Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond Proceeding
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
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Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond Proceedings of the 11th IAPTC&B Congress, August 31-18, 2006 Beijing, China
Edited by
Zhihong Xu Peking University, China
Jiayang Li Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yongbiao Xue Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
and
Weicai Yang Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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CONTENTS 2006 Science and Technology Exhibitors…............………………….…xix Opening Speech by Zhihong Xu, President of the IAPTC&B..………....xxi PLENARY LECTURES Plant Biotechnology and Crop Improvement in China……………………3 Zhihong Xu Facing the Future with Pharmaceuticals from Plants…………………….13 Rainer Fischer, Richard M. Twyman, Stephan Hellwig, Jürgen Drossard, and Stefan Schillberg Embryogenesis In Vitro…………………………………………………..35 Jim M. Dunwell Multigene Strategies for Engineering the Phytoremediation of Mercury and Arsenic…………………………………………………..49 Richard B. Meagher, Aaron P. Smith, Melissa Pischke, Tehryung Kim, Om Prakash Dhankher, and Andrew C.P. Heaton Molecular Control of S-RNase-based Self-Incompatibility……………...63 Jian Huang, Lan Zhao, and Yongbiao Xue The Use of Sexual Model Systems to Identify Elements of Apomixis………………………………………………………………77 Ueli Grossniklaus, Philippa Barrell, Amal Johnston, Ramaurthy Baskar, Jacqueline Gheyselinck, Lukas Brand, and Mark Curtis Agricultural Biotechnology in China: Past, Present and Future………………………………………………………………...81 Valerie J. Karplus and Xing Wang Deng
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SYMPOSIA Current Advances in Plant Tissue Culture Techniques Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis In Vitro: Role of Ethylene and Polyamines………………………………..……….89 Eng-Chong Pua Lingfasu and Its Use on Plant Tissue Culture In Vitro……………..…....97 Xu Hong-Yuan, Xu Hong-Zhang, He Bing, and Zhou Feng-Jue PPV-Specific Hairpin RNAs is an Effective Method for Plum Pox Potyvirus Resistance……………………………..……….103 Lining Tian, Shuocheng Zhang, HJIPne SanfaHon, Antonet Svircev, Daniel C. Brown, and Rui Wen An Efficient Novel Method of Producing Virus Free Plants from Garlic Root Meristem…………………..………………….107 Md. Shahidul Haque, K. Hattori, A. Suzuki, and T. Tsuneyoshi Site-Directed Homologous Recombination in Tobacco Cell Cultures via Zinc
