Libro advances in haploid production in higher plants De Touraev, Alisher ; Forster, Brian P. ; Jain, Shri

portada advances in haploid production in higher plants

Formato

Libro Físico

Ilustrado por

Editorial

Autor

Touraev, Alisher ; Forster, Brian P. ; Jain, Shri Mohan

Año

2010

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

348

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm

Peso

0.50 kg.

ISBN

9048180066

ISBN13

9789048180066

Categorías

Bioquímica
Botánica y ciencias de las plantas
Biotecnología

advances in haploid production in higher plants

Shri Mohan Jain (Ilustrado por) · Alisher Touraev (Ilustrado por) · Brian P. Forster (Ilustrado por) · Springer · Tapa Blanda

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The importance of haploids is well known to geneticists and plant breeders. The discovery of anther-derived haploid Datura plants in 1964 initiated great excitement in the plant breeding and genetics communities as it offered shortcuts in producing highly desirable homozygous plants. Unfortunately, the expected revolution was slow to materialise due to problems in extending methods to other species, including genotypic dependence, recalcitrance, slow development of tissue culture technologies and a lack of knowledge of the underlying processes. Recent years have witnessed great strides in the research and application of haploids in higher plants. After a lull in activities, drivers for the resurgence have been: (1) development of effective tissue culture protocols, (2) identification of genes c- trolling embryogenesis, and (3) large scale and wide spread commercial up-take in plant breeding and plant biotechnology arenas. The first major international symposium on "Haploids in Higher Plants" took place in Guelph, Canada in 1974. At that time there was much excitement about the potential benefits, but in his opening address Sir Ralph Riley offered the following words of caution: "I believe that it is quite likely that haploid research will contr- ute cultivars to agriculture in several crops in the future. However, the more extreme claims of the enthusiasts for haploid breeding must be treated with proper caution. Plant breeding is subject from time to time to sweeping claims from ent- siastic proponents of new procedures.