Plant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture presents an in-depth overview of the key scientific and technical advances, issues, and challenges in one of the fastest growing segments of the agriculture industry. This comprehensive book covers 19 different topics related to the use of transgenic plant technology to improve ornamental plants, ranging from metabolic engineering of flower color and scent to improving cold, drought, and disease tolerance in horticultural and ornamental crops to the economics of horticultural biotechnology.
Plant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture presents an in-depth overview of the key scientific and technical advances, issues, and challenges in one of the fastest growing segments of the agriculture industry. This comprehensive book covers 19 different topics related to the use of transgenic plant technology to improve ornamental plants, ranging from metabolic engineering of flower color and scent to improving cold, drought, and disease tolerance in horticultural and ornamental crops to the economics of horticultural biotechnology.
Preface Importance of Biotechnology to the Horticultural Plant Industry Ornamental Plant Transformation Molecular Phylogeny-Assisted Breeding of Ornamentals Improvement of Cold Tolerance in Horticultural Crops by Genetic Engineering Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Horticultural and Ornamental Plants: Lessons from the Studies with Model Plants Transgenic Approaches to Disease Resistance in Ornamental Crops Genetic Engineering Approach to Enhance Adventitious Root Formation of Hardwood Cuttings Flowering Plant Shape: Molecular Aspects of Leaf Morphogenesis Improvement of Horticultural and Ornamental Crops Through Transgenic Manipulation of the Phytochrome Family of Plant Photoreceptors Problems and Challenges of Invasive Ornamental Plants and Molecular Tools to Control Their Spread Metabolic Engineering of Flower Color in Ornamental Plants: A Novel Route to a More Colorful World Metabolic Engineering of Floral Scent of Ornamentals Auxin Cytokinin and Abscisic Acid: Biosynthetic and Catabolic Genes and Their Potential Applications in Ornamental Crops Molecular Biology of the Metabolism and Signal Transduction of Gibberellins and Possible Applications to Crop Improvement Ethylene: Current Status and Future Directions of Using Transgenic Techniques to Improve Flower Longevity of Ornamental Crops The Economics of Horticultural Biotechnology Challenges to Commercial Use of Transgenic Plants Risk Trust and Consumer Acceptance of Plant Biotechnology: Implications for Genetically Modified Ornamental Plants Index
Preface Importance of Biotechnology to the Horticultural Plant Industry Ornamental Plant Transformation Molecular Phylogeny-Assisted Breeding of Ornamentals Improvement of Cold Tolerance in Horticultural Crops by Genetic Engineering Engineering for Drought Tolerance in Horticultural and Ornamental Plants: Lessons from the Studies with Model Plants Transgenic Approaches to Disease Resistance in Ornamental Crops Genetic Engineering Approach to Enhance Adventitious Root Formation of Hardwood Cuttings Flowering Plant Shape: Molecular Aspects of Leaf Morphogenesis Improvement of Horticultural and Ornamental Crops Through Transgenic Manipulation of the Phytochrome Family of Plant Photoreceptors Problems and Challenges of Invasive Ornamental Plants and Molecular Tools to Control Their Spread Metabolic Engineering of Flower Color in Ornamental Plants: A Novel Route to a More Colorful World Metabolic Engineering of Floral Scent of Ornamentals Auxin Cytokinin and Abscisic Acid: Biosynthetic and Catabolic Genes and Their Potential Applications in Ornamental Crops Molecular Biology of the Metabolism and Signal Transduction of Gibberellins and Possible Applications to Crop Improvement Ethylene: Current Status and Future Directions of Using Transgenic Techniques to Improve Flower Longevity of Ornamental Crops The Economics of Horticultural Biotechnology Challenges to Commercial Use of Transgenic Plants Risk Trust and Consumer Acceptance of Plant Biotechnology: Implications for Genetically Modified Ornamental Plants Index
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