This book identifies targets for plant transformation by molecular biology for two crops of major importance in European agriculture ‎- wheat and oilseed rape ‎- and the potentially important protein crop faba beans‎.‎ Modern techniques have enabled researchers to identify‎,‎ isolate and modify plant genes‎,‎ and much effort is now being devoted to improving these techniques and to adapting them to crop plants‎.‎ By these means‎,‎ it should prove possible to make defined changes to plants of commercial value‎,‎ to improve their yield‎,‎ quality and resistance to stresses‎,‎ pests and diseases‎.‎ This volume results from a report prepared for the Genetics and Biotechnology Division of the Commission of the European Communities by Dr Austin and his colleagues at the Plant Breeding Institute‎,‎ where some of the work is being carried out‎.‎ It therefore provides an authoritative account of the area for research workers and students‎.‎