ENGLISH

Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement II

By Professor Dr. Y. P. S. Bajaj (eds.) , H. Kisaka , M. Kisaka , A. Kanno , T. Kameya (auth.) , Professor Dr. Toshiyuki Nagata

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2001
ISBN
978-3-642-62500-8, 978-3-642-56758-2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-56758-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9386572 bytes)
Series
Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 49
Edition
1
Pages
378\389
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Agriculture; Forestry; Biotechnology; Plant Scienc

Description

Somatic hybrids through the fusion of plant protoplasts have widened the genetic variability of cultivated plants. As "Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement I", published in 1994, this volume describes how this discipline can contribute to the improvement of crops. It comprises 24 chapters dealing with interspecific and intergeneric somatic hybridization and cybridization. It is divided into four sections: I. Cereals: Barley, rice, and wheat. II. Vegetables and Fruits: Arabidopsis, Asparagus, Brassica, chicory, Citrus, Cucumis, Diospyros, Ipomoea, and various Solanaceous species, e.g., tomato, potato, and eggplant. III. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Atropa, Dianthus, Nicotiana, and Senecio. IV. Legumes/Pasture Crops: Alfalfa. This book is tailored to the needs of advanced students, teachers and researchers in the fields of plant breeding, genetic engineering, and plant tissue culture.

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