Rice Biotechnology
Author | : Gurdev S. Khush |
Publisher | : Int. Rice Res. Inst. |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780851987125 |
ISBN-13 | : 0851987125 |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The world rice economy: challenges ahead; Research priorities for rice biotechnology; Genetic diversity of wild and cultivated rice; Rice karyotype, marker genes, and linkage groups; Development and use of restriction fragment length polymorphism in rice breeding and genetics; Rice tissue culture and its application; Transformation and regeneration of rice protoplasts; Assessment of rice genetic transformation techniques; The identification and characterization of rice nuclear genes; Gene expression in rice; Potentially useful genes for rice genetic engineering; Molecular probes for isease diagnosis and monitoring; Prospects for the future.