Plant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture
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Plant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture

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eBook - ePub

Plant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture

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Find out how biotechnology can produce more nutritious fruits and vegetables, more colorful flowers, and grass that needs less waterand mowing!

Plant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture presents an in-depth overview of the key scientific and technical advances, issues, and challenges in one of the fastest growing segments of

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2007
eBook ISBN
9781040215098

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontmatter
  3. Half Title
  4. Frontmatter
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Frontmatter
  8. Table of Contents
  9. About the Editors
  10. Preface
  11. Importance of Biotechnology to the Horticultural Plant Industry
  12. Ornamental Plant Transformation
  13. Molecular Phylogeny-Assisted Breeding of Ornamentals
  14. Improvement of Cold Tolerance in Horticultural Crops by Genetic Engineering
  15. Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Horticultural and Ornamental Plants: Lessons from the Studies
  16. Transgenic Approaches to Disease Resistance in Ornamental
  17. Genetic Engineering Approach to Enhance Adventitious Root Formation of Hardwood Cuttings
  18. Flowering
  19. Plant Shape: Molecular Aspects of Leaf Morphogenesis
  20. Improvement of Horticultural and Ornamental Crops Through Transgenic Manipulation of the Phytochrome Family of Plant Photoreceptors
  21. Problems and Challenges of Invasive Ornamental Plants and Molecular Tools to Control Their Spread
  22. Metabolie Engineering of Flower Color in Ornamental Plants: A Novel Route to a More Colorful World
  23. Metabolic Engineering of Floral Scent of Ornamentals
  24. Auxin, Cytokinin and Abscisic Acid: Biosynthetic and Catabolic Genes and Their Potential Applications in Ornamental Crops
  25. Molecular Biology of the Metabolism and Signal Transduction of Gibberellins, and Possible Applications to Crop Improvement
  26. Ethylene: Current Status and Future Directions of Using Transgenic Techniques to Improve Flower Longevity of Ornamental Crops
  27. The Economics of Horticultural Biotechnology
  28. Challenges to Commercial Use of Transgenic Plants
  29. Risk, Trust, and Consumer Acceptance of Plant Biotechnology: Implications for Genetically Modified Ornamental Plants
  30. Index

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