Applications of Genetic Engineering to Crop Improvement

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Nitrogen Fixation

   1. Breeding Legumes for Improved N2-Fixation

      • G. R. Smith, W. E. Knight

      Pages 1-23

   2. In Vitro Systems for Studying Nitrogen Fixation

      • M. R. Davey, G. W. O’hara

      Pages 25-52

   3. Molecular Genetics of Nitrogen Fixation

      • K. Dale Noel

      Pages 53-85

3. Photosynthesis

   1. Breeding for Improved CO2 Fixation

      • R. I. Buzzell, B. R. Buttery

      Pages 87-112

   2. Aspects of Photosynthetic Plant Tissue Cultures

      • Michael E. Horn, Jack M. Widholm

      Pages 113-161

   3. The Chloroplast Nuclear Photosynthesis Genes

      • S. G. Bartlett

      Pages 163-188

4. Seed Quality

   1. Breeding for Grain Quality

      • W. D. Beversdorf, D. J. Hume

      Pages 189-209

   2. Tissue Culture and Related Approaches for Grain Quality Improvement

      • Burle Gengenbach

      Pages 211-254

   3. Genetic Engineering of Genes Controlling Seed Quality

      • Joseph C. Polacco

      Pages 255-304

5. Stress Tolerance

   1. Breeding Crops for Environmental Stress Tolerance

      • Richard A. Jones, Calvin O. Qualset

      Pages 305-340

   2. Cellular Approaches to Environmental Stress Resistance

      • J. F. Petolino, G. B. Collins

      Pages 341-390

   3. Molecular Mechanisms of Heat Stress Tolerance

      • Joseph P. Mascarenhas

      Pages 391-425

6. Disease Resistance

   1. Breeding for Disease Resistance

      • P. S. Baenziger, J. H. Elgin Jr., J. R. Stavely, J. R. Tomerlin

      Pages 427-452

   2. In Vitro Approaches to Disease Resistance

      • F. A. Hammerschlag

      Pages 453-490

   3. Genetic Engineering for Improved Crop Disease Resistance

      • Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

      Pages 491-524

7. Secondary Products

   1. Conventional Breeding for Secondary Products

      • Paul D. Legg

      Pages 525-559

   2. Secondary Products in Tissue Culture

      • Y. Yamada, T. Hashimoto

      Pages 561-604

The contributions of plant genetics to the production of higher yielding crops of superior quality are well documented. These successes have been realized through the application of plant breeding techniques to a diverse array of genetically controlled traits. Such highly effective breeding procedures will continue to be the primary method employed for the development of new crop cultivars; however, new techniques in cell and molecular biology will provide additional approaches for genetic modification. There has been considerable speculation recently concerning the potential impact of new techniques in cell and molecular biology on plant improvement. These genetic engineering techniques should offer unique opportunities to alter the genetic makeup of crops if applied to existing breeding procedures. Many questions must be answered in order to identify specific applications of these new technologies. This search for applications will require input from plant scientists working on various aspects of crop improvement. This volume is intended to assess the interrelationships between conventional plant breeding and genetic engineering.

• Chloroplast
• Seed
• genetic engineering
• molecular mechanisms
• nitrogen
• photosynthesis
• quality

`I would recommend this publication to anyone intending to apply recombinant DNA techniques to plant breeding... also of considerable interest to those working towards plant improvement via concentional breeding methods of via somatic cell culture.'
Recombinant DNA, 5:5 (1986)

• University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

  Glenn B. Collins

• United AgriSeeds Inc, Champaign, USA

  Joseph G. Petolino

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