Mutations, in Vitro and Molecular Techniques for Environmentally Sustainable Crop Improvement

by Maluszynski, M.; Kasha, K. J.

• ISBN13: 9781402006029
• ISBN10: 1402006020
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This publication contains the results of an FAO/IAEA Co-ordinated Research Project (CRP) on Radiation Induced Mutations and Other Advanced Technologies for the Production of Crop Mutants Suitable for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture. Induced mutation techniques and other biotechnological approaches are major tools for creating variability and selection of stress-resistant or tolerant genotypes. Additionally, scientists have become intensely interested in mutations as a means to widen and deepen our understanding of genome structure and gene function.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Mutation genetics of salt tolerance in barley: an assessment of Golden Promise and other semi-dwarf mutants	1	(16)
B.P. Forster
Mapping genes for flowering time and frost tolerance in cereals using precise genetic stocks	17	(10)
J.W. Snape
R. Sarma
S.A. Quarrie
G. Galiba
J. Sutka
Characterization of wheat-Thinopyrum partial amphiploids for resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus	27	(8)
G. Fedak
Q. Chen
A. Comeau
C.A. St.-Pierre
In vitro techniques for genomic alteration in rice plaints	35	(10)
T. Kinoshita
K. Mori
An improved in vitro technique for isolated microspore culture of barley	45	(10)
K.J. Kasha
E. Simion
R. Oro
Q.A. Yao
T.C. Hu
A.R. Carlson
Heterosis in crop mutant crosses and production of high yielding lines using doubled haploid system	55	(20)
M. Maluszynski
I. Szarejko
P. Barriga
A. Balcerzyk
Haploidy breeding and mutagenesis for drought tolerance in wheat	75	(8)
A.J. Khan
S. Hassan
M. Tariq
T. Khan
Anther culture in connection with induced mutations for rice improvement	83	(10)
Q.F. Chen
C.L. Wang
Y.M. Lu
M. Shen
R. Afza
M.V. Duren
H. Brunner
Production of salt tolerant rice mutants using gamma rays and anther culture	93	(4)
W. Navarro Alvarez
Induction of photoperiod sensitive genetic male steriles for use in hybrid rice seed production	97	(4)
J.N. Rutger
Aluminum tolerance in triticale, wheat and rye	101	(12)
B.Y. Kim
A.C. Baier
D.J. Somers
J.P. Gustafson
Evaluation of `Anahuac' wheat mutant lines for aluminum tolerance	113	(8)
A. Tulmann Neto
C.E. de Oliveira Camargo
J. Lopes de Castro
A.W.P. Ferreira Filho
Barley mutants with increased tolerance to aluminum toxicity	121	(18)
M. Nawrot
I. Szarejko
M. Maluszynski
Anthocyanin mutations improving tomato and pepper tolerance to adverse climatic conditions	139	(12)
B. Atanassova
S. Daskalov
L. Shtereva
E. Balatcheva
The use of somaclonal variation and in vitro selection for improvement of plants to environmental stresses	151	(10)
J. Bouharmont
H. Batoko
P. Bertin
C. Costa de Macedo
S. Lutts
N. Skali Senhaji
V. Van Sint
G. Zhu
In vitro techniques for the selection of Basmati rice mutants better adapted to Saline environments	161	(8)
A.A. Cheema
M.Y. Saleem
M.A. Awan
Rice germplasm enhancement by induced mutations in Chile	169	(6)
J.R. Alvarado Aguila
R.P. Madariaga Burrows
Induced mutations as a method of obtaining iron toxicity resistant and high quality rice cultivars	175	(8)
R.E. Bacha
S. Yokoyama
T. Ishiy
Improvement of tartary buckwheat by induced mutations with 60Co gamma rays	183	(6)
Y. Tang
Z.X. Bin
Z. Gang
Evaluation of barley mutants for drought tolerance: a physiology - breeding approach	189	(12)
M.I. Cagirgan
J. Gorham
C. Toker
B. Uzun
K. Visser
Mutations affecting nodulation in grain legumes	201	(26)
C.R. Bhatia
K. Nichterlein
M. Maluszynski
Summary	227	(14)
Index	241