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Author:   Yi Li (University Of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA) ,  Yan Pei
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Weight:   0.952kg
ISBN:  

9781560221500

ISBN 10:   156022150
Pages:   538
Publication Date:   28 February 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Preface, Importance of Biotechnology to the Horticultural Plant Industry, Ornamental Plant Transformation, Molecular Phylogeny-Assisted Breeding of Ornamentals, Improvement of Cold Tolerance in Horticultural Crops by Genetic Engineering, Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Horticultural and Ornamental Plants: Lessons from the Studies with Model Plants, Transgenic Approaches to Disease Resistance in Ornamental Crops, Genetic Engineering Approach to Enhance Adventitious Root Formation of Hardwood Cuttings, Flowering, Plant Shape: Molecular Aspects of Leaf Morphogenesis Improvement of Horticultural and Ornamental Crops Through Transgenic Manipulation of the Phytochrome Family of Plant Photoreceptors, Problems and Challenges of Invasive Ornamental Plants and Molecular Tools to Control Their Spread, Metabolic Engineering of Flower Color in Ornamental Plants: A Novel Route to a More Colorful World, Metabolic Engineering of Floral Scent of Ornamentals, Auxin, Cytokinin and Abscisic Acid: Biosynthetic and Catabolic Genes and Their Potential Applications in Ornamental Crops, Molecular Biology of the Metabolism and Signal Transduction of Gibberellins, and Possible Applications to Crop Improvement, Ethylene: Current Status and Future Directions of Using Transgenic Techniques to Improve Flower Longevity of Ornamental Crops, The Economics of Horticultural Biotechnology, Challenges to Commercial Use of Transgenic Plants, Risk, Trust, and Consumer Acceptance of Plant Biotechnology: Implications for Genetically Modified Ornamental Plants, Index

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