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Genetic Engineering of Plants

An Agricultural Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Tsune Kosuge

    1. University of California, Davis, USA

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  2. Carole P. Meredith

    1. University of California, Davis, USA

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  3. Alexander Hollaender

    1. Associated Universities, Inc., USA

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  4. Claire M. Wilson
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Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences (BLSC, volume 26)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Opening Remarks

    • Charles E. Hess
    Pages 1-2

  3. An Overview of Crop Improvement: Chairman’s Introduction

    • Kenneth J. Frey
    Pages 3-4

  4. Plant Breeding: The State of the Art

    • N. W. Simmonds
    Pages 5-25

  5. Genes: Chairman’s Introduction

    • William C. Taylor
    Pages 27-28

  6. Nuclear Genes Encoding the Small Subunit of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase

    • A. R. Cashmore
    Pages 29-38

  7. Osmoregulatory (Osm) Genes and Osmoprotective Compounds

    • A. R. Strøm, D. LeRudulier, M. W. Jakowec, R. C. Bunnell, R. C. Valentine
    Pages 39-59

  8. Differential Regulation of the Adh1 Gene in Maize: Facts and Theories

    • Mitrick A. Johns, Mary Alleman, Michael Freeling
    Pages 61-79

  9. Cytoplasmic Male Sterility

    • C. S. Levings III
    Pages 81-92

  10. Genetic Engineering of Seed Storage Proteins

    • Brian A. Larkins
    Pages 93-118

  11. Vectors: Chairman’s Introduction

    • Eugene W. Nester
    Pages 119-120

  12. Plant Viral Vectors: CaMV as an Experimental Tool

    • Richard C. Gardner
    Pages 121-142

  13. Plant Cell Transformation by Agrobacterium Plasmids

    • A. Depicker, M. Van Montagu, J. Schell
    Pages 143-176

  14. In VitroPlant Transformation Systems Using Liposomes and Bacterial Co-Cultivation

    • Robb T. Fraley, Rob B. Horsch
    Pages 177-194

  15. Chromosomes from Protoplasts -- Isolation, Fractionation, and Uptake

    • Russell L. Malmberg, Robert J. Griesbach
    Pages 195-201

  16. Comparison of Genomic Clones Derived from the Sh Gene in Zea Mays L. and of Two Mutants of this Gene which are Caused by the Insertion of the Controlling Element Ds

    • H.-P. Döring, M. Geiser, E. Weck, W. Werr, U. Courage-Tebbe, E. Tillmann et al.
    Pages 203-209

  17. Plant Gene Structure

    • Joachim Messing, Daniel Geraghty, Gisela Heidecker, Nien-Tai Hu, Jean Kridl, Irwin Rubenstein
    Pages 211-227

  18. Chromosome Structure in Cereals: The Analysis of Regions Containing Repeated Sequence DNA and Its Application to the Detection of Alien Chromosomes Introduced into Wheat

    • R. Appels
    Pages 229-256

  19. Considerations of Developmental Biology for the Plant Cell Geneticist

    • R. S. Chaleff
    Pages 257-270

  20. Protoplast Fusion: Agricultural Applications of Somatic Hybrid Plants

    • David A. Evans, C. E. Flick
    Pages 271-288
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About this book

William C. Taylor Department of Genetics University of California Berkeley, California 94720 It is evident by now that there is a great deal of interest in exploiting the new technologies to genetically engineer new forms of plants. A purpose of this meeting is to assess the possibilities. The papers that follow are concerned with the analysis of single genes or small gene families. We will read about genes found within the nucleus, plastids, and bacteria which are responsible for agri­ culturally important traits. Given that these genes can be isolated by recombinant DNA techniques, there are two possible strategies for plant engineering. One involves isolating a gene from a cultivated plant, changing it in a specific way and then inserting it back into the same plant where it produces an altered gene product. An example might be changing the amino acid composition of a seed pro­ tein so as to make the seed a more efficient food source. A second strategy is to isolate a gene from one species and transfer it to another species where it produces a desirable feature. An example might be the transfer of a gene which encodes a more efficient pho­ tosynthetic enzyme from a wild relative into a cultivated species. There are three technical hurdles which must be overcome for either strategy to work. The gene of interest must be physically isolated.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Davis, USA

    Tsune Kosuge, Carole P. Meredith

  • Associated Universities, Inc., USA

    Alexander Hollaender

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genetic Engineering of Plants

  • Book Subtitle: An Agricultural Perspective

  • Editors: Tsune Kosuge, Carole P. Meredith, Alexander Hollaender, Claire M. Wilson

  • Series Title: Basic Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4544-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4546-6Published: 27 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4544-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 499

  • Topics: Tree Biology

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