Principles of Plant Biotechnology

A short, richly illustrated guide to the tools of crop biotechnology: conventional breeding, tissue culture, marker assisted selection, genetic engineering and molecular diagnostics. A fast way to understand what GM crops are and what else biotech does for farming.

ISAAA

A university textbook that links DNA, gene expression and mutations to crop improvement. Chapters on PCR, recombinant DNA technology and genetic engineering show how biotech changes agriculture.

Walter Suza and Donald Lee

Covers the main methods for developing new crop varieties, from hybridization and backcrossing to mutation breeding. A full chapter explains the novel traits that molecular genetics and biotechnology bring to breeding programs.

Walter R. Fehr and Walter P. Suza