Plant Genetic Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Prospects, Perspectives, and Problems of Plant Genetic Engineering

   • B. B. Biswas

   Pages 1-30

3. Molecular Biology of Legume Vicilin-Type Seed Storage Protein Genes

   • Paula P. Chee, Jerry L. Slightom

   Pages 31-52

4. Haploid Plants from Tissue Culture Application in Crop Improvement

   • Robert A. Morrison, David A. Evans, Zhegong Fan

   Pages 53-72

5. Plant Transposable Elements

   • Nihal K. Notani

   Pages 73-79

6. Potentials of Woody Plant Transformation

   • Peter L. Schuerman, Abhaya M. Dandekar

   Pages 81-105

7. Genetic Manipulation of Male Gametophytic Generation in Higher Plants

   • Ercole Ottaviano, M. Enrico Pè, Giorgio Binelli

   Pages 107-142

8. Transient Gene Expression of Chimeric Genes in Cells and Tissues of Crops

   • Hans-Henning Steinbiss, Andrew Davidson

   Pages 143-166

9. Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism in Plants and Its Implications

   • Gary Kochert

   Pages 167-190

10. Fundamentals of Light-Regulated Gene Expression in Plants

    • Richard J. Mural

    Pages 191-211

11. Genetic Manipulation of Photosynthetic Processes in Plants

    • Tristan A. Dyer

    Pages 213-234

12. Transfer RNA Involvement in Chlorophyll Biosynthesis

    • Gary P. O’Neill, Dieter Jahn, Dieter Söll

    Pages 235-264

13. Biochemical and Molecular Studies on Plant Development In Vitro

    • Hans-Jörg Jacobsen

    Pages 265-277

14. The Molecular Basis of Ethylene Biosynthesis, Mode of Action, and Effects in Higher Plants

    • Dominique Van Der Straeten, Marc Van Montagu

    Pages 279-326

15. Gibberellin-Binding Proteins and Hormonal Regulation of Transcription in Cell Nuclei and Chloroplasts of Higher Plants

    • David I. Jokhadze

    Pages 327-340

16. Back Matter

    Pages 341-345

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Eminent researchers provide broad coverage of plant molecular biology and genetic engineering, detailing technological advances in plant cell transformation and responses. This state-of-the-art text includes coverage of molecular action of plant growth hormone, signal transduction, light mediated expression of genes, and genetic engineering of crop plants and trees.

• biosynthesis
• gene expression
• genes
• genetic engineering
• molecular biology
• plant development
• signal transduction

• Bose Institute, Calcutta, India

  B. B. Biswas

• Institute for Cell and Tumor Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

  J. R. Harris

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