Plant Molecular Genetics

Contents: Preface. 1. Meaning of some terms used in the book. 2. Photosynthetic genes. 3. Heat-shock protein genes. 4. Defense response genes. 5. Molecular genetics of cold tolerance. 6. Apomixis in crop genetic improvement. 7. Gene cloning for insect resistance in crops. 8. Gene cloning for virus resistance in crops. 9. Gene cloning for herbicide resistance in crops. References.

"The present book provides detailed information regarding the process of developing plants resistant to insect-pests, viruses, herbicides and cold stress using the modern techniques of genetics. It also discusses at length about heat-shock protein genes, defense response genes and photosynthetic genes of plants. The use of apomixis in crop genetic improvement has been thoroughly presented. The treatise has been prepared in simple language for easy understanding of the students, the complicated topics of plant molecular genetics. It would be of great interest to a very large group of readers undergraduate and postgraduate students of genetics, plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, professional plant breeders and geneticists, and research workers."