Plant Improvement and Somatic Cell Genetics
Author | : I. K. Vasil |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1982 |
ISBN-10 | : UCAL:$B225866 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Plant Improvement and Somatic Cell Genetics written by I. K. Vasil and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The potential of exotic germplasm for tomato improvement. Exotic germplasm in cereal crop improvement. Multiline breeding. Breeding crop plants to tolerate soil stresses. Combinig genomes by conventional means. Use of embryo culture in interspecific hybridization. Haploids in plant improvement. Somaclonal variation: a new option for plant improvement. Plant cell culture and somatic cell genetics of cereals and grasses. Somatic cell fusion for inducing cytoplasmic exchange: a new biological system for cytoplasmic genetics in higher plants. Cell culture mutants and their uses. Somatic hybridization: a new method for plant improvement. Plant cell transformations and genetic engineering. Recognition and modification of crop plant genotypes using techniques of molecular biology.