Biotechnology of major cereals / edited by Huw D. Jones.
| Other author | Jones, Huw D. |
| Other author | C.A.B. International. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2016] |
| Description | p. cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016011221 |
| ISBN | 9781780645193 (hbk : alk. paper) |