Plant biotechnology patents: Applications in agriculture and medicine

Recent Patents on Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-152

  Hefferon, Kathleen L ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Drought tolerance; Edible vaccine; Nutraceutical; Pathogen resistance; Phytoremediation; Plant biotechnology; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOFUELS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; FOOD SUPPLY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PATHOGENS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; EDIBLE VACCINES; NUTRACEUTICALS; PATENT APPLICATIONS; PATHOGEN RESISTANCE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT BIOLOGY; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS;

CROPS;

ALBUMIN; BIOCIDE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLYPHOSATE; HEAVY METAL; INOSITOL; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; VIRUS VACCINE;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPLAST; CROP PRODUCTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL RESISTANCE; GERMPLASM; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; NEMATODE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRAL PLANT DISEASE; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

EID: 77954049103     PISSN: 18722083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187220810791110723     Document Type: Article

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