Molecular Genetic Approaches to Maize Improvement

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kriz, Alan L. (Editor), Larkins, Brian A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 63
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Genetic engineering.; Food science.; Agriculture.; Cell culture.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Genetic Engineering.; Cell Culture.; Food Science.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68922-5

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 en...

Table of Contents:

• Biotechnology and maize improvement - an overview
• Maize tissue culture, transformation and regeneration
• Insect resistance
• Reduced phytic acid
• Stress tolerance
• Nitrogen use efficiency
• Protein nutritional quality and digestibility
• Over-expression of novel proteins
• Global regulations of transgenic crops
• Doubled haploids
• Transposon tagging and reverse genetics
• EMS mutagenesis and TILLING
• Association mapping
• Genetic resources
• Structure
• Molecular markers
• Chromosome analysis
• Expression profiling
• Storage proteins
• Starch
• Lipids
• Chloroplasts
• Biomass and energy.