Comprehensive resource highlighting the potential for transgenic crops to improve global food security, reviewing risks, international regulations, and public perception
Transgenic Crops: Advancements and Challenges explores the ecological, economic, and societal implications of transgenic crops and delves into the science behind their genetic modifications. Key themes include recent advancements in transgenic crop development as well as challenges faced and strategies for mitigation. The book also highlights innovative methodologies and techniques, international laws and policies, and points of consideration related to biosafety and public perception. Emphasis is placed on the role of transgenic crops in ensuring food and nutritional security, particularly in the face of global challenges such as population growth and climate change.
Transgenic Crops includes information on:
Advantages and disadvantages of plant cell cloning and the role of GMOs in achieving sustainable agricultural practices The power of transgenic approaches mitigating abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in plants Abiotic stress in plants and associated effects, responses, and adaptive mechanisms in transgenic approaches The role of transgenic plants in climate change mitigation and adaptation and the impact of climate change on plant pathogens, diseases, and food security Trends, innovations, and challenges driving the future of transgenic crops
Transgenic Crops: Advancements and Challenges is an essential up-to-date reference on the subject for researchers and scientists looking to apply techniques at field and laboratory level, policymakers and stakeholders working in biosecurity, bioethics, and related disciplines, and students in related programs of study.
List of Contributors xxi
Preface xxxi
1 Impact of Transgenic Crops on Food Security in Developing Countries 1
Rao Muhammad Ikram, Muhammad Ayaz Khan, Hasan Riaz, and Hafiz Muhammad Usman
Aslam
2 Cloning of Plant Cells: Different Methods of Cloning and Its Applications,
Advantages, and Disadvantages of Plant Cell Cloning 15
Qurban Ali, Alia Anwar, Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhamad Arsahd Javed, and Muhammad
Saleem Haider
3 The Promises and Challenges of Transgenic Crops for Food Security 43
Fahad Masoud Wattoo, Hira Aslam, Sabreena Khaliq, Rai Muhammad Amir, and
Sobia Alyas
4 Transgenic Plants for Nutritional Enhancement: Biofortification and Beyond
61
Abeer Kazmi, Tahira Sultana, and Hongwei Hou
5 The Role of GMOs in Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Practices 107
Mahnoor, Abeer Kazmi, and Tahira Sultana
6 Harnessing the Power of ncRNAs: Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in
Plants 123
Taufiq Nawaz, Shah Fahad, Sirmast Faiz, Nitish Joshi, Rehan Aslam, Muhammad
Ikram, Shah Saud, Imran Khan, and Riffat Latif
7 Nickel Toxicity in Plants: Effects, Responses, and Adaptive Mechanisms
with Transgenic Approaches 153
Hummera Nawaz, Ingeborg Lang, Ameer Khan, Umair Ashraf, and Saifullah
8 Advancing Food Security in Developing Countries Through Transgenic Crop
Technology 181
Tahira Sultana, Sohail, and Abeer Kazmi
9 Exploring the Role of GMOs in Sustainable Agriculture Development 197
Muhammad Anas, Erdogan E. Hakki, Bouznada Rahma Ghada, Javed Iqbal, and
Banzeer Ahsan Abbasi
10 Biosafety and Risk Assessment of Transgenic Crops 217
Muhammad Abu Bakar Saddique, Wajiha Khan, and Tahseen Azhar
11 Transgenic Plants and Environmental Sustainability 231
Shifa Shaffique, Anis Ali Shah, Raheem Shahzad, Muhammad Aaqil Khan, Javier
Trujillo Rogmas, Sang- Mo Kang, and In- Jung Lee
12 Transgenic Plants in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation 239
Nitish Joshi, Romandeep Kaur, Marya Bibi, LNU Nikhil, Riffat Latif, Shah
Fahad, and Taufiq Nawaz
13 Impact of Climate Change on Plant Pathogens, Diseases, and Food Security
259
Mushfaq Ul- Nisa, Aimen Razzaq Khan, Saba Mazhar, Ayesha Shafqat, Sundas
Akhtar, Amjad Shahzad Gondal, Sajjad Hyder, Fannie I. Parra Cota, Sergio de
los Santos Villalobos, and Mudassir Iqbal
14 The Science Behind Genetic Engineering in Plants 289
Irum Iqrar, Ashia Alam, Sidra Rahman, Mehreen Sarfraz, and Muhammad Haris
15 The Role of Genetically Modified Plants in Nutritional Biofortification
and Beyond 311
Fahad Masoud Wattoo, Hira Aslam, and Rashid Mehmood Rana
16 Corporate Influence and Intellectual Property in Transgenic Crop
Development 329
Cuneyd Yavas and Yunus Emre Arvas
17 Transgenic Plants for Agricultural Productivity: A New Era of Crop
Improvement 355
Muhammad Ilyas, Zaib un Nisa, and Naila Ali
18 The Promise and Challenges of Transgenic Crops for Food Security 393
Saba Azeem, Faiza Munir, Sarah Fatima, Qurat-Ul Ain-Ali, Nimra Ghafoor,
Javed Iqbal, and Banzeer Ahsan Abbasi
19 The Future of Transgenic Plants: Trends, Innovations, and Challenges 427
Shadab Shaukat, Asadullah, Syed Rehmat Ullah Shah, Rizwan Shukat, Muhammad
Rashid, and Irfan Shaukat
20 Public Perception and Consumer Attitudes Toward GMOs 445
Waseem Ahmed Khattak, Sameel Hassan, Banzeer Ahsan Abbasi, Amjid Khan, Ifra
Batool, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Anas, and Sobia Alyas
21 International Laws and Agreements Governing Transgenic Plants 473
Ketki Naik, Sayanti Mandal, and Gauri Shinde
22 Biotechnology and the Future of Food: Harnessing Transgenic Crops for
Global Challenges 501
Afifa Younas, Zahra Noreen, Hurmat Mehdi Mirrani, Muhammad Iqbal, Maria
Ameen, and Sajid Fiaz
23 Ethical Considerations in Transgenic Plant Development 511
Maida Mobeen, Muhammad Majeed, Waseem Ahmed Khattak, Ishrat Fatima, Kiran
Kainat Sherin, Maryam Hussain, Zoofishan Imtiaz, Akim Oladokoun, and Jehanzeb
Khan
Index 535
SAJID FIAZ, Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Pakistan. He is currently teaching plant breeding, biotechnology, and molecular genetics and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research students.
MUHAMMAD ABU BAKAR SADDIQUE, Assistant Professor, Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan. He has extensive expertise in molecular marker-assisted breeding, genome editing, plant-microbe interactions, and germplasm maintenance.
