kumar - molecular genetics and breeding of forest trees (haworth, 2004)

[...]... predetermined genomic positions and gene tagging for tree functional genomics Matthias Fladung, PhD, is Head of the Tree Molecular Genetics and Provenance Research Section of the Institute for Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding in Grosshansdorf, Germany He is a member of numerous scientific organizations and is the author of more than 30 original publications and 50 peer-reviewed chapters He received... completed his master’s and doctorate in India and presently works at the Institute for Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding in Grosshansdorf, Germany He has been working on genetic transformation of forest trees, stable expression of transgenes, gene silencing, mechanisms of transgene integration in a tree system, and transposon/T-DNA based gene tagging in trees His current research interests include... Transgenic to Insect-Resistant Genes Insect-Resistant Genes Field Performance of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Trees Biosafety of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Plants Conclusion and Outlook Chapter 11 Modification of Flowering in Forest Trees Juha Lemmetyinen Tuomas Sopanen Introduction Regulation of Flowering Time and Flower Development in Arabidopsis Genes Regulating Flower Development in Trees 215 215 216... understanding of how forest tree-specific traits are regulated and how trees differ from model plant species Transformation is key for the varieties of reverse and forward genetic approaches creating “knock-in” or “knock-out” mutants unraveling the functions of unknown sequences (Part I) Transformation is also very important for understanding the most fundamental biological process of forest trees: wood... dissection of complex inherited traits and positional cloning of genes of interest and have become a valuable tool in molecular breeding The design of new mapping strategies, particularly for tree species characterized with long generation intervals and high levels of heterozygosity, together with the development of new marker technologies, has paved the way for constructing genetic maps of forest tree... Möller, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd, Rotorua, New Zealand Alison M Morse, University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, and Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Gainesville, Florida Sookyung Oh, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Sunchung Park, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Cédric... Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd, Rotorua, New Zealand Keiko Yamada-Watanabe, Pulp and Paper Research Laboratory, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Jaemo Yang, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Han Yifan, Institute of Forestry Sciences, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R China Birgit Ziegenhagen, Nature Conservation Division, Faculty of. .. Selection Principles of the MAT (Multi-Auto-Transformation) Vector System Two-Step Transformation of Tobacco Plants Using the GST-MAT Vector Transformation of Hybrid Aspen Using the GST-MAT Vector Current Techniques for Removing Selectable Markers and Their Problems Advantages of Selection Using the ipt Gene Transgene Stacking Using the ipt-MAT Vector Combination of the ipt and iaaM/H Genes 275 281 283 293... Arbres Forestiers, Cestas, France Mathew A Leitch, The University of Melbourne–School of Resource Management; Forest Science Center, Creswick, Victoria, Australia Juha Lemmetyinen, Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland Wang Lida, Institute of Forestry Sciences, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R China Delphine Madur, INRA, Equipe de Génétique et Amélioration des Arbres Forestiers,... Site of Cellulose Biosynthesis Current Knowledge of the General Process of Cellulose Synthesis in Plants Identification of CesA Genes in Plants Isolation of New CesA and CSLD Genes Future Perspectives Chapter 7 Tuning Lignin Metabolism Through Genetic Engineering in Trees Lise Jouanin Thomas Goujon Introduction Genetic Modification of PAL and C4H Genetic Modification of 4CL Genetic Modification of C3H . (p. ) and index. ISBN 1-5 602 2-9 5 8-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-5 602 2-9 5 9-4 (softcover : alk. paper) 1. Trees Breeding. 2. Trees Molecular genetics. 3. Forest genetics. I. Kumar, Sandeep. II addressing temper - ate and tropical trees. ” Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey Chair of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany More pre-publication REVIEWS,. journals and periodi - cals in need of consolidation for educa - tional and reference material. Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Forest Trees is a wonderful accomplishment in this di - rection.