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1 Pioneering Women in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Biotechnology; Tapputi (Also Tapputi-Belatekallim)-Perfumist (Second Century BC); Miriam the Alchemist (1st or 2nd Century AD); Hildegard of Bingen-Natural Philosopher (1098-1179); Marie Meurdrac-Alchemist (C. 1610-1680); Jane Colden-Botanist (1724-1766); Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier-Chemist (1758-1836); Jane Haldimand Marcet-Science Popularizer (1769-1858); Josephine Ettel Kablick (Josefina Kabliková)-Botanist and Paleontologist (1787-1863); Estella Eleanor Carothers-Zoologist and Cytologist (1882-1957)
Gerty Cori-Biochemist (1896-1957)Barbara McClintock-Geneticist (1902-1992); Rosalind Franklin-Biologist (1920-1958); Indra and Vimla Vasil-Plant Biotechnologists; Norma Trolinder-Geneticist; Mary-Dell Chilton-Plant Biotechnologist (1939-); Barbara Hohn-Molecular Biologist (1939-); Martha Wright-Biologist; Nina Fedoroff-Molecular Biologist (1942-); Virginia Walbot-Agriculturist and Botanist (1946-); Lydia Villa-Komaroff-Molecular Biologist (1947-); Patricia Zambryski-Plant Biologist; Barbara Mazur-Agricultural Biotechnologist (1949-)
Anne Knupp Crossway-Biologist, Geneticist, Business Manager (1953-)Elizabeth Hood-Biologist; Ann Depicker-Plant Biologist; Maud Hinchee-Botanist; Pamela Ronald-Plant Pathologist and Geneticist (1961-); Sustainable Agriculture; References; 2 Agrobacterium. A Memoir (In Part Reprinted from Plant Physiology Vol. 125, 2001); Prologue; A Promising Call; How I Met Agrobacterium; The Schilperoort Paper; A Project Is Launched; Does Wrong Evidence Prove the Model Wrong?; Memoir; An Idea Born Before Its Time; Bacterial DNA in Crown Gall Tumors?; Tumor-Inducing Genes Are on an Extra-Chromosomal Element
Key Discovery in Ghent: Ti Plasmid is GiganticIs There Ti Plasmid DNA in Tumor Cells?; Where Is T-DNA and What Defines It?; Genetic Picture of the Ti Plasmid; vir Genes; T-DNA Genes; From Pathogen to Gene Vector; Reflections from 2000; Epilogue; Will This Really Work in Crops?; A Visitation; Beginnings; The Overall Lesson; The Big Picture; The Message; References; 3 From Maize Transposons to the GMO Wars; Early Days: Discovering Plant Genetics and Developing Molecular Methods for Plants; Explaining and Cloning Maize Transposons; Gene Tagging with Maize Transposons
The Regulation of Recombinant DNA ResearchThe GMO Wars; Why I Continue to Talk About GMOs; References; 4 Agriculture in the Modern Age Biopesticides and Plant Biotechnology; Plant Biotechnology; Resistance Management; Sprayable Bts, Organic and the BioImage Satellite Laboratory; The Regulation of Biotechnology-Based Crops; References; 5 The Story Behind the Approval of the First Bt Maize Product; The Set-up; The Technical Challenges; The Safety Question; Global Issues; It is Never Over; Status of Regulation Today; Benefits and the Future; References
Gerty Cori-Biochemist (1896-1957)Barbara McClintock-Geneticist (1902-1992); Rosalind Franklin-Biologist (1920-1958); Indra and Vimla Vasil-Plant Biotechnologists; Norma Trolinder-Geneticist; Mary-Dell Chilton-Plant Biotechnologist (1939-); Barbara Hohn-Molecular Biologist (1939-); Martha Wright-Biologist; Nina Fedoroff-Molecular Biologist (1942-); Virginia Walbot-Agriculturist and Botanist (1946-); Lydia Villa-Komaroff-Molecular Biologist (1947-); Patricia Zambryski-Plant Biologist; Barbara Mazur-Agricultural Biotechnologist (1949-)
Anne Knupp Crossway-Biologist, Geneticist, Business Manager (1953-)Elizabeth Hood-Biologist; Ann Depicker-Plant Biologist; Maud Hinchee-Botanist; Pamela Ronald-Plant Pathologist and Geneticist (1961-); Sustainable Agriculture; References; 2 Agrobacterium. A Memoir (In Part Reprinted from Plant Physiology Vol. 125, 2001); Prologue; A Promising Call; How I Met Agrobacterium; The Schilperoort Paper; A Project Is Launched; Does Wrong Evidence Prove the Model Wrong?; Memoir; An Idea Born Before Its Time; Bacterial DNA in Crown Gall Tumors?; Tumor-Inducing Genes Are on an Extra-Chromosomal Element
Key Discovery in Ghent: Ti Plasmid is GiganticIs There Ti Plasmid DNA in Tumor Cells?; Where Is T-DNA and What Defines It?; Genetic Picture of the Ti Plasmid; vir Genes; T-DNA Genes; From Pathogen to Gene Vector; Reflections from 2000; Epilogue; Will This Really Work in Crops?; A Visitation; Beginnings; The Overall Lesson; The Big Picture; The Message; References; 3 From Maize Transposons to the GMO Wars; Early Days: Discovering Plant Genetics and Developing Molecular Methods for Plants; Explaining and Cloning Maize Transposons; Gene Tagging with Maize Transposons
The Regulation of Recombinant DNA ResearchThe GMO Wars; Why I Continue to Talk About GMOs; References; 4 Agriculture in the Modern Age Biopesticides and Plant Biotechnology; Plant Biotechnology; Resistance Management; Sprayable Bts, Organic and the BioImage Satellite Laboratory; The Regulation of Biotechnology-Based Crops; References; 5 The Story Behind the Approval of the First Bt Maize Product; The Set-up; The Technical Challenges; The Safety Question; Global Issues; It is Never Over; Status of Regulation Today; Benefits and the Future; References