Includes bibliographical references and index.

Plant agriculture: the impact of biotechnology -- Mendelian genetics and plant reproduction -- Plant breeding -- Plant development and physiology -- Tissue culture: the manipulation of plant development -- Molecualr genetics of gene expression -- Recombinant DNA, vector design, and construction -- Genes and traits of interest for transgenic plants -- Marker genes and promoters -- Transgenic plant production -- Transgenic plant analysis -- Regulations and biosafety -- Field testing of transgenic plants -- Intellectual property in agricultural biotechnology: strategies for open access -- Why transgenic plants are so controversial -- The future of plant biotechnology.