Mutations, in Vitro and Molecular Techniques for Environmentally Sustainable Crop Improvement

Name: Mutations, in Vitro and Molecular Techniques for Environmentally Sustainable Crop Improvement
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ISBN: 9781402006029

ISBN-10: 1402006020

ISBN-13: 9781402006029

Edition: 2002

Authors: M. Maluszynski, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section Staff Joint FAO and IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, K. J. Kasha

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This publication contains the results of an FAO/IAEA project on radiation induced mutations and other advanced technologies. The project's aim is to produce crop mutants suitable for environmentally sustainable agriculture.

Book details

List price: $169.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 5/31/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 246
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 2.662
Language: English



Preface


Mutation genetics of salt tolerance in barley: an assessment of Golden Promise and other semi-dwarf mutants



Mapping genes for flowering time and frost tolerance in cereals using precise genetic stocks



Characterization of wheat-Thinopyrum partial amphiploids for resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus



In vitro techniques for genomic alteration in rice plants



An improved in vitro technique for isolated microspore culture of barley



Heterosis in crop mutant crosses and production of high yielding lines using doubled haploid system



Haploidy breeding and mutagenesis for drought tolerance in wheat



Anther culture in connection with induced mutations for rice improvement



Production of salt tolerant rice mutants using gamma rays and anther culture



Induction of photoperiod sensitive genetic male steriles for use in hybrid rice seed production



Aluminum tolerance in triticale, wheat and rye



Evaluation of 'Anahuac' wheat mutant lines for aluminum tolerance



Barley mutants with increased tolerance to aluminum toxicity



Anthocyanin mutations improving tomato and pepper tolerance to adverse climatic conditions



The use of somaclonal variation and in vitro selection for improvement of plants to environmental stresses



In vitro techniques for the selection of Basmati rice mutants better adapted to Saline environments



Rice germplasm enhancement by induced mutations in Chile



Induced mutations as a method of obtaining iron toxicity resistant and high quality rice cultivars



Improvement of tartary buckwheat by induced mutations with [superscript 60]Co gamma rays



Evaluation of barley mutants for drought tolerance: a physiology - breeding approach



Mutations affecting nodulation in grain legumes



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