Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Transgenic plant

1) Printed Book
(i)Brock biology of microooganisms,11ed. (call no.579MAD)by Michael T. Madigan and John M. Martinko
Pg.989 section 31.10 Genetic engineering in plant agricultural: Transgenic plants - until page 991
(ii) Genetic Modification (call no.660.60994GEN)by Justin Healey - this book is very good to get basic understanding.
(iii) Microbiology and biotechnology (call no.660.62LOW)by Pauline Lowrie and Susan Wells. Pg.54 Improving crop plants by genetic engineering
(iv) Microorganisms & biotechnology (call no.660.62CHE) by Peter Chenn
Pg.45 1994-The world's first genetically modified food.....
Pg.75 Genetically engineered tomatoes
Pg.76 How to genetically engineer plants
Pg.78 Social, economic and ethical implications

2) ebrary
(i) Environmental effects of transgenic plants: the scope of adequacy and regulation

3) Gale Cengage
(i) Advanced search
Document Title(ti) : transgenic plant
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Hydroponics

1) ebrary
Basic search: hydroponics
Select: Text
Books: 1) Food safety: thinking globally acting locally
***2) Return to resistance: breeding crops to reduce pesticide dependence (Page 307 - has a section for hydroponics)

2) Gale Cengage
Advanced search: hydroponics
Select: Document title
Academic Journals: 19
Magazine: 8

3) Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Basic search: hydronopnics
.............The principal advantage is the saving of labour by automatic watering and fertilizing. The disadvantages are high installation costs and the need to test the solution frequently. Yields are about the same as for soil-grown crops.

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