BookFlorentina Matei, Daniela Zirra, editors.
Contents:
Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents;
1: The Potential of Biotechnology to Generate Prosperity; References;
2: Doing Business in Biotech: European Paradigm Versus American Success; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Why Entrepreneurship in Biotech?; 2.3 European Framework of Doing Business in the Biotech Area; 2.4 The American Perspective on Biotech Entrepreneurial Process; 2.5 Key Elements of Developing Entrepreneurship in Biotech: A Brief Comparative Analysis; 2.6 Reducing the Gap Between the European and American Entrepreneurial Process in Biotech; 2.7 Conclusions; References 3.3 Mutagenesis and Its Applications3.3.1 History; 3.3.2 What Are Mutations and Mutants?; 3.3.3 What Is Mutagenesis?; 3.3.4 Effects of Mutagenesis; 3.3.5 Types of Mutagenesis; 3.3.6 Applications of Mutagenesis; 3.3.7 Mutant Analysis; 3.3.8 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Development of Collections of Mutants in Species of Interest; 3.3.9 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Development of Mutant Detection Methods and Mutant Analysis; 3.4 In Vitro Culture; 3.4.1 History; 3.4.2 What Is Plant Tissue Culture?; 3.4.3 Micropropagation: A Quick Method to Reproduce Plants 3.4.4 Tissue Culture Techniques for Improving Plant Breeding Processes3.4.5 Other Plant Tissue Culture Applications; 3.4.6 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Setting a Micropropagation Company; 3.4.7 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Tissue Culture Services for Breeding or Research; 3.5 Transgenic Plants; 3.5.1 What Is a `Transgenic ́Plant?; 3.5.2 How Are GM Plants Generated?; 3.5.3 Plant Genetic Transformation Methods; 3.5.3.1 Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation; 3.5.3.2 Particle Bombardment (Biolistics); 3.5.4 Biotech Crops; 3.5.5 Transgenic Plants as Biofactories 3.5.6 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Developing New GM Crop Varieties3.5.7 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: GM Plants Used as Biofactories; 3.6 `Omics ́Technologies; 3.6.1 Genomics; 3.6.2 Transcriptomics; 3.6.3 Proteomics; 3.6.4 Metabolomics; 3.6.5 Plant `Omics ́Technologies on the Global Market; 3.7 Organic Agriculture; 3.7.1 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Services and Products in the Organic Sector; 3.8 'Phytochemistry: Plants as a Source of Compounds of Commercial Interest; 3.9 Perspectives/Future Developments; References;
4: Creating Products and Services in Environmental Biotechnology
3: Creating Products and Services in Plant Biotechnology3.1 Introduction to Plant Biotechnology; 3.2 Applications of Molecular Markers in Plant Biotechnology; 3.2.1 What Are Molecular Markers?; 3.2.2 Advantages of Molecular Markers in Plant Biotechnology; 3.2.3 Types of Molecular Markers; 3.2.4 Technical Requirements for Applying Molecular Markers in Plant Biotechnology; 3.2.5 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Development of Molecular Markers; 3.2.6 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Marker-Assisted Selection and Molecular Breeding; 3.2.7 Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Genetic Fingerprinting