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Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement

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Editors:
  1. S. Mohan Jain

    1. FAO/IAEA Joint Division, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

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  2. D. S. Brar

    1. International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines

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  3. B. S. Ahloowalia

    1. Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Dublin, Ireland

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Molecular Genetics — Plant Breeder’s Perspective

    • Gurdev S. Khush
    Pages 1-8

  3. Molecular Markers: Principles and Methodology

    • Pushpendra K. Gupta, Rajeev K. Varshney, Manoj Prasad
    Pages 9-54

  4. Molecular Marker Assisted Breeding

    • Darshan S. Brar
    Pages 55-83

  5. Microsatellites and Molecular Breeding: Exploitation of Microsatellite Variability for the Analysis of a Monotonous Genome

    • Peter Winter, Bruno Hüttel, Kurt Weising, Günter Kahl
    Pages 85-137

  6. Development and Application of Molecular Markers in Conifers

    • R. Schubert, G. Müller-Starck
    Pages 139-160

  7. DNA Markers and Heterosis

    • Prabhakar K. Ranjekar, Armaity P. Davierwala, Vidya S. Gupta
    Pages 161-201

  8. Molecular Markers and Abiotic Stresses

    • I. Winicov
    Pages 203-237

  9. Molecular Markers for Flowering Time Genes in Crop Species

    • David A. Laurie, Simon Griffiths
    Pages 239-263

  10. Molecular Markers for the Genetic Analysis of Apomixis

    • M. J. Asins, M. R. Garcia, C. Ruiz, E. A. Carbonell
    Pages 265-281

  11. Use of Molecular Markers for Fruit Crop Improvement

    • A. R. McCaskill, J. J. Giovannoni
    Pages 283-297

  12. In Situ Hybridization in Plants — Methods and Application

    • Jolanta Maluszynska
    Pages 299-326

  13. Molecular Tools for Improving Coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) Resistance to Parasites

    • Diana Fernandez, Philippe Lashermes
    Pages 327-345

  14. Construction and Use of Genetic Maps in Cereals

    • M. Motto, P. Ajmone Marsan
    Pages 347-369

  15. Gene Expression Under Environmental Stresses — Molecular Marker Analysis

    • Mikael Brosché, John R. Gittins, Helena Sävenstrand, Ã…ke Strid
    Pages 371-408

  16. Random Insertional Mutagenesis in Arabidopsis

    • Takuyo Ito, Kazuo Shinozakil
    Pages 409-425

  17. Engineering the Chloroplast Genome to Confer Stress Tolerance and Production of Pharmaceutical Proteins

    • Henry Daniell
    Pages 427-451

  18. Identification of Strawberry Flavour Related Genes by the Use of DNA Microarrays

    • Asaph Aharoni, Ann P. O’Connell
    Pages 453-479

  19. Gene Targeting in Plants

    • Sandeep Kumar, Matthias Fladung
    Pages 481-499

  20. Plant DNA Methylation and Gene Expression

    • Michele Bellucci, Francesco Paolocci, Francesco Damiani, Sergio Arcioni
    Pages 501-539
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About this book

Plant breeding aims at the genetic enhancement of crops through the application of principles of Mendelian Genetics and modern tools and techniques of cell and molecular biology. Many breeding programs focus on the improvement of traits such as high yield, multiple resistance to major diseases, insect pests and tolerance to abiotic stresses and improved quality. The improved varieties must also fit into the crop rotation systems of different eco-agricultural regions for the production of feed, fiber, food, and industrial products. The value of new plant varieties in increasing food production has been demonstrated time and again, and perhaps the best of all, in the "Green revolution", which was based on the semi-dwarf rice and wheat varieties in Asia. Recent advances in molecular genetics have opened new opportunities to speed up plant breeding. Molecular markers have become important tools in the hands of plant breeders for enhancing the selection efficiency for various agronomic traits. Plant breeding has in fact entered in an era of genomics. The isolation, cloning and moving of genes from diverse biological sources into plant genomes holds promise to broaden the gene pool of crops and tailor plant varieties for specific traits that determine yield, quality and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. This book is a sequel to our previous one on "Somaclonal Variation and Induced Mutations in Crop Improvement.

Editors and Affiliations

  • FAO/IAEA Joint Division, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

    S. Mohan Jain

  • International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines

    D. S. Brar

  • Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Dublin, Ireland

    B. S. Ahloowalia

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement

  • Editors: S. Mohan Jain, D. S. Brar, B. S. Ahloowalia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2356-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2356-5Published: 14 October 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 616

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Human Genetics

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