""Agricultural Biotechnology""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Executive Summary and Recommendations ""; ""THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION""; ""THE POWER OF BIOTECHNOLOGY""; ""STRATEGIES FOR NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS""; ""Research Emphasis""; ""The Research System""; ""New Talent""; ""Applications and Commercialization""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Scientific Aspects""; ""Increased Emphasis on Basic Research""; ""Improved Techniques and Applications""; ""Increased Attention to the Ecological Aspects of Biotechnology""; ""Funding and Institutions""
""Linking and Integrating Research""""Peer and Merit Review""; ""The Federal Government's Role""; ""The State Governments' Role""; ""The Private Sector's Role""; ""Training""; ""Increased Federal Support for Training""; ""Increased Retraining Programs""; ""Technology Transfer""; ""Roles for Universities and Government Agencies""; ""Cooperative Extension Service""; ""Patenting and Licensing""; ""Regulation of Field Testing""; ""2 Scientific Aspects ""; ""THE POWER OF BIOTECHNOLOGY""; ""USING GENE TRANSFER TO ENHANCE AGRICULTURE""; ""Isolation of Important Genes""; ""Gene Transfer Technology""
""Cell Culture and Regeneration Techniques""""Monoclonal Antibody Technologies""; ""Summary""; ""NEW APPROACHES TO CROP PRODUCTION""; ""The Genetic Engineering of Plants""; ""Putting the New Technologies to Work""; ""Looking to the Future""; ""The Genetic Engineering of Microorganisms Associated with Plants""; ""Putting the New Technologies to work""; ""Looking to the Future""; ""Genetic Engineering for Crop Protection""; ""Putting the New Technologies to Work""; ""Looking to the Future""; ""NEW APPROACHES TO ANIMAL AGRICULTURE""; ""Animal Breeding""; ""Pregnancy Tests""; ""Growth Hormones""
""Booroola Gene""""Muscle versus Fat""; ""Fish Farming""; ""Microorganisms Associated with Animals""; ""Vaccines against Animal Disease""; ""Vaccines from Vaccinia Virus""; ""Altering Intestinal Organisms""; ""BIOPROCESSING OPPORTUNITIES""; ""Alternative Fuels""; ""Alternative Feed and Food Sources""; ""Other Products""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""Gene Identification""; ""Gene Regulation""; ""Structure and Function of Gene Products""; ""Cellular Techniques""; ""Development in Organisms and Communities""; ""Environmental Considerations""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Increased Emphasis on Basic Research""
""Improved Techniques and Applications""""Increased Attention to the Ecological Aspects of Biotechnology""; ""3 Funding and Institutions ""; ""FUNDING BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM""; ""The Federal-State Agricultural Partnership""; ""Past Contributions from Agricultural Research""; ""Pressures for Change""; ""The Emergence of Biotechnology""; ""INSTITUTIONS THAT SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH""; ""Federal Agencies""; ""U.S. Department of Agriculture""; ""Environmental Protection Agency""; ""National Science Foundation""; ""Department of Health and Human Services""
