Biotechnologies of Crop Improvement, Volume 2 Transgenic Approaches /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gosal, Satbir Singh (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Wani, Shabir Hussain (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Plant breeding.; Genetic engineering.; Agriculture.; Plant genetics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Genetic Engineering.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.

During the past 15 years, cellular and molecular approaches have emerged as valuable adjuncts to supplement and complement conventional breeding methods for a wide variety of crop plants. Biotechnology increasingly plays a role in the creation, conservation, characterization and utilization of genet...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Plant Genetic Transformation and Transgenic Crops: Methods and Applications
• 2. Virus Induced Gene Silencing Approach: A Potential Functional Genomics Tool for Rapid Validation of Function of Genes Associated with Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
• 3. RNA interference: A Promising Approach for Crop Improvement
• 4. RNAi for Resistance against Biotic Stresses in Crop Plants
• 5. RNAi approach: a powerful technique for gene function studies and enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants
• 6. Antifungal Plant Defensins: Insights into Modes of Action and Prospects for Engineering Disease Resistant Plants
• 7. Transgenic Plants for Improved Salinity and Drought Tolerance
• 8. Engineering Disease Resistance in Rice
• 9. Genetic Transformation of Sugarcane and Field Performance of Transgenic Sugarcane
• 10. Insect Smart Pulses for Sustainable Agriculture
• 11. Genetic Transformation of Millets: The Way Ahead
• 12. Transgenic Research on Tomato: Problems, Strategies and Achievements
• 13. Genetic Transformation in Eucalyptus
• 14. Transgenic Manipulation of Glutamine Synthetase: A Target with Untapped Potential in Various Aspects of Crop Improvement
• 15. Understanding the Phytohormones Biosynthetic Pathways for Developing Engineered Environmental Stress-Tolerant Crops
• 16. Transgenic Crops: Status, Potential and Challenges.