Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond: Proceedings of the 11th IAPTC&B Congress, August 13-18, 2006 Beijing, China / Edition 1

by Zhihong Xu, Jiayang Li, Yongbiao Xue, Weicai Yang

Overview

Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond is a collection of papers presented at the XIth international congress of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology (IAPTC&B). It continues the long tradition of the IAPTC&B to publish the proceedings of its quadrennial congresses. It provides an up-to-date report of the most significant advances in plant tissue culture and biotechnology as presented by leading international scientists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048176854
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	11/19/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Pages:	498
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Plenary Lectures.- Current Advances in Plant Tissue Culture Techniques.- Current Advances in Plant Molecular Biology.- Functional Genomics.- Plant Transformation Technology.- In vitro System as the Model for Discovery in Molecular Biology.- Molecular Control of Abiotic Resistance.- Plant Insect Interaction.- Molecular Mechanisms on Plant-Microbe Interactions.- Metabolic Engineering.- Improving Nutritional Quality of Crops.- Signal Transduction.- Apomixis.- Biotechnology in Cereals.- Biotechnology in Economic Crops.- Biotechnology in Medicinal, Woody and Horticultural Plants.- Tissue Culture for Biodiversity Preservation.- Plants as Bioreacter/Molecular Pharming.- Molecular Breeding.- Regeneration, Micropropagation and Industrialization.- Protoplasts, Haploids and Embryo Culture in Crop Improvement.- Technology Transfer to Developing Countries.