Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

With contributions from 55 distinguished international experts comprising all sectors of academia, industry, and government research institutes — a virtual who’s who among biocatalysis scientists — this book brings together current advances and in-depth reviews of biocatalysis and agricultural biotechnology, emphasizing bio-based products and agricultural biotechnology. Divided into two sections, it covers the latest research on improvements of agronomic and microbial traits and bio-based industry products. A reference for industrial science researchers, this text also serves as a reference for graduate students others across bioscience.

Worldwide energy and food crises are spotlighting the importance of bio-based products – an area many are calling on for solutions to these shortages. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology encapsulates the cutting-edge advances in the field with contributions from more than 50 international experts comprising sectors of academia, industry, and government research institutes, a virtual Who’s Who among biocatalysis scientists.

With the aid of numerous graphs and illustrations, this authoritative reference documents such important advances as:

• Cloning and characterization of Kennedy pathway acyltransferases











• Engineering of plants for industrial uses











• New approaches from acquired tolerance to the biotic and abiotic stress of economically important crops

This comprehensive text also explores a variety of bio-based industrial products, including:

• The modification of enzyme character through gene manipulation











• The biocatalytic synthesis of chiral intermediates for drug development











• The use of Omega-3 phospholipid nano capsules as effective forms for transporting immune response modifiers

Providing in-depth reviews of this ancient field and its modern-day advances, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology is an invaluable lab reference for teachers, graduate students, and industrial scientists conducting research in the biosciences.