Overview
- Editors:
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S. Mohan Jain
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Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Vienna, Austria
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Subhash C. Minocha
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Department of Biology, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Section B
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- G. Lakshmi Sita, Anirban Bhattacharya, C. S. Sree Vidya
Pages 467-483
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Section C
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- Paul B. Thompson, Steven H. Strauss
Pages 485-511
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Back Matter
Pages 513-516
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
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Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Vienna, Austria
S. Mohan Jain
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Department of Biology, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
Subhash C. Minocha