| Biochemical Aspects of Crop Improvement Contributor(s): Khanna, K. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0849354188 ISBN-13: 9780849354182 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $451.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Biotechnology - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - General - Nature | Plants - Trees |
| Dewey: 631.523 |
| LCCN: 90038264 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 7" W x 10" (2.28 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
