UID:
almafu_9958127294502883
Format:
1 online resource (313 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-36432-2
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0-323-15650-9
Content:
Plant Improvement and Somatic Cell Genetics
Note:
Based on two symposia held at the XIIIth International Botanical Congress, Sydney, Australia : Cell Culture and Somatic Cell Genetics in Plant Biology and Frontiers in Plant Breeding, held August 21-28, 1981.
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Front Cover; Plant Improvement and Somatic Cell Genetics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1. THE POTENTIAL OF EXOTIC GERMPLASM FOR TOMATO IMPROVEMENT; I. DISEASE RESISTANCE; II. ARTHROPOD RESISTANCE; III. STRESS TOLERANCE; IV. FRUIT QUALITY; V. MISCELLANEOUS MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS; VI. DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. EXOTIC GERMPLASM IN CEREAL CROP IMPROVEMENT; I. MAIZE (Zea mays); II. WHEAT (Triticum aestivum); III. SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor); IV. RICE (Oryza sativa); V. OATS (Avena sativa); SUMMARY; REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 3. MULTILINE BREEDINGI. EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF MULTILINE VARIETIES; II. PRACTICAL CONCERNS WITH MULTILINE VARIETIES; III. VALUE OF MULTILINES IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; IV. COMBINING MULTILINES WITH OTHER DISEASE-CONTROL STRATEGIES; V. MULTILINE BREEDING IN 1981; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. BREEDING CROP PLANTS TO TOLERATE SOIL STRESSES; I. SOIL STRESSES; II. VARIETAL TOLERANCE FOR SOIL STRESSES; III. BREEDING RICE FOR SOIL STRESSES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. COMBINING GENOMES BY CONVENTIONAL MEANS; I. HYBRID PRODUCTION VIA THE SEXUAL ROUTE; II. HYBRID VIABILITY
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III. CHROMOSOME VARIATION IN F PROGENYIV. POTENTIAL ALIEN GENOME UTILIZATION; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. USE OF EMBRYO CULTURE IN INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PREVIOUS EMBRYO CULTURE RESULTS; III . CURRENT EMBRYO CULTURE PROGRAMS; IV. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. HAPLOIDS IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PRODUCTION OF HAPLOIDS; III. APPLICATION OF HAPLOIDY TO BREEDING; IV. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. SOMACLONAL VARIATION: A NEW OPTION FOR PLANT IMPROVEMENT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SOMACLONAL VARIATION
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III. VARIATION AMONG INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID SOMACLONESIV. ORIGINS OF SOMACLONAL VARIATION; V. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. PLANT CELL CULTURE AND SOMATIC CELL GENETICS OF CEREALS AND GRASSES; I. CLONAL PROPAGATION; II . REGENERATION FROM SINGLE CELLS AND PROTOPLASTS; III. ANDROGENETIC HAPLOIDS; IV. MUTANT/VARIANT AND RESISTANT CELL LINES AND PLANTS; V. SOMATIC HYBRIDIZATION; VI. TRANSFORMATION; VII. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. SOMATIC CELL FUSION FOR INDUCING CYTOPLASMIC EXCHANGE: A NEW BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM FOR CYTOPLASMIC GENETICS IN HIGHER PLANTS
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PLASTIDS AND CHLOROPLASTS IN SOMATIC HYBRIDS AND CYBRIDSMALE STERILITY AND MITOCHONDRIAL ASSORTMENT IN SOMATIC HYBRIDS AND CYBRIDS; THE ""DONOR-RECIPIENT"" SYSTEM; ASSORTMENT OF PLASTIDS AND MITOCHONDRIA FOLLOWING CYTOPLASMIC HYBRIDIZATION; PERSPECTIVES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. CELL CULTURE MUTANTS AND THEIR USES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. RECENT PROGRESS IN MUTANT SELECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION; III. NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA - A PROSPECTIVE MODEL SPECIES; IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. SOMATIC HYBRIDIZATION: A NEW METHOD FOR PLANT IMPROVEMENT
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I. INTRODUCTION
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-714980-5
Language:
English
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