Plant breeding reviews . Volume 18 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jules Janick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140572303321
• Autore: Janick Jules
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000
• ISBN: 1-282-68904-5; 9786612689048; 0-470-65015-X; 0-470-65014-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Collana: Plant breeding reviews, , 0730-2207
• Altri autori (Persone): JanickJules
• Disciplina: 631.5/3/05; 631.52
• Soggetti: Life sciences - Horticulture; Agriculture - Crop science; Plant breeding; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: PLANT BREEDING REVIEWS, Volume 18; Contents; Contributors; 1: Dedication: Richard K. Downey Designer of Canola; 2: Apomixis: Genetics and Breeding; I. INTRODUCTION; II. GENETICS OF APOMIXIS; III. BREEDING OF APOMICTIC SPECIES; IV. APOMIXIS TRANSFER TO SEXUAL CROPS; V. GENE ISOLATION STRATEGIES; VI. OTHER MOLECULAR APPROACHES IN MODEL SYSTEMS; VII. BREEDING APOMICTIC GRAIN CROPS; VIII. FUTURE PROSPECTS; LITERATURE CITED; 3: DNA Methylation and Plant Breeding; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DNA METHYLATION IN PLANTS; III. DNA METHYLATION, GENETIC, AND EPIGENETIC VARIATION; IV. DNA DNA METHYLATION, HETEROSIS, AND F1 HYBRID BREEDINGV. DNA METHYLATION AND TRANSGENE INACTIVATION IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS; VI. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; LITERATURE CITED; 4: Honeycomb Breeding: Principles and Applications; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE HONEYCOMB BREEDING; III. THE MASKING EFFECTS OF FIELD VARIATION OF SINGLE-; PLANT YIELDS; IV. HONEYCOMB SELECTION WITHIN ENTRIES; V. HONEYCOMB SELECTION AMONG ENTRIES; VI. THE UNIVERSALITY OF HONEYCOMB BREEDING; VII. SUMMARY; LITERATURE CITED; 5: Genetic and Ecological Risks from Biotechnologically-Derived Herbicide-Resistant Crops: Decision Trees for Risk AssessmentI. INTRODUCTION; II. THE NEEDS FOR BD-HRC; III. THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BD-HRC; IV. THE DECISION TREE; V. CASE ASSESSMENTS; VI. CONSIDERATION OF CASES; LITERATURE CITED; Subject Index; Cumulative Subject Index; Cumulative Contributor Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Dedication: Richard K. Downey, Designer of Canola (G. Rakow). Apomixis: Genetics and Breeding (Y. Savidan). DNA Methylation and Plant Breeding (A. Tsaftaris & A. Polidoros). Honeycomb Breeding: Principles and Applications (V. Fasoula & D. Fasoula). Genetic and Ecological Risks from Biotechnologically-Derived Herbicide-Resistant Crops: Decision Trees for Risk Assessment (J. Gressel & T. Rotteveel). Indexes.