Find out how biotechnology can produce more nutritious fruits and
vegetables, more colorful flowers, and grass that needs less
waterand mowing! 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. Horticulture provides
color and flavor to the foods we eat and variety to the products we
use, and helps us sustain a healthy environment. Plant
Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture examines the importance of
biotechnology in cultivating garden crops-including fruits,
vegetables, flowers, and ornamentals such as plants used for
landscaping-by reducing pesticide use, reducing soil erosion, and
developing plants with improved nutrition. Leading educators and
horticultural professionals address important current and future
topics, including micropropagation and regeneration, the use of
molecular techniques for genetic improvement, molecular-assisted
breeding, abiotic stress, the development of disease resistance,
protection from insects, herbicide tolerance, controlled flowering,
modifying color and fragrance, plant architecture, and senescence.
Plant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture examines: *
ornamental plant transformation * molecular phylogeny * drought
response and drought tolerance engineering * transgenic approaches
to viral, bacterial, and fungal disease resistance * vegetable
propagation by cuttings * the promotion of flowering * molecular
aspects of leaf morphogenesis * transgenic manipulation *
controlling invasive plants * plant hormones, including ethylene,
gibberellins (GAs), auxin, cytokinin, and abscisic acid (ABA) * and
much morePlant Biotechnology in Ornamental Horticulture is
essential reading for plant breeders, physiologists, agronomists,
molecular biologists, cropping system specialists, as well as for
educators and students involved in horticulture.
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