Rice Biology in the Genomics Era

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hirano, Hiro-Yuki (Editor), Sano, Yoshio (Editor), Hirai, Atsushi (Editor), Sasaki, Takuji (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 62
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.

Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important staple food crops in the world. Breeding efforts to improve the agronomical quality of rice have been conducted, and studies on rice from the viewpoint of basic biological interest have also been carried out. In 1991, a book entitled Rice (edited by D...