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Molecular Biology of Woody Plants

Volume 2

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Editors:
  1. S. Mohan Jain

    1. Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Vienna, Austria

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  2. Subhash C. Minocha

    1. Department of Biology, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

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Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences (FOSC, volume 66)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Section A

    1. Gene Transfer Techniques and their relevance to Woody Plants

      • Subhash C. Minocha, John C. Wallace
      Pages 1-24

    2. Selection of Marker-Free Transgenic Plants Using the Oncogenes (ipt, rol A, B, C) of Agrobacterium as Selectable Markers

      • Hiroyasu Ebinuma, Koichi Sugita, Etsuko Matunaga, Saori Endo, Takehide Kasahara
      Pages 25-46

    3. Agrobacterium rhizogenes for rooting recalcitrant woody plants

      • Hely M. Häggman, Tuija S. Aronen
      Pages 47-78

    4. Genetic Engineering of Conifers for Plantation Forestry Pinus radiata Transformation

      • C. Walter, L. J. Grace
      Pages 79-104

    5. Transformation of Picea Species

      • D. H. Clapham, R. J. Newton, S. Sen, S. von Arnold
      Pages 105-118

    6. Transgenic in Larix

      • Lelu Marie-Anne, Gilles Pilate
      Pages 119-134

    7. Genetic transformation of Populus toward improving plant performance and drought tolerance

      • Tzfira Tzvi, Wangxia Wang, Altman Arie
      Pages 135-160

    8. Progress towards the Genetic Transformation of Four Tropical Acacia Species: Acacia Mangium, Acacia Crassicarpa, Acacia Mearnsii and Acacia Albida

      • M. Quoirin, A. Galiana, D. K. S. Goh, A. Limanton, V. Gratio, J. Ahée et al.
      Pages 161-178

    9. Genetic Engineering of Rose (Rosa Species)

      • M. R. Davey, R. Marchant, J. B. Power
      Pages 179-190

    10. Transformation of Actinidia Species (Kiwifruit)

      • Eddo Rugini, Massimo Muganu, Patricia Gutiérrez Pesce
      Pages 191-225

    11. Genetic Transformation in Citrus

      • G. A. Moore, D. Luth, F. Kaplan, M. A. Gutiérrez-E
      Pages 227-243

    12. Olive (Olea europaea var. sativa) Transformation

      • Rugini Eddo, Biasi Rita, Muleo Rosario
      Pages 245-279

    13. Transformation of Malus

      • F. A. Hammerschlag
      Pages 281-303

    14. Genetic Transformation of Hevea Brasiliensis (Rubber Tree) and Its Applications towards Crop Improvement and Production of Recombinant Proteins of Commercial Value

      • P. Arokiaraj
      Pages 305-325

    15. Production of Transgenic Oil Palm (Elaeis guinensis JACQ.) Using Biolistic Techniques

      • Ghulam Kadir, Ahmad Parveez
      Pages 327-350

  3. Section B

    1. Molecular Characterization of the Mycorrhizas of Woody Plants

      • S. Hambleton, R. S. Currah
      Pages 351-373

    2. Molecular Epidemiology of Tree Pathogens

      • Richard C. Hamelin
      Pages 375-393

    3. Development of Insect Resistance in Fruit and Nut Tree Crops

      • Matthew Escobar, Abhaya M. Dandekar
      Pages 395-417

    4. Structural and Biochemical Aspects of Cold Hardiness in Woody Plants

      • Michael Wisniewski, Rajeev Arora
      Pages 419-437
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Keywords

About this book

Woody plants belong to various taxonomic groups, which are heterogeneous in morphology, physiology, and geographic distribution. OtheJWise, they have neither strong evolutionruy relationships nor share a conunon habitat. They are a primaIy source of fiber and timber, and also include many edible fruit species. Their unique phenotypic behavior includes a perennial habit associated with extensive secondary growth. Additional characteristics of woody plants include: developmental juvenility and maturity with respect to growth habit, flowering time, and morphogenetic response in tissue cultures; environmental control of bud dormancy and flowering cycles; variable tolerance to abiotic stresses, wounding and pathogens; and long distance transport of water and IRltrients. Woody plants, particularly tree species, have been the focus of numerous physiological studies to understand their specialized functions, however, only recently they have become the target of molecular studies. Recent advances in our understanding of signal transduction pathways for environmental responses in herbaceous plants, including the identification and cloning of genes for proteins involved in signal transduction. should provide useful leads to undertake parallel studies with woody plants. Molecular mapping techniques, coupled with the availability of cloned genes from herbaceous plants, should provide shortcuts to cloning relevant genes from woody plants. The unique phenotypes of these plants can then be targeted for improvement through genetic engineering.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Vienna, Austria

    S. Mohan Jain

  • Department of Biology, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

    Subhash C. Minocha

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Biology of Woody Plants

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 2

  • Editors: S. Mohan Jain, Subhash C. Minocha

  • Series Title: Forestry Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2313-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6241-8Published: 30 April 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5427-2Published: 22 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2313-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5480

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-1334

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 516

  • Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Tree Biology, Biochemistry, general, Plant Sciences

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