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Crop improvement through microbial biotechnology /
Crop Improvement through Microbial Biotechnology explains how certain techniques can be used to manipulate plant growth and development, focusing on the cross-kingdom transfer of genes to incorporate novel phenotypes in plants, including the utilization of microbes at every step, from cloning and ch...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Elsevier,
[2018]
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| Colección: | New and future developments in microbial biotechnology and bioengineering.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Crop Improvement through Microbial Biotechnology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Use of Microorganisms for Gene Transfer and Crop Improvement; 1 Agrobacterium-Based Technologies; 1.1 Gene Transfer Through Agrobacterium Tumefaciens; 1.2 Gene Transfer Through Agrobacterium Rhizogenes; 1.3 Non-Agrobacterium-Based Technologies; 2 Crop Improvement Through Transgenic Technology; 2.1 Herbicide Resistant Transgenic Plants; 2.2 Insect Resistant Transgenic Plants; 2.3 Nutritional Improvement.
- 2.4 Abiotic Stress Tolerance2.5 Engineering for Molecular Farming/Pharming; 3 Virus-Induced Transient Gene Expression in Plants; 3.1 Basic Mechanism of VIGS; 3.2 Methodology Development for VIGS; 3.3 Recent improvements of VIGS; 4 Microorganisms for Crop Improvement; 4.1 Bacteria; 4.2 Fungi; 4.3 Virus; References; Chapter 2: Actinomycetes as Potential Plant Growth-Promoting Microbial Communities; 1 Introduction; 2 Actinomycetes as Plant Growth Promoters; 2.1 Phosphate Solubilization; 2.2 Phytohormones Production; 2.3 Nutrient Mobilization; 3 Actinomycetes for Disease Suppression.
- 3.1 Antibiotic Production3.2 Actinomycetes for Reduced Dependency on Agrochemicals; 4 Actinomycetes for Biodegrading and Bioremediation; 5 Production of Novel Substances; 6 Futuristic Approaches; References; Chapter 3: Microbial Genes in Crop Improvement; 1 Introduction; 2 Microbial Genes and Genetic Elements Deployed for Plant Transformation; 3 Microbial Genes for Insect Resistance; 4 Microbial Genes for Herbicide Tolerance; 5 Microbial Genes for Modified Product Quality; 6 Microbial Genes for Abiotic Stress Tolerance; 7 Microbial Genes for Pathogen Resistance.
- 8 Microbial Genes for Hybrid Seed Production9 Public Perceptions and Biosafety Aspects of Use of Microbial Genes in Crop Improvement; 10 Coevolution of Plants and Microbes and Presence of Microbial Genetic Elements in Native Plants; 11 Load of Microbial Ingestions in Human Diets; 12 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: Microbial Transformations Implicit With Soil and Crop Productivity in Rice System; 1 Introduction; 2 Microbial Niches in Submerged Soils; 3 Major Microflora Associated With Rice Soil; 4 Sustainability of Rice Soil Ecosystems.
- 5 Microbial Involvement in Sustainability6 Altering Anaerobic and Aerobic Interface and Pesticide Biodegradation; 7 Implication of Microbial Methane Production From Flooded Soil; 8 Mitigation Options for Reducing Methane Emission From Flooded Rice; 9 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Application of Microbial Biotechnology in Food Processing; 1 Introduction; 2 Current Status of Microbial Biotechnology in Food Processing; 2.1 Roots, Tubers, and Cereal Grain Foods; 2.1.1 Improvement of Nutritional Quality; Energy Density; Nutrient Bioavailability; 2.1.2 Detoxification.