Madeline Wu
2004
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Plant Growth Regulation
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(C.-M . Chen). The final chapter in Part II, by Y .S. Zhu and J.E. Hearst, deals with a topic of great fundamental interest to plant biotechnologists, namely photosynthesis genes of photosynthetic bacteria, although it is obviously out of place in this section of the book . The editors confess that the study of chloroplast genomes is one of their favourite subjects, and they devote five chapters to Part III, `Prospects for manipulation of chloroplast genomes' . The weight given to this topic would not appear to be justified in biotechnological terms in view of the pessimistic conclusions of John C . Gray on prospects for genetic manipulation of the chloroplast genome, but all the contributions are highly interesting . M . Sugiura reviews the Nicotiana chloroplast genome and S.-D . Kung discusses its molecular evolution . Harry Roy ponders the improvements that could be made to Rubisco. Nucleic acid electron microscopy and in situ hybridization are discussed by Madeline Wu . Almost as an afterthought, the volume turns to `Applications of biotechnology in plant systems" in Part IV, which consists of a single chapter by Robert T . Fraley dealing with prospects for crop improvements by genetic engineering . Despite my feeling that the book's title does not do justice to many of the contributions, there is no doubt that this is an outstanding and exciting volume, which can be recommended to all those with an interest in plant molecular biology .