Biotechnology in Plant Science. Relevance to Agriculture in the Eighties

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xi-xiv
Preface, Page xv, Milton Zaitlin
Acknowledgment, Pages xvii-xviii
THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, Pages 1-2, Gordon G. Hammes
OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE GENOTYPIC INFLUENCES ON ESTABLISHMENT AND PLANT REGENERATION FROM CALLUS AND CELL CULTURES OF CROP SPECIES, Pages 3-14, Dwight T. Tomes
REGENERATION OF MAIZE, Pages 15-33, Thomas K. Hodges, Kathryn K. Kamo, Michael R. Becwar, Sandra Schroll
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOMATIC EMBRYOS IN CELL CULTURES OF ALFALFA AND CELERY, Pages 35-47, David A. Stuart, Janet Nelsen, Carol M. McCall, Steven G. Strickland, Keith A. Walker
EMBRYOGENESIS FROM POLLEN IN VITRO, Pages 49-76, J.M. Dunwell
T-DNA TRANSFER FOR NICOTIANA PANICULATA TO NICOTIANA TABACUM USING PROTOPLAST FUSION, Pages 77-81, Otto Schieder
SOMACLONAL VARIATION: IMPACT ON PLANT BIOLOGY AND BREEDING STRATEGIES, Pages 83-100, P.J. Larkin, R.I.S. Brettell, S.A. Ryan, P.A. Davies, M.A. Pallotta, W.R. Scowcroft
SOMATIC HYBRIDIZATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE, Pages 101-113, Edward C. Cocking
INTERGENERIC GENE TRANSFER BY PROTOPLAST FUSION AND UPTAKE OF ISOLATED CHROMOSOMES, Pages 115-127, Dénes Dudits, Tünde Praznovszky
ORGANELLE SEGREGATION AND RECOMBINATION FOLLOWING PROTOPLAST FUSION: ANALYSIS OF STERILE CYTOPLASMS, Pages 129-144, Maureen R. Hanson, Madge Rothenberg, Maury L. Boeshore, Helen T. Nivison
FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF CRYOINJURY AS RELATED TO CRYOPRESERVATION OF PLANT CELLS AND ORGANS, Pages 145-159, Peter L. Steponkus
STRATEGIES FOR LARGE-SCALE MANIPULATION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOS IN SUSPENSION CULTURE, Pages 161-178, Philip V. Ammirato, Donald J. Styer
CHEMICALS FROM PLANT CELL CULTURES: YIELDS AND VARIATION, Pages 179-190, Donald K. Dougall
BIOREACTOR CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHEMICAL PRODUCTION FROM PLANT CELL CULTURES, Pages 191-205, Michael L. Shuler, G. Anders Hallsby
PRODUCTION OF SHIKONIN BY PLANT CELL CULTURES, Pages 207-218, Mamoru Tabata, Yasuhiro Fujita
INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS INVOLVED IN FOREIGN PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN TRANSFORMED PLANTS, Pages 219-226, S.G. Rogers, K. O\'Connell, R.B. Horsch, R.T. Fraley
PROPERTIES OF EXPRESSION OF THE 35S PROMOTER FROM CaMV IN TRANSGENIC TOBACCO PLANTS, Pages 227-235, Ferenc Nagy, Joan T. Odell, Giorgio Morelli, Nam-Hai Chua
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PLANT TRANSFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: ITS APPLICATION TO CELLULAR ORGANELLES, CEREALS, AND DICOTYLEDONOUS CROP PLANTS, Pages 237-246, Peter H. Schreier, Marcel Kuntz, Susanne Lipphardt, Horst Lörz, Barbara Baker, Annemarie Simons, Frans de Bruijn, Jeff Schell, Hans J. Bohnert, Bernd Reiss, Catherine C. Wasmann
REGULATION OF CHITINASE GENE EXPRESSION BY ETHYLENE, Pages 247-258, Karen E. Broglie, John J. Gaynor, Mylene Durand-Tardif, Richard Broglie
THE SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY LOCUS OF BRASSICA, Pages 259-264, June B. Nasrallah, Mikhail E. Nasrallah
POTENTIAL FOR APPLYING GENETIC TRANSFORMATION TO STUDIES OF VIRAL PATHOGENESIS AND CROSS-PROTECTION, Pages 265-275, Roger N. Beachy, Patricia Abel, Melvin J. Oliver, Barun De, Robert T. Fraley, Steven G. Rogers, Robert B. Horsch
TOWARD A MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTIPLE FACTOR INHERITANCE, Pages 277-284, B. Burr, F.A. Burr
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND AGRICHEMICALS: AN INTRODUCTION, Pages 285-286, Robert M. Goodman
MECHANISM OF ACTION OF THE IMIDAZOLINONES AND CELL CULTURE SELECTION OF TOLERANT MAIZE, Pages 287-299, Dale L. Shaner, Paul C. Anderson
PROSPECTS FOR GENETIC MODIFICATION OF PLANTS FOR RESISTANCE TO TRIAZINE HERBICIDES, Pages 301-312, Laurens Mets, Ruth E. Galloway, Jeanne M. Erickson
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF SULFONYLUREA HERBICIDE ACTIVITY, Pages 313-328, S.C. Falco, R.S. Chaleff, K.S. Dumas, R.A. LaRossa, K.J. Leto, C.J. Mauvais, B.J. Mazur, T.B. Ray, J.V. Schloss, N.S. Yadav
EXPRESSION IN PLANTS OF A BACTERIAL GENE CODING FOR GLYPHOSATE RESISTANCE, Pages 329-338, Luca Comai, Daniel Facciotti, David M. Stalker, Gregory A. Thompson, William R. Hiatt
ROLES OF ACADEME, GOVERNMENT, AND INDUSTRY FOR AGRICULTURE IN A CHANGING WORLD, Pages 339-345, Ralph W.F. Hardy
PANEL DISCUSSION: PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PLANT BREEDING, Pages 347-349, Vernon Gracen Conveners, Virginia Walbot Conveners, Ted Bingham Panel Members, Peter Day, Steve Tanksley, Arthur Weissinger
PANEL DISCUSSION: AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY, Pages 351-356, Nicholas M. Frey
Index, Pages 357-364