| Description |
viii, 402 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Advances in cellular and molecular biology of plants ; v. 5 |
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Advances in cellular and molecular biology of plants ; v. 5
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| Contents |
1. Molecular Improvement of Cereal Crops - An Introduction / I. K. Vasil -- 2. Methods of Genetic Transformation: Electroporation and Polyethylene Glycol Treatment / R. Shillito -- 3. Methods of Genetic Transformation: The Gene Gun / T. M. Klein and T. Jones -- 4. Methods of Genetic Transformation: Agrobacterium tumefaciens / T. Komari and T. Kubo -- 5. Expression and Regulation of Transgenes for Selection of Transformants and Modification of Traits in Cereals / M. Baga, R. N. Chibbar and K. K. Kartha -- 6. Transgenic Cereals: Triticum aestivum (wheat) / I. K. Vasil and V. Vasil -- 7. Transgenic Cereals: Oryza sativa (rice) / S. K. Datta -- 8. Transgenic Cereals - Zea mays (maize) / W. J. Gordon-Kamm, C. L. Baszczynski and W. B. Bruce [et al.] -- 9. Transgenic Cereals - Hordeum vulgare (barley) / P. G. Lemaux, M.-J. Cho and S. Zhang [et al.] -- 10. Transgenic Cereals - Avena sativa (oat) / D. A. Somers |
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11. Transgenic Cereals: Secale cereale and Sorghum bicolor (rye and sorghum) / A. M. Castillo and A. M. Casas -- 12. Transgenic Cereals: Triticale and Tritordeum / P. Barcelo, S. Rasco-Gaunt and D. Becker [et al.] -- 13. The Grasses as a Single Genetic System / J. L. Bennetzen |
| Summary |
Complementing and supplementing the breeding of major food crops, such as the cereals which together account for 66% of the world food supply, with molecular breeding and genetic manipulation may well provide a grace period of about 50 years in which to control population growth and achieve sustainable development. In this volume leading world experts on cereal biotechnology describe the production and commercialization of the first generation of transgenic cereals designed to substantially reduce or prevent the enormous losses to cereal productivity caused by competition with weeds, and by various pests and pathogens, which is an important first step in that direction |
| Analysis |
transgenic cereals genetic transformation |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Crop improvement.
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Grain -- Genetic engineering.
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Grain -- Molecular genetics.
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Transgenic plants.
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| Author |
Vasil, I. K.
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| LC no. |
98031666 |
| ISBN |
0792354710 (acid-free paper) |
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