TY  - BOOK
AU  - Varshney,R.K.
AU  - Koebner,Robert
TI  - Model plants and crop improvement
SN  - 0849330637 (hbk)
U1  - 631.5233 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC/Taylor & Francis
KW  - Crop improvement
KW  - Plant molecular biology
KW  - Cultures -- Amélioration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Development and application of genomic models for large-crop plant genomes / Robert M.D. Koebner and Rajeev K. Varshney -- Conserved mechanisms of dormancy and germination as targets for manipulation of agricultural problems / Michael Holdsworth, Leónie Bentsink, and Maarten Koornneef -- Utilization of Arabidopsis and Brassica genomic resources to underpin genetic analysis and improvement of Brassica crops / Graham J. King -- Characterization of the completed rice genome sequence and scope of its utilization in cereal improvement / Baltazar A. Antonio and Takuji Sasaki -- Model legume Medicago truncatula / Henk Franssen and René Geurts -- Brachypodium distachyon : a new model system for structural and functional analysis of grass genomes / David F. Garvin -- The green alga Chlamydomonas as a tool to study the nitrate assimilation pathway in plants / Aurora Galván ... [et al.] -- Transcription factors regulating plant defense responses / Pierre R. Fobert -- Defense signaling and pathway interactions involved in rice disease resistance / Xiangjun Zhou, Tameka Bailey, and Yinong Yang -- Identification of heat-shock factor regulated genes and pathways / Friedrich Schöffl ... [et al.] -- Improving low-temperature tolerance in plants / Markku K. Aalto, Pekka Heino, and E. Tapio Palva; The development and application of genomic models for large crop plant genomes / R.M.D. Koebner, and R.K. Varshney -- Conserved mechanisms of dormancy and germination as targets for manipulation of agricultural problems using Arabidopsis as model system / M. Holdsworth, L. Bentsink, and M. Koornneef -- Utilization of Arabidopsis and Brassica resources for improvement of Brassica crops / G.J. King -- Characterization of the completed rice genome sequence and its utilization in cereal genomics / B.A. Antonio, and T. Sasaki -- Model legume Medicago truncatula / H. Franssen, and R. Geurts -- Brachypodium distachyon, a new model system for structural and functional analysis of grass genomes / D.F. Garvin -- The green alga Chlamydomonas as a tool to study the nitrate assimilation pathway in plants / A. Galván, V. Mariscal, D. González-Ballester, and E. Fernández -- Transcription factors regulating plant defense responses / P.R. Fobert -- Defense signaling and pathway interactions involved in rice disease resistance / X. Zhou, T. Bailey, and Y. Yang -- Identification of heat shock factor regulated genes and pathways / F. Schöffl, W. Busch, M. Kumar, and T.J. Panikulangara -- Understanding of biological mechanisms of low temperature stress in plants by using Arabidopsis / M.K. Aalto, P. Heino, and E.T. Palva; Offers a critical assessment of the potential of model plant species for crop improvement. This book provides a summary of the use of model plant systems. It delineates the model species' contribution to understanding the genomes of crop species
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