Synthesizes the developing areas of molecular biology with some more traditional approaches in biotechnology, providing an overview of the current status of biotechnology with regard to agronomically significant crops as well as forestry applications. federal regulations governing the release of genetically engineered microorganisms (with examples of releases and the time-frames involved), current use of molecular biology techniques, biological control mechanisms, molecular biology of plants, plant-frost control. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.