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Cellular and Molecular Genetic Improvement of Cereals

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Current Issues in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 22))

Abstract

Efficient methods for the regeneration of plants from cultured cells of gramineous species were developed during the 1980’s, based on the culture of tissue/organ expiants comprised largely of undifferentiated cells on media containing high concentrations of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D). These advances, combined with the later development of methods for the direct delivery of DNA, led to the production of the first transgenic cereals in 1988. Since then, in the relatively short period of six years, all major cereal crops have been transformed, often with agronomically useful genes that confer resistance to non-selective herbicides, or viruses and insects. Such improved crops can reduce or even eliminate the huge losses in crop productivity caused by weeds, pathogens and pests. Further molecular improvement of cereals will depend on the availability of genes that determine the quality and productivity of cereal crops, and protect them from biological and environmental stresses.

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Vasil, I.K. (1995). Cellular and Molecular Genetic Improvement of Cereals. In: Terzi, M., Cella, R., Falavigna, A. (eds) Current Issues in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0307-7_2

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