Overview
- An in-depth review of maize biotechnology
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry (AGRICULTURE, volume 63)
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During the past decade, there has been tremendous progress in maize biotechnology. This volume provides an overview of our current knowledge of maize molecular genetics, how it is being used to improve the crop, and future possibilities for crop enhancement. Several chapters deal with genetically engineered traits that are currently, or soon will be, in commercial production. Technical approaches for introducing novel genes into the maize genome, the regeneration of plants from transformed cells, and the creation of transgenic lines for field production are covered. Further, the authors describe how molecular genetic techniques are being used to identify genes and characterize their function, and how these procedures are utilized to develop elite maize germplasm. Moreover, molecular biology and physiological studies of corn as a basis for the improvement of its nutritional and food-making properties are included. Finally, the growing use of corn as biomass for energy production is discussed.
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Transgenic Traits
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Molecular Biology and Physiological Studies
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular Genetic Approaches to Maize Improvement
Editors: Alan L. Kriz, Brian A. Larkins
Series Title: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68922-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-68919-5Published: 04 November 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08844-5Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68922-5Published: 14 November 2008
Series ISSN: 0934-943X
Series E-ISSN: 2512-3696
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 369
Topics: Agriculture, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Genetic Engineering, Cell Culture, Food Science