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Molecular Genetic Approaches to Maize Improvement

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Alan L. Kriz

    1. BASF Plant Science, USA

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  2. Brian A. Larkins

    1. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  • An in-depth review of maize biotechnology
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry (AGRICULTURE, volume 63)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  3. Transgenic Traits

    1. Insect Resistance in Corn Through Biotechnology

      • Graham Head, Dannette Ward
      Pages 31-40

    2. Seed Total Phosphate and Phytic Acid

      • Victor Raboy
      Pages 41-53

    3. Traits and Genes for Plant Drought Tolerance

      • John Mullet
      Pages 55-64

    4. Biotechnology Approaches to Improving Maize Nitrogen Use Efficiency

      • Stephen Moose, Fred E. Below
      Pages 65-77

    5. Enhancement of Amino Acid Availability in Corn Grain

      • L. Kriz Alan
      Pages 79-89

    6. Over-expression of Novel Proteins in Maize

      • Elizabeth E. Hood, John A. Howard
      Pages 91-105

    7. Global Regulation of Transgenic Crops

      • Bruce M. Chassy
      Pages 107-124

  4. Breeding and Genetics

    1. Doubled Haploids

      • Ming-Tang Chang, Edward H. Coe Jr
      Pages 127-142

    2. Transposon Tagging and Reverse Genetics

      • A. Mark Settles
      Pages 143-159

    3. EMS Mutagenesis and Point Mutation Discovery

      • Clifford F. Weil, Rita-Ann Monde
      Pages 161-171

    4. Applications of Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping in Maize

      • Elhan S. Ersoz, Jianming Yu, Edward S. Buckler
      Pages 173-195

    5. Maize Genetic Resources

      • Martin M. Sachs
      Pages 197-209

  5. The Corn Genome

    1. The Structure of the Maize Genome

      • Joachim Messing
      Pages 213-230

    2. Molecular Markers

      • Patrick S. Schnable, An-Ping Hsia, Ling Guo, W. Brad Barbazuk
      Pages 231-240

    3. Applied Cytogenetics

      • R. Kelly Dawe
      Pages 241-249

    4. The Wonderland of Global Expression Profiling

      • David W. Galbraith
      Pages 251-266

  6. Molecular Biology and Physiological Studies

    1. Zein Storage Proteins

      • David R. Holding, Brian A. Larkins
      Pages 269-286
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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 describe how molecular genetic techniques are being used to identify genes and characterize their function, and how these procedures are utilized to develop elite maize germplasm. Moreover, molecular biology and physiological studies of corn as a basis for the improvement of its nutritional and food-making properties are included. Finally, the growing use of corn as biomass for energy production is discussed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • BASF Plant Science, USA

    Alan L. Kriz

  • Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Brian A. Larkins

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