Biotechnology of major cereals / edited by Huw D. Jones.

Other author Jones, Huw D.
Other author C.A.B. International.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2016]
Descriptionp. cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Contents Introduction : biotechnology of major cereals / Huw Jones -- Genetic transformation of maize : conventional methods and precision genome modification / Huixia Wu, Jeffrey Beringer, Wei Chen, and Ning Zhou -- Biotech maize : industry development & impact / Tristan Coram, James Bing, and Nicholas Storer -- Sorghum genetic transformation : current status and future target traits / Sylvester Elikana Anami, Yu-Miao Zhang, Li-Xin Zhang, Li Zhu, Hai-Chun Jing -- Barley as a cereal model for biotechnology applications / Wendy Harwood -- Wheat biotechnology : recent developments and future trends / Caroline Sparks and Huw Jones -- The long and winding road of rice genetic modification technology and its potential / Inez H. Slamet-Loedin and Anca Macovei -- Setaria viridis : a model for C4 crop biotechnology / Joyce Van Eck, Kerry Swartwood, and Kaitlin Pidgeon -- Genome editing in cereals / Huw Jones -- Anther culture for doubled haploids / Cuma Karaoglu and Ayten Salantur -- Chloroplast transformation in cereals / Parwez Samnakay -- Cross-species silencing : plant-mediated RNAi for insect control / Xiu-Dao Yu, Huw D. Jones, Yong-Wei Sun, Gen-Ping Wang, and Lan-Qin Xia -- Acrylamide in cereals : the problem and potential genetic and agronomic solutions / Nigel G. Halford and Tanya Y. Curtis -- Engineering cereal endosperm / Hilde-Gunn Opsahl-Sorteberg -- Key molecular and metabolic processes used for genetic engineering to improve freezing tolerance in cereals / Alexandra Soltész, Wendy Harwood, Balázs Kalapos, Attila Vágújfalvi, Gábor Galiba.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2016011221
ISBN9781780645193 (hbk : alk. paper)