Papers from the May 1990 conference in Germany deal with: plant viruses, subviral RNAs and viroids; nitrogen fixation, nitrogen metabolism; phytopathology; agrobacterium, transformation; genome analysis, RFLP; transposons; mitochondria, chloroplasts, photosynthesis; gene expression, photoreceptors; plant development; protein transport; storage proteins; stress reactions; and interesting pathways. The implications of research in this field are profound: industrial gene technology draws controversy and attention from both the scientific and non-scientific communities, and genetic improvement of agricultural plants offers novel approaches to crop and pesticide problems. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
