... survey of the main lines of development of a veryinteresting area ofbiotechnology research. based on a limited number of characteristic publications. These have been selected on the basis of their ... viewpoint. This point of view is that of a former uni-4N.W.F. KossenFig. 1.Development of modelsThe model consists of balances among these morphological forms, and anumber of kinetic equations ... restrictions in genomemodifications of vertebrates, higher plants, production of genetically modifiedfood, patenting of transgenic animals or sequenced parts of genomes. Alsoresearch has become...
... chemotherapy, such as the promotion of growth of farm animals and plants and the protection of plants against pathogenic micro-organisms.Cooperation on the development of the penicillin and streptomycin ... birth of the field of biochemical engineer-ing. Following on the heels of the antibiotic products was the development of efficient microbial processes for the manufacture of vitamins (riboflavin,cyanocobalamine,biotin), ... enzymes of great industrial usefulness and sub-sequent discoveries of a variety of unique applied enzymes of microbial originsconferred one of the characteristic features on the current biotechnology...
... techniques of analysis.We then come to the conclusion as to what plantbiotechnology is all about:it aims to impart an understanding ofplant metabolism and how plant metabo- Plant Biotechnology ... by plant biotechnology. We then trace the history from its earliest beginnings rooted in traditional plant biotechnology, followed by classical plant biotechnology, and, currently, modern plant ... progress,the presentation of an overview of modern plantbiotechnology concepts is highlygermane. Inherently, plant biotechnology, along with animal biotechnology, phar-maceutical biotechnology, and...
... school of Trinci has been standing like abeacon in the landscape of morphology of fungi for a number of decades.Acknowledgements.The author wishes to thank Dr. Sietsma ,of the University of Groningen, ... authors of the Special Issue are scientists from the early days who arefamiliar with the fascinating historyof modern biotechnology. They have success-fully contributed to the development of their ... of the method wasthat the dimensions of the particles were punched on paper tape, so automaticdata analysis was possible”.4.1.2Growth of Single Hyphal ElementsMeasurement of the growth of...
... Department of Environmental Natural Sciences created achair ofBiotechnology (P. Peringer).In the course of a few years, the general restructuring of biology and theinitiative of U. von Stockar ... out by a clear majority of 68% of 41% of the Swiss who took part in the referendum.The most remarkableevent of the campaign was a demonstration – the first of its kind – of more than3000 scientists ... FiechterTable 6.Profiles ofbiotechnology development in USA and Europe in 1996Europe USANo. of Biotech companies 716 1,287Total No. of employees 27,500 118,000Average No. of employees per...
... (1994) Peculiarities of feeding of pike and bream juveniles rearing inilluminated cages. Ecology 3, 23–28.Introduction and Historyof Cage Culture 39Introduction and Historyof Cage Culture 5Species ... months of culture; production of 500–600 g per fishStocked with juveniles; feeding with trash fish at 5% of bodyweight twice daily, with FCR of 3.6:1; 4 months culture period;growth rate of 4 ... daily at 1–3% of body weight or at 4–8% of body weight for fish less than 100 g;FCR of about 5–9:1; 1–2 years culture period; production of 2.5–6 kg per fishStocking density is 25 fish of size 0.89...
... Control ofPlant Development 377TABLE 17.1 Typical photoreversible responses induced by phytochrome in a variety of higher and lower plants Group Genus Stage of development Effect of red lightAngiosperms ... protein.However, many of the biological properties of phytochromehad been established earlier in studies of whole plants.The first clues regarding the role of phytochrome in plant development came ... 0.8Pfr/PtotalLogarithm of the stem elongation rateShade plantsSun plantsFIGURE 17.11 Role of phytochrome in shade perception insun plants (solid line) versus shade plants (dashed line).(After...
... clear of all suspicion of such complicity. We gladly concede the claim[28:2] that the proof of thecomplicity is not complete; we could welcome some clear evidence in disproof of it some sign of ... list of corrections made is at the end of the text.The American Church History SeriesConsisting of a Series of Denominational Histories Published Under the Auspices of the American Society of Church ... proceeded, which so often marked the frontier line of New England and New York with fire andblood. It is one of the most unhappy of the results of that savage warfare that in the minds of the communitiesthat...
... yields of the metabolites of interest or the feasibility of the bioprocess. A number of factors may contributeto the efficiency ofplant cells to produce desired compounds. Genetic stability of cell ... future of plant 16 A. Kirakosyan et al.2.1 Plant Cell Factories as a Source of High-Value MetabolitesThe presence of valuable metabolites in plants has stimulated interest on the part of industry ... of genome sequencing of plants is functionalgenomics. In simple words, an understanding of the function of genes and otherparts of the genome is known as functional genomics. It is a field of...