عنوان

Cotton

(Number (ISBN

3642803733

(Number (ISBN

9783642803734

Number

b574115

Title Proper

Cotton

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Y.P.S. Bajaj.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1998

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xvii, 367 pages 118 illustrations, 2 illustrations in color.)

Series Title

Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry, 42.

Text of Note

I Biotechnology for the Improvement of Cotton; Establishment of Callus Culture and Somatic Embryogenesis; Protoplast Culture, Micropropagation, and the Conservation of Germplasm --; II Interspecific Hybridization, Embryo/Ovule Culture; In Vitro Fertilization; RAPD, Heterosis --; III Anther/Pollen Culture; Parthenogenesis and Haploid Breeding --; IV Somaclonal Variation; Genetic Variability for Plants Tolerant to Salt, High Temperature, Nematodes --; V Genetic Transformation; Transgenic Cotton Plants Resistant to Insects, Herbicides; Field Trials; Risk Assessment Studies; Engineering of Fiber --; VI Secondary Metabolites --; Gossypol and Tannins.

Text of Note

Cotton is a multipurpose crop and produces lint, the most important source of fiber used in the textile industry, oil, seed meal, and hulls. Twenty-three chapters on various aspects of in vitro manipulation and other biotechnological approaches to the improvement of cotton are arranged in six sections: I Biotechnology for the Improvement of Cotton; Establishment of Callus Culture and Somatic Embryogenesis; Protoplast Culture, Micropropagation, and the Conservation of Germplasm II Interspecific Hybridization, Embryo/Ovule Culture; In Vitro Fertilization; RAPD, Heterosis III Anther/Pollen Culture; Parthenogenesis and Haploid Breeding IV Somaclonal Variation; Genetic Variability for Plants Tolerant to Salt, High Temperature, Nematodes V Genetic Transformation; Transgenic Cotton Plants Resistant to Insects, Herbicides; Field Trials; Risk Assessment Studies; Engineering of Fiber VI Secondary Metabolites - Gossypol and Tannins Special emphasis is placed on interspecific hybridization, somaclonal variation, transgenic cotton resistant to insects and herbicides, and re-engineering of fiber. This book is of special interest to advanced students, teachers, and research workers in the field of cotton breeding, genetics, tissue culture, molecular biology, and plant biotechnology in general.

Agriculture.

Biotechnology.

Life sciences.

Class number

Book number

edited by Y.P.S. Bajaj.

Y P S Bajaj

Electronic name

[Book]

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