Overview
- Editors:
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Ian S. Curtis
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Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Ibaraki, Japan
- Is a state-of-the-art, compilation of the most up-to-date methods available for the genetic manipulation of the major crops of our world
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Cereals and Grasses
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- M. Ashikari, M. Matsuoka, S. K. Datta
Pages 3-18
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- C. A. Sparks, H. D. Jones
Pages 19-34
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- S. B. Maqbool, H. Zhong, M. B. Sticklen
Pages 63-78
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- F. Altpeter, J. C. Popelka
Pages 79-88
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- S. B. Williams, S. J. Gray, H. K. C. Laidlaw, I. D. Godwin
Pages 89-102
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- G. Spangenberg, Z. Y. Wang
Pages 115-128
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Woody Plants
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Front Matter
Pages 129-129
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- L. Peña, M. Cervera, C. Fagoaga, R. Pérez, J. Romero, J. Juárez et al.
Pages 145-156
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- A. Bhattacharya, T. K. Mondal, I. Sandal, O. Prakash, S. Kumar, P. S. Ahuja
Pages 171-183
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- M. R. Davey, S. Sripaoraya, P. Anthony, J. B. Power
Pages 187-197
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- S. M. W. Bulley, D. J. James
Pages 199-214
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- A. Perl, V. Colova-Tsolova, Y. Eshdat
Pages 229-242
About this book
Since the first transgenic plants were produced back in the early 1980s, there have been substantial developments towards the genetic engineering of most crops of our world. Initial studies using isolated plant cells and removing their cell walls to form protoplasts, offered the possibility of transferring genetic material by Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer, chemical agents or electrical charges. However, in those cases were isolated protoplasts could be transformed, often, a shoot regeneration system was not available to induce the production of transgenic plants and any such regenerated plants were subject to mutation or chromosomal of cultured plant organs, such as leaf abnormalities. By the mid-1980s, the use disks, offered the convenience of combining gene transfer, plant regeneration and selection of transformants in a single system. This approach, enabled the production of stable, phenotypically-normal, transgenic potato and tomato plants in culture. By the late 1980s, the use of biolistics offered a means of inserting foreign genes into plant cells which where inaccessible to Agrobacterium infection. Even today, this technology is now standard practice for the production of some transgenic plants.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Ibaraki, Japan
Ian S. Curtis