Plant biotechnology in ornamental horticulture
By: Yi Li, Yan Pei, editors.
Contributors: Li, Yi, 1958 Apr. 27-; Pei, Yan, 1948-
Publisher: Haworth Food & Agricultural Products Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Binghamton, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781560221500; 9781560221517
Subjects: Plants, Ornamental -- Breeding; Plant biotechnology; Ornamental horticulture
Other titles: Journal of crop improvement.
Notes: "Plant biotechnology in ornamental horticulture has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of crop improvement, Volume 17, Numbers 1/2 (#33/34) and Volume 18, Numbers 1/2 (#35/36) 2006."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Importance of biotechnology to the horticultural plant industry / Robert W. Harriman, Jyothi Prakash Bolar, Franzine D. Smith; title: Ornamental plant transformation / Mark H. Brand; title: Molecular phylogeny-assisted breeding of ornamentals / Takashi Handa, Koichi Kita, Pheravut Wongsawad, Yuji Kurashige, Tomohisa Yukawa; title: Improvement of cold tolerance in horticultural crops by genetic engineering / Eung-Jun Park, Tony H.H. Chen; title: Engineering for drought tolerance in horticultural and ornamental plants / Qingxi J. Shen, Jian Wang; title: Transgenic approaches to disease resistance in ornamental crops / John Hammond, Hei-Ti Hsu, Qi Huang, Ramon Jordan, Kathryn Kamo, Margaret Pooler; title: Genetic engineering approach to enhance adventitious root formation of hardwood cuttings / Zong-Ming Cheng, Wenhao Dai, Michael J. Bosela, Lori D. Osburn; title: Flowering / Annalisa Giovannini; title: Plant shape / Gyung-Tae Kim; title: Improvement of horticultural and ornamental crops through transgenic manipulation of the phytochrome family of plant photoreceptors / Keara A. Franklin, Garry C. Whitelam; title: Problems and challenges of invasive ornamental plants and molecular tools to control their spread / Yi Li, Zongming Cheng, William Smith, Donna Ellis, Yongqin Chen, Litang Lu, Richard McAvoy, Yan Pei, Wei Deng, Chandra Thammina, Xuelian Zheng, Hui Duan, Keming Luo, Degang Zhao; title: Metabolic engineering of flower color in ornamental plants / Carlo Rosati, Philippe Simoneau; title: Metabolic engineering of floral scent of ornamentals / Natalia Dudareva, Eran Pichersky; title: Auxin, cytokinin and abscisic acid / Hui Duan, Yi Li, Yan Pei, Wei Deng, Ming Luo, Yuhua Xiao, Keming Luo, Litang Lu, William Smith, Richard J. McAvoy, Degang Zhao, Xueliang Zheng, Chandra Thammina; title: Molecular biology of the metabolism and signal transduction of gibberellins, and possible applications to crop improvement / Masanobu Mino, Mariko Oka, Yasushi Tasaka, Masaki Iwabuchi; title: Ethylene: current status and future directions of using transgenic techniques to improve flower longevity of ornamental crops / Kenichi Shibuya, David G. Clark; title: The economics of horticultural biotechnology / Julian M. Alston, Kent J. Bradford, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes; title: Challenges to commercial use of transgenic plants / Richard Meilan; title: Risk, trust, and consumer acceptance of plant biotechnology implications for genetically modified ornamental plants / W.E. Klingeman, C.R. Hall.