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Author : Robert D. Warmbrodt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Crops
ISBN : MINN:31951003041740K
Author : G. W. Lycett,D. Grierson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483100111
Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants is a proceeding of The 49th Nottingham Easter School in Agricultural Science, which was held at Sutton Bonington on April 17-21, 1989. This symposium discussed progress in the generation of crop species resistant to herbicides, viruses, and insects. The book discusses topics such as the genetic manipulation in plants; genetic engineering of crops for insect and herbicide resistance; the expression of heat shock gene in transgenic plants; and tuber-specific gene expression. The book also covers topics such as regulation of gene expression in transgenic tomato plants; the molecular biology of pea seed development; and the regulatory elements of maize storage protein genes. The text is recommended for experts in the field of botany, agriculture, and genetics who would like to know more about the improvement of crop plants through genetics.
Author : Erich Grotewold,Joseph Chappell,Elizabeth A. Kellogg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119998884
Plant Genes, Genomes and Genetics provides a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of plant gene expression. Unique in explaining the subject from a plant perspective, it highlights the importance of key processes, many first discovered in plants, that impact how plants develop and interact with the environment. This text covers topics ranging from plant genome structure and the key control points in how genes are expressed, to the mechanisms by which proteins are generated and how their activities are controlled and altered by posttranslational modifications. Written by a highly respected team of specialists in plant biology with extensive experience in teaching at undergraduate and graduate level, this textbook will be invaluable for students and instructors alike. Plant Genes, Genomes and Genetics also includes: specific examples that highlight when and how plants operate differently from other organisms special sections that provide in-depth discussions of particular issues end-of-chapter problems to help students recapitulate the main concepts rich, full-colour illustrations and diagrams clearly showing important processes in plant gene expression a companion website with PowerPoint slides, downloadable figures, and answers to the questions posed in the book Aimed at upper level undergraduates and graduate students in plant biology, this text is equally suited for advanced agronomy and crop science students inclined to understand molecular aspects of organismal phenomena. It is also an invaluable starting point for professionals entering the field of plant biology.
Author : Kasi Azhakanandam,Aron Silverstone,Henry Daniell,Michael R. Davey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493922024
In this book, authors who are experts in their fields describe current advances on commercial crops and key enabling technologies that will underpin future advances in biotechnology. They discuss state of the art discoveries as well as future challenges. Tremendous progress has been made in introducing novel genes and traits into plant genomes since the first creation of transgenic plants thirty years ago, and the first commercialization of genetically modified maize in 1996. Consequently, cultivation of biotech crops with useful traits has increased more than 100-fold from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to over 175 million hectares globally in 2013. This achievement has been made possible by continued advances in understanding the basic molecular biology of regulatory sequences to modulate gene expression, enhancement of protein synthesis and new technologies for transformation of crop plants. This book has three sections that encompass knowledge on genetically modified (GM) food crops that are currently used by consumers, those that are anticipated to reach the market place in the near future and enabling technologies that will facilitate the development of next generation GM crops. Section I focuses only on genetically modified maize and soybean (3 chapters each), while Section II discusses the GM food crops rice, wheat, sorghum, vegetables and sugar cane. Section III covers exciting recent developments in several novel enabling technologies, including gene targeting, minichromosomes, and in planta transient expression systems.
Author : Chittaranjan Kole,Charles Michler,Albert G. Abbott,Timothy C. Hall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 807 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642048098
Development of transgenic crop plants, their utilization for improved agriculture, health, ecology and environment and their socio-political impacts are currently important fields in education, research and industries and also of interest to policy makers, social activists and regulatory and funding agencies. This work prepared with a class-room approach on this multidisciplinary subject will fill an existing gap and meet the requirements of such a broad section of readers. Volume 1 with ten chapters contributed by 31 eminent scientists from nine countries deliberates on the basic concepts, strategies and tools for development of transgenic crop plants, including topics such as: explants used for the generation of transgenic plants, gene transfer methods, organelle transformation, selection and screening strategies, expression and stability of transgenes, silencing undesirable genes, transgene integration, biosynthesis and biotransformation and metabolic engineering of pathways and gene discovery.
Author : Desh Pal S Verma,Robert B. Goldberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783709169506
First attempts to isolate plant genes were for those genes that are abun dantly expressed in a particular plant organ at a specific stage of devel opment. However, many important gene products are produced in a very minute quantity and in specialized cell types. Such genes can now be isolated using a variety of approaches, some of which are described in this volume. The rapid progress during the last decade in regeneration of a number of crop plants and the availability of molecular tools to introduce foreign genes in plants is allowing the engineering of specific traits of agri cultural importance. These genes must, however, be regulated in a spatial and temporal manner in order to have desired effects on plant devel opment and productivity. The habitat of plants necessitate adaptive responses with respect to the environmental changes. Starting from germination of the seed, the plant begins to sense environmental cues such as moisture, light, temperature and the presence of pathogens, and begins to respond to them. Little is known about various signal transduction pathways that lead to biochemical and morphogenetic responses, in particular, transition from vegetative to reproductive phase. With the availability of tools to generate specific mutations via transposon tagging, identification and isolation of genes affecting these processes may be facilitated. Transfer of these genes into heterologous environments will allow understanding of the complex processes that control plant development.
Author : Witold Filipowicz,Thomas Hohn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400903531
A recent volume of this series (Signals and Signal Transduction Pathways in Plants (K. Palme, ed.) Plant Molecular Biology 26, 1237-1679) described the relay races by which signals are transported in plants from the sites of stimuli to the gene expression machinery of the cell. Part of this machinery, the transcription apparatus, has been well studied in the last two decades, and many important mechanisms controlling gene expression at the transcriptional level have been elucidated. However, control of gene expression is by no means complete once the RNA has been produced. Important regulatory devices determine the maturation and usage of mRNA and the fate of its translation product. Post-transcriptional regulation is especially important for generating a fast response to environmental and intracellular signals. This book summarizes recent progress in the area of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in plants. 18 chapters of the book address problems of RNA processing and stability, regulation of translation, protein folding and degradation, as well as intracellular and cell-to-cell transport of proteins and nucleic acids. Several chapters are devoted to the processes taking place in plant organelles.
Author : National Research Council,Board on Agriculture
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1984-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309034340
"The book...is, in fact, a short text on the many practical problems...associated with translating the explosion in basic biotechnological research into the next Green Revolution," explains Economic Botany. The book is "a concise and accurate narrative, that also manages to be interesting and personal...a splendid little book." Biotechnology states, "Because of the clarity with which it is written, this thin volume makes a major contribution to improving public understanding of genetic engineering's potential for enlarging the world's food supply...and can be profitably read by practically anyone interested in application of molecular biology to improvement of productivity in agriculture."
Author : George Bruening,John Harada,Tsune Kosuge,Alexander Hollaender
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468453294
In August. 1982. a conference was held at the University of Califor nia. Davis. to discuss both molecular and traditional approaches to plant genetic analysis and plant breeding. Papers presented at the meeting were published in Genetic Engineering of Plants: An Agricultural Perspective. A second conference. entitled "Tailoring Genes for Crop Improvement." spon sored by the UC-Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the College's Biotechnology Program. was held at Davis in August. 1986. to discuss the notable advances that had been made during the intervening years in the technology for gene modification. transfer. and expression in plants. This volume contains papers that were presented at this meeting and provides readers with examples of how the new experimental strategies are being used to gain a clearer understanding of the biology of the plants we grow for food and fiber; it also discusses how molecular biology approaches are being used to introduce new genes into plants for plant breeding programs. We are grateful to the speakers for their excellent presentations for the conference and extend our sincere thanks to those who contributed manuscripts for this volume.
Author : Don Grierson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401130523
The intricacies of plant growth and development present a fascinating intellectual challenge, and yet our understanding of the subject has increased relatively slowly, despite the application of many different experimental approaches. Now, however, the introduction of molecular methods, coupled with genetic transformation technology, has provided a change in pace, and fundamental advances are occurring rapidly. This volume, the second in our Plant Biotechnology series, shows how we are beginning to understand the molecular basis of plant growth and development, and are thus moving from the descriptive to the predictive stage. The ability, discussed in chapter one, to generate a fivefold change in plant height by overexpression of a single gene for the photoreceptor phytochrome heralds not only a new phase in plant photobiology but also highlights the close relationship between fundamental knowledge and commercial application. Other chapters review progress in our understanding of the molecular basis of hormone action and processes such as tuber development, seed protein synthesis and deposition, fruit ripening, and self-recognition during pollination. The successful uses of antisense genes to alter the colour and pattern of flowers and to change the enzymic composition of ripening fruit are also discussed, together with identification and down regulation of a gene involved in ethylene synthesis by antisense technology. Opportunities are considered for altering the composition and quality of harvested plant organs and for using plants to synthesise novel products.
Author : A. Rashid
Publisher : I. K. International Pvt Ltd
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789380026169
Transgene technology since its inception, about two decades ago, has progressed rapidly providing platform for discovery, product design and novel plants which are improved source of food, feed, chemicals and drugs. This knowledge is changing rapidly by which plants develop their architecture to survive, abiotic and biotic stress, and become resistant to herbicides, pests and pathogens. Also the scene is set for a change from traditional farming to molecular farming. Moreover, gene silencing from a bane has turned out to be a boon, opening new vistas in genetic engineering of crop plants. In this book one can find an up-to-date account of aims and achievements of genetic engineering of crop plants. This book will useful for the undergraduate students of Botany, Biotechnology and Agriculture.
Author : Donald Grierson,Simon N. Covey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Molecular biology
ISBN : IND:30000121536951
Gene cloning, identification and sequencing. Organization of nuclear DNA. Structure and expression of nuclear genes. The plastome and chloroplast biogenesis. Mitochondrial DNA organization and function. Hormones and environmental factors affecting gene expression. Plant and bacterial gene expression in nitrogen-fixing legume root nodules. Genetic colonization of plants by agrobacterium. Plant viruses. Prospects for the genetic engineering of plants.
Author : Elizabeth S. Dennis,Danny J. Llewellyn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783709191088
Although plant genes were first isolated only some twelve years ago and transfer of foreign DNA into tobacco cells first demonstrated some eight years ago, the application and extension of biotechnology to agricultural problems has already led to the field-testing of genetically modified crop plants. The promise of tailor-made plants containing resistance to pests or diseases as well as many other desirable characteristics has led to the almost compulsory incorporation of molecular biology into the research programs of chemical and seed companies as well as Governmental agricultural agencies. With the routine transformation of rice and the early evidence of transformation of maize the possibility of the world's major cereal crops being modified for improved nutritional value or resistance characteristics is now likely in the next few years. The increasing number of cloned plant genes and the increasing sophistication of our knowledge of the major developmental and biochemi cal pathways in plants should eventually allow us to engineer crop plants with higher yields and with less detrimental impact on the environment than now occurs in our current high input agricultural systems. This book draws together many of the expanding areas of plant molecular biology and genetic engineering that will make a substantial contribution to the development of the more productive and efficient crop plants that the world's farmers will be planting in the next decade.
Author : Carole L. Bassett
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387356402
This book presents some of the most recent, novel and fascinating examples of transcriptional and posttranscriptional control of gene expression in plants and, where appropriate, provides comparison to notable examples of animal gene regulation.
Author : Desh Pal S. Verma
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015028445727
Control of Plant Gene Expression is a comprehensive volume describing the regulation and control of specific plant genes expressed in different tissues during plant development. It addresses several fundamental aspects of plant gene regulation, including signal transduction mechanisms and the role of plant hormones. It also discusses the structure and regulation of important metabolic genes such as those involved in nitrogen and carbon assimilation, lipid biosynthesis, and secondary metabolism. The book provides excellent examples of genetic engineering applications to alter agronomically important traits, making it an essential reference volume for plant molecular biologists and plant biotechnologists. It also contains a wealth of information that will be valuable to students specializing in plant molecular biology, plant development, gene regulation in plants, molecular plant physiology, or plant biotechnology.