TY - BOOK AU - Varshney,R.K. AU - Koebner,Robert TI - Model plants and crop improvement SN - 9781420004618 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2007/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC/Taylor & Francis KW - Crop improvement KW - Plant molecular biology KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Development and application of genomic models for large-crop plant genomes / Robert M.D. Koebner and Rajeev K. Varshney -- Conserved mechanisms of dormancy and germination as targets for manipulation of agricultural problems / Michael Holdsworth, Le�onie Bentsink, and Maarten Koornneef -- Utilization of Arabidopsis and Brassica genomic resources to underpin genetic analysis and improvement of Brassica crops / Graham J. King -- Characterization of the completed rice genome sequence and scope of its utilization in cereal improvement / Baltazar A. Antonio and Takuji Sasaki -- Model legume Medicago truncatula / Henk Franssen and Ren�e Geurts -- Brachypodium distachyon : a new model system for structural and functional analysis of grass genomes / David F. Garvin -- The green alga Chlamydomonas as a tool to study the nitrate assimilation pathway in plants / Aurora Galv�an ... [et al.] -- Transcription factors regulating plant defense responses / Pierre R. Fobert -- Defense signaling and pathway interactions involved in rice disease resistance / Xiangjun Zhou, Tameka Bailey, and Yinong Yang -- Identification of heat-shock factor regulated genes and pathways / Friedrich Sch�offl ... [et al.] -- Improving low-temperature tolerance in plants / Markku K. Aalto, Pekka Heino, and E. Tapio Palva; The development and application of genomic models for large crop plant genomes / R.M.D. Koebner, and R.K. Varshney -- Conserved mechanisms of dormancy and germination as targets for manipulation of agricultural problems using Arabidopsis as model system / M. Holdsworth, L. Bentsink, and M. Koornneef -- Utilization of Arabidopsis and Brassica resources for improvement of Brassica crops / G.J. King -- Characterization of the completed rice genome sequence and its utilization in cereal genomics / B.A. Antonio, and T. Sasaki -- Model legume Medicago truncatula / H. Franssen, and R. Geurts -- Brachypodium distachyon, a new model system for structural and functional analysis of grass genomes / D.F. Garvin -- The green alga Chlamydomonas as a tool to study the nitrate assimilation pathway in plants / A. Galv�an, V. Mariscal, D. Gonz�alez-Ballester, and E. Fern�andez -- Transcription factors regulating plant defense responses / P.R. Fobert -- Defense signaling and pathway interactions involved in rice disease resistance / X. Zhou, T. Bailey, and Y. Yang -- Identification of heat shock factor regulated genes and pathways / F. Sch�offl, W. Busch, M. Kumar, and T.J. Panikulangara -- Understanding of biological mechanisms of low temperature stress in plants by using Arabidopsis / M.K. Aalto, P. Heino, and E.T. Palva; Also available in print edition; CRC Press (http://www.crcpress.com) UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781420004618 ER -