Molecular Genetic Approaches to Maize Improvement

Hardcover  370 pp  ISBN 9783540689195      £113.00

Technical approaches for introducing novel genes into the maize genome, the regeneration of plants from transformed cells, and the creation of transgenic lines for field production are covered. Further, the authors describe how molecular genetic techniques are being used to identify genes and characterize their function, and how these procedures are utilized to develop elite maize germplasm. Moreover, molecular biology and physiological studies of corn as a basis for the improvement of its nutritional and food-making properties are included. Finally, the growing use of corn as biomass for energy production is discussed.

Written for plant breeders, biotechnology companies, researchers, and advanced students

Contents

Part I Introduction

• Molecular Genetic Approaches to Maize Improvement - an Introduction Robert T. Fraley
• Maize Tissue Culture and Transformation: The First Years Todd J. Jones

Part II Transgenic Traits

• Insect Resistance in Corn Through Biotechnology Graham Head and Dannette Ward
• Seed Total Phosphate and Phytic Acid Victor Raboy
• Traits and Genes for Plant Drought Tolerance John Mullet
• Biotechnology Approaches to Improving Maize Nitrogen Use Efficiency Stephen Moose and Fred E. Below
• Enhancement of Amino Acid Availability in Corn Grain Alan L. Kriz
• Over-expression of Novel Proteins in Maize Elizabeth E. Hood and John A. Howard
• Global Regulation of Transgenic Crops . Bruce M. Chassy

Part III Breeding and Genetics

• Doubled Haploids Ming-Tang Chang and Edward H. Coe, Jr References
• Transposon Tagging and Reverse Genetics A. Mark Settles
• EMS Mutagenesis and Point Mutation Discovery . Clifford F. Weil and Rita-Ann Monde
• Applications of Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping in Maize Elhan S. Ersoz, Jianming Yu, and Edward S. Buckler Maize Genetic Resources Martin M. Sachs

Part IV The Corn Genome

• The Structure of the Maize Genome . Joachim Messing
• Molecular Markers Patrick S. Schnable, An-Ping Hsia, Ling Guo, and W. Brad Barbazuk
• Applied Cytogenetics R. Kelly Dawe
• The Wonderland of Global Expression Profiling . David W. Galbraith

Part V Molecular Biology and Physiological Studies

• Zein Storage Proteins David R. Holding and Brian A. Larkins
• The Complexities of Starch Biosynthesis in Cereal Endosperms L. Curtis Hannah and Thomas Greene
• Development of a High Oil Trait for Maize Dale L. Val, Steven H. Schwartz, Michael R. Kerns, and Jill Deikman
• Chloroplasts Delene J. Oldenburg and Arnold J. Bendich

Part VI Biomass and Energy

• Ethanol Production from Maize . Stefan Schwietzke, Youngmi Kim, Eduardo Ximenes, Nathan Mosier, and Michael Ladisch

Index