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Plant Biotechnology is one of the most important key technologies of the 21 century. It provides great potential in the area of plant breeding. In this way, plants can be developed that provide ingredients for healthier nutrition, grow in unfavourable conditions or form substances that are otherwise produced by means of a complex chemical process. The present book is an unique, concise, up-to-date resource offering readers an innovative and valuable presentation of plant biotechnology. It covers all fundamental aspects and applications of plant biotechnology. It outlines the relevance of plant biotechnology to agriculture and the importance of regulatory and biosafety issues before public acceptance of genetically modified food. It also addresses the benefits and risks, as well as economic and intellectual property right implications of transgenic research. The book will be valuable to researchers, biologists, scientists and advanced students of botany, agriculture, pharmacy, biotechnology and chemical engineering.