The flowering of apomixis: from mechanisms to genetic engineering

dc.creatorSavidan, Y.
dc.creatorCarman, J.G.
dc.creatorDresselhaus, T.
dc.date2012-01-06T04:23:21Z
dc.date2012-01-06T04:23:21Z
dc.date2001
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T19:54:37Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T19:54:37Z
dc.identifier970-648-074-9
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10883/588
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7507931
dc.descriptionApomixis, the asexual reproduction of plants through seeds, has received increasing attention as technological advances have led to a rapid increase in knowledge about cellular biology, molecular genetics, and the mechanisms and pathways behind plant reproduction. The fourteen chapters of this book address a wide range of theoretical and technical issues related to apomixis, as well as its potential impact on agriculture in both the developing and developed world. The technical chapters address aspects of two complementary research paths in the ultimate quest to produce apomictic food crop plants. One path essentially seeks to either transfer the apomictic trait from a wild apomictic relative into a crop plant or mutagenize sexual genes into apomictic genes in the crop plant itself. This research is currently being conducted in important food crops such as maize, wheat, and millet, as well as forages used for livestock, and model plant species such as Arabidopsis. The other path is rigorously exploring apomictic and sexual mechanisms and pathways in order to provide a more complete understanding of the overall apomixis process. This could ultimately allow scientists to target and induce the interrelated processes of apomixis through natural or artificial means.
dc.descriptionxii, 243 pages
dc.formatPDF
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherIRD
dc.publisherEuropean Commission
dc.publisherCIMMYT
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectGENOMES
dc.subjectPLANT BREEDING
dc.subjectSEXUAL REPRODUCTION
dc.subjectASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
dc.subjectMOLECULAR GENETICS
dc.subjectZEA MAYS
dc.subjectBREEDING METHODS
dc.subjectGENETIC VARIATION
dc.subjectTRIPSACUM
dc.subjectGENETIC ENGINEERING
dc.subjectGENOMES
dc.subjectPLANT BREEDING
dc.subjectSEXUAL REPRODUCTION
dc.subjectASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
dc.subjectMOLECULAR GENETICS
dc.subjectZEA MAYS
dc.subjectBREEDING METHODS
dc.subjectGENETIC VARIATION
dc.subjectTRIPSACUM
dc.subjectGENETIC ENGINEERING
dc.titleThe flowering of apomixis: from mechanisms to genetic engineering
dc.typeBook
dc.coverageMexico


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