Reddit reviews Plant Biotechnology: The Genetic Manipulation of Plants

I took a course in my undergrad about the genetic engineering of plants. I read most of this book and really enjoyed it. It is fairly basic in its concepts, but at the same time very informative and detailed.

>Human genome, and how modification really works

I'm not to well versed in the modification of the human genome. I don't think there is much literature in this area because there is not a lot of research that currently works with directly modify the human genome (ethical issues). I would imagine though there are books out there on the modification of animals and mammals in general.