Overview

This overview of various aspects of plant molecular biology that are relevant to the improvement of woody plants, is divided into two volumes. In Volume 1, background information on genetic engineering and molecular marker techniques is emphasized, whereas Volume 2 contains specific examples of species in which sufficient progress has been made. The first few chapters in Section 1 of Volume 1 focus on the current status of transgenic expression in plants and molecular aspects of development in woody plants, while the latter half of this section includes chapters on molecular biology of cell wall biosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism. Section 2 of Volume 1 covers tissue culture of woody plants and its relevance to molecular biology research, and the role of molecular markers in evolution, genome mapping, and aiding in breeding programmes for the selection of desired genotypes. Volume 2 covers general aspects of the technology of gene transfer in woody plants and several examples of the applications of the techniques of molecular biology to woody species.

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Author:   S.M. Jain ,  S.C. Minocha
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2000 ed.
Volume:   64
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.077kg
ISBN:  

9780792360124

ISBN 10:   0792360125
Pages:   524
Publication Date:   30 November 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I. Genetic Engineering and gene expression.- 1. Optimization of the expression of a transgene in plants.- 2. Genetic engineering of forest trees.- 3. Molecular biology of somatic embryogenesis in conifers.- 4. Molecular aspects of bud dormancy in trees.- 5. Options for genetic engineering of floral sterility in forest trees.- 6 Molecular control of the development and function of the vascular cambium.- 7. Genetic engineering of wood formation.- 8. Molecular biology of cellulose biosynthesis.- 9. Control of lignin biosynthesis.- 10. Molecular biology of tropical nitrogen-fixing trees in the Casuarinaceae family.- 11. Proteins of the conifer extracellular matrix.- 12. Gene expression during Pseudotsuga menziesii embryogenesis: Low molecular weight proteins.- Section II. Molecular Genetics.- 13. Tissue culture of woody plants and its relevance to molecular biology.- 14. Variation in woody plants: molecular markers, evolutionary processes and conservation biology.- 15. Molecular markers and genome mapping in woody plants.- 16. Assessment of biodiversity with molecular tools in forest trees.- 17. Mapping quantitative traits in forest trees.- 18. Somaclonal variation and genetic molecular markers in woody plants.- 19. Molecular breeding of Eucalyptus.- 20. Molecular dissection of quantitative traits: new perspectives from Populus.- 21. Molecular genetic analysis of pathogenic forest fungi.

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