Overview
- Presents the current knowledge of plant biotechnology as an important tool for crop improvement
- Includes also up-to-date methodologies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry (AGRICULTURE, volume 60)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fruits
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Trees
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About this book
Genetic engineering is a powerful tool for crop improvement. The status of crop biotechnology before 2001 was reviewed in Transgenic Crops I-III, but recent advances in plant cell and molecular biology have prompted the need for new volumes.
Following Transgenic Crops IV (2007) dealing with cereals, vegetables, root crops, herbs and spices, this volume, Transgenic Crops V, is devoted to fruit, trees and beverage crops. Fruit crops targeted include banana, citrus, mango, papaya, pineapple, watermelon, avocado, grape, melon, apple, Prunus spp., strawberry, and kiwifruit, while trees include walnut, rubber, eucalyptus, tropical tree legumes, Casuarina glauca and conifers. The section on beverage crops reports studies on coffee, cacao, tea, and sugarcane.
This volume is an invaluable reference for plant breeders, researchers and graduate students in the fields of plant biotechnology, agronomy, horticulture, forestry, genetics, and both plant cell and molecular biology.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transgenic Crops V
Editors: Eng-Chong Pua, Michael R. Davey
Series Title: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49161-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-49160-6Published: 04 May 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08039-5Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-49161-3Published: 16 August 2007
Series ISSN: 0934-943X
Series E-ISSN: 2512-3696
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 563
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Agriculture, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Sciences, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Forestry