Biochemical Aspects of Crop Improvement
eBook - ePub

Biochemical Aspects of Crop Improvement

  1. 472 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Biochemical Aspects of Crop Improvement

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. The Editor
  6. Contributors
  7. Table of Contents
  8. I. Introduction
  9. II. Biochemistry in Classification and Molecular Markers for Crop Improvement
  10. III. Genetics of Physiological/Biochemical Processes Affecting Yield
  11. IV. Biochemistry of Disease Resistance
  12. V. Quality Improvement and Modification
  13. VI. Biotechnology/Genetic Engineering
  14. Index