Genetic Engineering of Horticultural Crops provides key insights into commercialized crops, their improved productivity, disease and pest resistance, and enhanced nutritional or medicinal benefits. Modern biotechnology has helped to increase crop productivity by introducing novel gene(s) with high quality as disease resistance and increased drought tolerance to the crops. Plant scientists have identified genes for biotic and abiotic stresses resistance from other species and transfer them to other crops. In some cases, an effective transgenic crop-protection technology can control pests better and more cheaply than existing technologies. Genetic engineering has also allowed new options for improving the nutritional value, flavor, and texture of foods(biofortification). Including insights into key technology such as marker traits identification, and genetic traits transfer for increased productivity, this book examines the latest transgenic advances in a variety of crops, providing foundational information from which other research can be generated. Provides examples of current technologies and methodologies addressing for abiotic and biotic stresses, pest resistance and yield improvementPresents protocols on plant genetic engineering in a variety of wide-use cropsIncludes biosafety rule regulation of genetic modified crops in USA and third world countries INDICE: 1. Status Horticultural Crops Identifying the Need for Transgenic Traits 2. Horticultural crops and genetic engineering 3. Gene silencing in horticultural transgenic crops 4. Transgenic research in fruit crops 5. Genetic Engineering of Temperate fruits 6. Transgenic research in Floricultural crops 7. Genetic Engineering in papaya 8. Transgenic Research in Vegetable crop, special reference to Brinjal 9. Genetic engineering in oil palm 10. Genetic improvement of vegetables using transgenic technology 11. Transgenic Research in Tuber and Root Crops 12. Genetic engineering in medicinal and aromatic plants 13. Biosafety and bioregulatory mechanism in transgenic crops 14. Critical evaluation of the benefits and risks of genetically modified horticultural crops 15. Transgenic development for biotic and abiotic stress management in Horticultural crops 16. Transgenic research in spices 17. Genomics of Cucurbits
- ISBN: 978-0-12-810439-2
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 462
- Fecha Publicación: 22/01/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés