Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) News Report
December 2004

PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS (links are to the ISB News Report website)

• Can Transgenic Crop Technology Benefit Biocontrol?
  Jamie Sutherland & Guy Poppy
   
• Impact of Bt cotton on Bollworm Populations and Egg Parasitism
  Mellet MA & Schoeman AS
   
• Enhancing Stress Tolerance by Regulon Engineering of ABA-Responsive Genes
  Soo Young Kim
   
• All-Native Plant DNA Transformation
  Caius Rommens
   
• Silk Purse from a Sow’s Ear? Spider Silk Production in Tobacco
  Jim Brandle & Rima Menassa
   
• Conference on Plant-made Pharmaceuticals
   
• The Role of Biotechnology for the Characterisation and Conservation of Crop, Forestry, Animal and Fishery Genetic Resources

Full report in HTML format: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2004/news04.Dec.html 
Full report in PDF format: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2004/dec04.pdf