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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817718003321

Titolo

Colloquium on Protecting Our Food Supply--the Value of Plant Genome Initiatives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1998

ISBN

0-309-18468-1

0-309-55846-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (68 p.)

Collana

National Academy of Sciences colloquium series

Disciplina

572.8/62

Soggetti

Plant genome mapping

Food supply

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Held June 2-5, 1997, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, CA.

"Reprinted from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, volume 95 ... March 3, 1998"--P. [2] of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Plant genomics and our food supply: An introduction -- Comparative genetics in the grasses -- Grass genomes -- Down-regulation of RFL, the FLOyLFY homolog of rice, accompanied with panicle branch initiation -- Toward a plant genomics initiative: Thoughts on the value of cross-species and cross-genera comparisons in the grasses -- Plant genomics: More than food for thought -- Assisting developing countries toward food self-reliance -- Toward a successful multinational crop plant genome initiative -- Quantitative trait loci and metabolic pathways -- Genome projects and gene pools: New germplasm for plant breeding? -- Relationships of cereal crops and other grasses -- Plant genome values: How much do we know? -- Importance of anchor genomes for any plant genome project -- Functional genomics: Probing plant gene function and expression with transposons -- The rice genome project in Japan -- Potentials of the National Corn Genome Initiative.