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Recently. there has been tremendous progress in the genetic transformation of agricultural crops, and plants resistant to insects, herbicides, and diseases have been produced, field tested and patented. Transgenic Crops I compiles this information on cereals, grasses, legumes, and oilseed crops. It comprises 25 chapters and is divided into two sections:
I. Cereals and Grasses: wheat, rice, maize, barley, sorghum, pearl millet, triticale, Agrostis spp., Cenchrus ciliaris, Dactylis glomerata, Festuca arundinacea, Lolium spp., and sugarcane.
II. Legumes and Oilseed Crops: Arachis hypogaea, Brassica juncea, Brassica napus, Cicer arietinum, Glycine max, Gossypium hirsutum, Helianthus annuus, Lens culinaris, Linum usitatissimum, Sinapis alba, Trifolium, and Vicis narbonensis.
This book is of special interest to advanced students, teachers, and research workers in the field of plant breeding, genetics, molecular biology, plant tissue culture, and plant biotechnology in general.
List of contents
Section I Cereals and Grasses.- I.1 Transgenic Rice (Oryza sativa).- I.2 Transgenic Wheat (Triticum spp.).- I.3 Genetic Engineering of Corn:Sustainability of Shoot Tip Meristem in Genetic Transformation.- I.4 Transgenic Barley (Hordeum vulgare).- I.5 Transgenic Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor).- I.6 Transgenic Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum).- I.7 Transgenic Triticale (Triticum durum x Secale cereale).- I.8 Transgenic Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.).- I.9 Genetic Transformation in Buffel Grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.).- I.10 Transgenic Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.).- I.11 Transgenic Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea).- I.12 Transgenic Ryegrasses (Lolium spp.).- I.13 Transgenic Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.).- Section II Legumes and Oilseed Crops.- II.1 Transgenic Peanut (Arachis hypogaea).- II.2 Transgenic Brown Mustard (Brassica juncea).- II.3 Transgenic Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus).- II.4 Genetic Transformation of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).- II. 5 Transgenic Soybean (Glycine max).- II.6 Transgenic Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).- II.7 Transgenic Sunflower (Helianthus annuus).- II.8 Genetic Transformation of Lentil (Lens culinaris).- II.9 Transgenic Linseed Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.).- II.10 Transgenic White Mustard (Sinapis alba L.).- II.11 Transgenic White Clover (Trifolium repens).- II.12 Genetic Transformation of Narbon Bean (Vicia narbonensis).
