Somaclonal Variation and Induced Mutations in Crop Improvement
Genetic variability is an important parameter for plant breeders in any con ventional crop improvement programme. Very often the desired variation is un available in the right combination, or simply does not exist at all. However, plant breeders have su
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Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture VOLUME32
Scientijic Editor R.J. Summerfield, The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 236, Reading RG6 2AT, Berkshire, UK Scientijic Advisory Board D.F. Bezdicek, Washington State University, Pullman, USA H.V. Davies, Scottish Crops Research Institute, Dundee, Scotland, UK J. Denecke, University ofYork, York, UK 0.0. Edmeades, CIMMYT, Mexico J. Hamblin, The University ofWesternAustralia, Nedlands, WA, Australia H.-J. Jacobsen, Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Aims and Scope The book series is intended for readers ranging from advanced students to senior research scientists and corpomte directors interested in acquiring in-depth, state-of-the-art knowledge about research findings and techniques related to all aspects of agricultural biotechnology. Although the previous volumes in the series dealt with plant science and biotechnology, the aim is now to also include volumes dealing with animals science, food science and rnicrobiology. While the subject matter will relate more particularly to agricultural applications, timely topics in basic science and biotechnology will also be explored. Some volumes will report progress in rapidly advancing disciplines through proceedings of symposia and workshops while others will detail fundamental information of an enduring nature that will be referenced repeatedly.
The titles published in this series are listed at the end ofthis volume.
Somaclonal Variation and Induced Mutations in Crop Improvement Edited by S.M. JAIN Department of Plant Production, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
D.S. BRAR Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biochemistry Division, International Rice Research Institute, 1099 Manila, Philippines
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B.S. AHLOOWALIA Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Vienna, Austria
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Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.
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Contents
Preface Acknowledgements
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SECTION 1 1.
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Introduction P.J. Larkin
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Somaclonal variation: mechanism and applications in crop improvement D.S. Brar and S.M. Jain
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Clonal variation in cereals and forage grasses M.C. Rush, Q.J. Xie, S.S. Croughan, S.D. Linscombe, J. Narvaez and S.R. Stetina
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Genetic fidelity of plants regenerated from somatic embryos of cereals Y. Henry, A. Nato and J. De Buyser
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Somaclonal variation in improving ornamental plants S.M.
