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

About this book

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.

Contents

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.- Author Index.

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