Bartels, K. Schneider, D. Piatkowski, R. Elster, G. Iturriaga, G. Terstappen et al.
Pages 663-671
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- Mark R. Olive, John C. Walker, Karambir Singh, Jeff G. Ellis, Danny Llewellyn, W. James Peacock et al.
Pages 673-684
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- Fritz Schöffl, Mechthild Rieping, Klaus Severin
Pages 685-694
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- Chris Bowler, Luit Slooten, Ed W. T. Tsang, Wim Van Camp, Marc Van Montagu, Dirk Inzé
Pages 695-705
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- John Browse, Suzanne Hugly, Martine Miquel, Chris Somerville
Pages 707-718
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- Klaus M. Herrmann, José E. B. P. Pinto, Lisa M. Weaver, Jian-min Zhao
Pages 729-735
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- Gary Peter, William Rottmann, Takahide Sato, Pung-Ling Huang, Paul Oeller, Julie Keller et al.
Pages 737-746
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- Udo Wienand, Brian Scheffler, Philipp Franken, Andreas Schrell, Ursula Niesbach-Klösgen, Elvira Tapp et al.
Pages 747-755
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Back Matter
Pages 757-766
Editors and Affiliations
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
R. G. Herrmann
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University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
B. A. Larkins