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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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- Cover
- Frontmatter
- Half Title
- Frontmatter
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Importance of Biotechnology to the Horticultural Plant Industry
- Ornamental Plant Transformation
- Molecular Phylogeny-Assisted Breeding of Ornamentals
- Improvement of Cold Tolerance in Horticultural Crops by Genetic Engineering
- Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Horticultural and Ornamental Plants: Lessons from the Studies
- Transgenic Approaches to Disease Resistance in Ornamental
- Genetic Engineering Approach to Enhance Adventitious Root Formation of Hardwood Cuttings
- Flowering
- Plant Shape: Molecular Aspects of Leaf Morphogenesis
- Improvement of Horticultural and Ornamental Crops Through Transgenic Manipulation of the Phytochrome Family of Plant Photoreceptors
- Problems and Challenges of Invasive Ornamental Plants and Molecular Tools to Control Their Spread
- Metabolie Engineering of Flower Color in Ornamental Plants: A Novel Route to a More Colorful World
- Metabolic Engineering of Floral Scent of Ornamentals
- Auxin, Cytokinin and Abscisic Acid: Biosynthetic and Catabolic Genes and Their Potential Applications in Ornamental Crops
- Molecular Biology of the Metabolism and Signal Transduction of Gibberellins, and Possible Applications to Crop Improvement
- Ethylene: Current Status and Future Directions of Using Transgenic Techniques to Improve Flower Longevity of Ornamental Crops
- The Economics of Horticultural Biotechnology
- Challenges to Commercial Use of Transgenic Plants
- Risk, Trust, and Consumer Acceptance of Plant Biotechnology: Implications for Genetically Modified Ornamental Plants
- Index
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