Biotechnology of major cereals / edited by Huw D. Jones.

• Introduction : biotechnology of major cereals / Huw D. Jones -- Genetic transformation of maize : conventional methods and precision genome modification / Huixia Wu, Jeffrey Beringer, Wei Chen and Ning Zhou -- Biotech maize : industry development and impact / Tristan Coram, James Bing and Nicholas Storer -- Sorghum genetic transformation : current status and future target traits / Sylvester Elikana Anami, Yu-Miao Zhang, Li-Xin Zhang, Li Zhu and Hai-Chun Jing -- Barley as a cereal model for biotechnology applications / Wendy Harwood -- Wheat biotechnology : recent developments and future trends / Caroline A. Sparks and Huw D. Jones -- The long and winding road of rice genetic modification technology and its potential / Inez H. Slamet-Loedin and Anca Macovei -- Setaria viridis : a model for C4 crop biotechnology / Joyce Van Eck, Kerry Swartwood and Kaitlin Pidgeon -- Genome editing in cereals : current status and future potential / Huw D. Jones -- Anther culture for doubled haploids / Cuma Karaoğlu and Ayten Salantur -- Chloroplast transformation in cereals / Parwez Samnakay -- Cross-species silencing : plant-mediated RNAi for insect control / Xiu-Dao Yu, Huw D. Jones, Yong-Wei Sun, Gen-Ping Wang and Lan-Qin Xia -- Acrylamide in cereals : the problem and potential genetic and agronomic solutions / Nigel G. Halford and Tanya Y. Curtis -- Engineering cereal endosperm / Hilde-Gunn Opsahl-Sorteberg -- Key molecular and metabolic processes used for genetic engineering to improve freezing tolerance in cereals / Alexandra Soltész, Wendy Harwood, Balázs Kalapos, Attila Vágújfalvi and Gábor Galiba -- Mergers and acquisitions in global ag-biotech / Jim M. Dunwell.

• The world’s major cereals are staple foods supplying about two-thirds of mankind’s calorific needs as well as being a rich source of proteins, vitamins, minerals and fiber. They also contribute significantly to animal feeds and non-food products such as packaging materials, cosmetics, liquid transport biofuels etc. Conventional plant breeding has made major gains in yield, quality and pest- and disease-resistance; however, since the early 1990s this has been augmented significantly by biotechnology. Although currently, maize is the only cereal with significant biotech seed sales, advances in the other major cereals outlined in this text indicate that rice, wheat, barley and sorghum could soon follow, either using conventional genetic engineering or incorporating the new developments in genome editing. In Biotechnology of Major Cereals, expert authors explain and discuss the latest advances including nuclear and chloroplast transformation, anther-culture and gene silencing. There are chapters on current transformation methodologies, key target tissues and trait as well as genome editing and a review of the current mergers and acquisitions in commercial biotechnology. 

Ämnesord

Grain  -- Biotechnology (LCSH)

Grain  -- Genetics. (LCSH)

Grain  -- Breeding (LCSH)

Gene Expression Regulation, Plant  (MeSH)

Genetic Enhancement  (MeSH)

Edible Grain  -- genetics (MeSH)

Edible Grain  -- metabolism (MeSH)

Acquisition of ownership.  (cabt)

Acrylamides.  (cabt)

Agribusiness.  (cabt)

Arthropod pests.  (cabt)

Barley.  (cabt)

Carcinogens.  (cabt)

Cold stress.  (cabt)

Cold tolerance.  (cabt)

Endosperm.  (cabt)

Food safety.  (cabt)

Gene silencing.  (cabt)

Genes.  (cabt)

Genetic engineering.  (cabt)

Genetic improvement.  (cabt)

Genetic markers.  (cabt)

Genetic resistance.  (cabt)

Genetic transformation.  (cabt)

Genetically engineered organisms.  (cabt)

Insect pests.  (cabt)

Maize.  (cabt)

Mergers.  (cabt)

Nucleotide sequences.  (cabt)

Pest resistance.  (cabt)

Pests.  (cabt)

Plant pests.  (cabt)

Private companies.  (cabt)

Rice.  (cabt)

RNA interference.  (cabt)

Sweet sorghum.  (cabt)

Transgenic plants.  (cabt)

Wheat.  (cabt)

Klassifikation

SB189 (LCC)

633.1 (DDC)

Qddda (kssb/8 (machine generated))