Metabolomics - which deals with all metabolites of an organism - is a rapidly-emerging sector of post-genome research fields. It plays significant roles in a variety of fields from medicine to agriculture and holds a fundamental position in functional genomics studies and their application in plant biotechnology.
This volume comprehensively covers plant metabolomics for the first time. The chapters offer cutting-edge information on analytical technology, bioinformatics and applications. They were all written by leading researchers who have been directly involved in plant...
Metabolomics - which deals with all metabolites of an organism - is a rapidly-emerging sector of post-genome research fields. It plays significant ...
This volume presents twenty-four chapters on the biotechnology of trees and deals with the importance, distribution, conventional propagation, micropropagation, review of tissue culture studies, in vitro culture, and genetic manipulation of forest, fruit and ornamental trees, such as various species of "Acrocomia," "Ailanthus," "Allocasuarina," "Anacardium," "Carya," "Casuarina," "Coffea," "Cyphomandra," "Fagus," "Feijoa," "Fraxinus," "Gymnocladus," "Leptospermum," "Metroxylon," "Oxydendrum," "Paeonia," "Paulownia," "Pouteria," "Psidium," "Quercus." Included are also five chapters on...
This volume presents twenty-four chapters on the biotechnology of trees and deals with the importance, distribution, conventional propagation, micropr...
During the past decade, there has been tremendous progress in maize biotechnology. This volume provides an overview of our current knowledge of maize molecular genetics, how it is being used to improve the crop, and future possibilities for crop enhancement. Several chapters deal with genetically engineered traits that are currently, or soon will be, in commercial production. Technical approaches for introducing novel genes into the maize genome, the regeneration of plants from transformed cells, and the creation of transgenic lines for field production are covered. Further, the authors...
During the past decade, there has been tremendous progress in maize biotechnology. This volume provides an overview of our current knowledge of mai...
Over the last decade there has been tremendous progress in the genetic transformation of plants, which has now become an established tool for the insertion of specific genes. Work has been conducted on more than 200 plant species of trees, cereals, legumes and oilseed crops, fruits and vegetables, medicinal, aromatic and ornamental plants etc. Transgenic plants have been field-tested in a number of countries, and some released to the farmers, and patented. Taking the above-mentioned points into consideration, it appeared nec essary to review the literature and state of the art on genetic...
Over the last decade there has been tremendous progress in the genetic transformation of plants, which has now become an established tool for the inse...
In continuation of Volumes 8, 9, 22, and 23, this new volume deals with the regeneration of plants from isolated protoplasts and genetic transformation in various species of "Actinidia," "Allocasuarina," "Anthurium," "Antirrhinum," "Asparagus," "Beta," "Brassica," "Carica," "Casuarina," "Cyphomandra," "Eucalyptus," "Ipomoea," "Larix," "Limonium," "Liriodendron," "Malus," "Musa," "Physcomitrella," "Physalis," "Picea," "Rosa," "Tagetes," "Triticum," and "Ulmus." These studies reflect the far-reaching implications of protoplast technology in genetic engineering of plants. The book contains a...
In continuation of Volumes 8, 9, 22, and 23, this new volume deals with the regeneration of plants from isolated protoplasts and genetic transformatio...
"Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XI" comprises 24 chapters. It deals with the distribution, importance, conventional propagation, micropropagation, tissue culture studies, and the in vitro production of important medicinal and pharmaceutical compounds in various species of "Anagallis," "Azadirachta," "Centranthus," "Costus," "Cuphea," "Dioscorea," "Drosera," "Fagara," "Frangula," "Hyacinthus," "Hypericum," "Jamesoniella," "Karwinskia," "Lactarius," "Lactuca," "Marribium," "Menispermum," "Ornithopus," "Petroselinum," "Phellodendron," "Solanum," "Solidago," and "Zanthoxylum." Like the previous...
"Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XI" comprises 24 chapters. It deals with the distribution, importance, conventional propagation, micropropagation, tiss...
Doubled haploid technology is an important tool for plant breeding. It allows for significant time reduction in the achievement of homozygous breeding lines of value in crop improvement.
This volume provides an excellent overview of haploid induction and the application of doubled haploids. The authors emphasize advances made in the understanding of microspore embryogenesis, but treat also advances in gynogenesis and the manipulation of parthenogenetic haploid development.
The text contains a thorough discussion of the application of haploidy to the improvement of a number...
Doubled haploid technology is an important tool for plant breeding. It allows for significant time reduction in the achievement of homozygous breed...
Ex situ preservation of germplasm for higher plant species has been accom plished using either seeds or clones, but storage of these under typical condi tions does not provide the extreme longevities that are needed to minimize risk of loss. Costs of maintenance and regeneration of stocks are also high. Systems that provide virtually indefinite storage should supplement existing methods and it is within this context that cryopreservation is presented. The use of low temperature preservation was initially more a concern of medicine and animal breeding, and was expanded to plants in the 1970s....
Ex situ preservation of germplasm for higher plant species has been accom plished using either seeds or clones, but storage of these under typical con...
Micropropagation of plants is a multibillion dollar industry being prac ticed in hundreds of small and large nurseries and commercial labora tories throughout the world. At present, it is the only component of plant biotechnology which has been commercially exploited on such a large scale, especially for the production of ornamentals. Now micro propagation of trees and medicinal plants has also assumed great im portance. With recent progress made in the propagation of fruit and forest trees, and the immediate need for afforestation and planting of orchards, propagules and plantlets are...
Micropropagation of plants is a multibillion dollar industry being prac ticed in hundreds of small and large nurseries and commercial labora tories th...
Plant protoplasts have proved to be an excellent tool for in vitro manipulation, somatic hybridization, DNA uptake and genetic trans formation, and for the induction of somac1onal variation. These studies reflect the far-reaching impact of protoplast research in agriculture and forest biotechnology. Taking these aspects into consideration, the series of books on Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering provides a survey of the literature, focusing on recent information and the state of the art in protoplast manipulation and genetic transformation. This book, Plant Protoplasts and Genetic...
Plant protoplasts have proved to be an excellent tool for in vitro manipulation, somatic hybridization, DNA uptake and genetic trans formation, and fo...
