| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 517 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Importance of biotechnology to the horticultural plant industry / Robert W. Harriman, Jyothi Prakash Bolar, Franzine D. Smith -- Ornamental plant transformation / Mark H. Brand -- Molecular phylogeny-assisted breeding of ornamentals / Takashi Handa, Koichi Kita, Pheravut Wongsawad, Yuji Kurashige, Tomohisa Yukawa -- Improvement of cold tolerance in horticultural crops by genetic engineering / Eung-Jun Park, Tony H.H. Chen -- Engineering for drought tolerance in horticultural and ornamental plants / Qingxi J. Shen, Jian Wang -- Transgenic approaches to disease resistance in ornamental crops / John Hammond, Hei-Ti Hsu, Qi Huang, Ramon Jordan, Kathryn Kamo, Margaret Pooler -- Genetic engineering approach to enhance adventitious root formation of hardwood cuttings / Zong-Ming Cheng, Wenhao Dai, Michael J. Bosela, Lori D. Osburn -- Flowering / Annalisa Giovannini -- Plant shape / Gyung-Tae Kim -- Improvement of horticultural and ornamental crops through transgenic manipulation of the phytochrome family of plant photoreceptors / Keara A. Franklin, Garry C. Whitelam -- Problems and challenges of invasive ornamental plants and molecular tools to control their spread / Yi Li, Zongming Cheng, William Smith, Donna Ellis, Yongqin Chen, Litang Lu, Richard McAvoy, Yan Pei, Wei Deng, Chandra Thammina, Xuelian Zheng, Hui Duan, Keming Luo, Degang Zhao -- Metabolic engineering of flower color in ornamental plants / Carlo Rosati, Philippe Simoneau -- Metabolic engineering of floral scent of ornamentals / Natalia Dudareva, Eran Pichersky -- Auxin, cytokinin and abscisic acid / Hui Duan, Yi Li, Yan Pei, Wei Deng, Ming Luo, Yuhua Xiao, Keming Luo, Litang Lu, William Smith, Richard J. McAvoy, Degang Zhao, Xueliang Zheng, Chandra Thammina -- Molecular biology of the metabolism and signal transduction of gibberellins, and possible applications to crop improvement / Masanobu Mino, Mariko Oka, Yasushi Tasaka, Masaki Iwabuchi -- Ethylene: current status and future directions of using transgenic techniques to improve flower longevity of ornamental crops / Kenichi Shibuya, David G. Clark -- The economics of horticultural biotechnology / Julian M. Alston, Kent J. Bradford, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes -- Challenges to commercial use of transgenic plants / Richard Meilan -- Risk, trust, and consumer acceptance of plant biotechnology implications for genetically modified ornamental plants / W.E. Klingeman, C.R. Hall |
| Notes |
"Plant biotechnology in ornamental horticulture has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of crop improvement, Volume 17, Numbers 1/2 (#33/34) and Volume 18, Numbers 1/2 (#35/36) 2006." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Plants, Ornamental -- Breeding.
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Plant biotechnology.
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Ornamental horticulture.
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ornamental horticulture.
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GARDENING -- Essays.
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GARDENING -- Reference.
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GARDENING -- Vegetables.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
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Ornamental horticulture
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Plant biotechnology
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Plants, Ornamental -- Breeding
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Li, Yi, 1958 April 27-
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Pei, Yan, 1948-
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| ISBN |
9781482298048 |
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148229804X |
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