Alien Gene Transfer in Crop Plants, Volume 1 Innovations, Methods and Risk Assessment /

Transfer of alien genes into crop plants from wild and distant plant genetic resources has invoked tremendous interest of crop scientists globally and several traits including resistance to diseases and insect-pests, tolerance to drought, salinity, temperature extremities and other abiotic stresses...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pratap, Aditya. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kumar, Jitendra. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8585-8
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Alien Gene Transfer in Crop Plants: An Introduction
  • 2. Distant Hybridization: A Tool for Interspecific Manipulation of Chromosomes
  • 3. Tissue culture and regeneration: a prerequisite for alien gene transfer
  • 4. Methods and Role of Embryo Rescue Technique in Alien Gene Transfer
  • 5. Horizontal Gene Transfer through Genetic Transformation
  • 6. Distant Hybridization and Doubled Haploidy Breeding
  • 7. Role of Molecular Markers
  • 8. Molecular Cytogenetics for Identification of Alien Chromosomes and Chromosome Segments
  • 9. Agronomically relevant traits transferred to major crop plants by alien introgressions
  • 10. Gene flow and risk assessment in genetically modified crops
  • 11. Bioinformatics approaches to deciphering alien gene transfer: a comprehensive analysis
  • 12. Alien gene transfer: Challenges and Opportunities.