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This book provides a comprehensive review at the biochemical and molecular level of the processes and techniques that contribute to crop improvement. General topics include a historical perspective of the advancements in crop improvement; cultivar systematics and biochemical and molecular markers in crop improvement programs; the genetics of physiological and biochemical processes affecting crop yield; the genetics of photosynthesis, chloroplast, relevant enzymes, and mutations; osmoregulation/adjustment and the production of protective compounds in relation to drought tolerance; and the biochemistry of disease resistance, including elicitors, defense response genes, their role in the production of phytoalexins and other strategies against pathogens. Other topics include quality breeding (e.g., molecular gene structure, changing individual amino acids, enhancing nutritive value of proteins) and biotechnology/genetic engineering. Geneticists, biochemists, botanists, agricultural specialists and others involved in crop improvement and breeding should consider this volume essential reading.

Features

Discusses historical perspective of crop improvement
Provides information regarding genetics of physiological and biochemical processes
Discusses the biochemistry of disease resistance
Presents the biology of pollen
Features genetic transformation of plants for pest, disease and herbicide resistance, as well as the molecular basis of cytoplasmic male sterility

Dr. K.R. Khanna. Dr. Cesar Benito. Dr. Richard A. Dixon. Dr. Godelieve Gheysen. Dr. Renu Khanna-Chopra. Dr. Prafullachandra Sane. Prof. S.K. Sinha. Prof. Charles W. Stuber. Dr. R. Appels. Dr. Ann Depicker. Dr. Robert O.D. Dixon. Prof. C.P. Malik. Dr. Peter R. Shewry. Dr. H.K. Srivastava. Dr. Michael R. Thompson. Prof. Trevor A. Thorpe. Prof. John G. Vaughan.

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