Pollen Biology And Biotechnology

Author : K R Shivanna
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429530412
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pollen Biology and Biotechnology written by K R Shivanna and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author offers an overview of pollen biology and biotechnology for students and researchers in areas such as reproductive biology, biotechnology, aeropalynology, plant breeding, horticulture, and forestry. Citing more than 1,500 references to pollen research, the text covers topics including advances in understanding pollen tube growth, the use

Author : K. R. Shivanna
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9780613923163
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pollen Biology and Biotechnology written by K. R. Shivanna and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NULL

Author : David L. Mulcahy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461386225
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biotechnology and Ecology of Pollen written by David L. Mulcahy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Recognition of the Forgotten Generation D. L. MULCAHyl Pollen was long believed to serve primarily a single function, that of delivering male gametes to the egge A secondary and generally overlooked value of pollen is that it serves to block the transmission of many defective alleles and gene combinations into the next generation. This latter function comes about simply because pollen tubes carrying defective haploid genotypes frequently fail to complete growth through the entire length of the style. However, the beneficial consequences of this pollen selection are diluted by the fact that the same deleterious genotypes are often transmitted through the egg at strictly mendelian frequencies (Khush, 1973). Gene expression in the pollen might thus at least appear to be a phenomenon of trivial consequence. Indeed, Heslop-Harrison (1979) rightly termed the gametophytic portion of the angiosperm life cycle, the "forgotten generation." This neglect, however, came about despite subtle but constant indications that pollen is the site of intense gene activity and selection. For example, Mok and Peloquin (1975) demonstrated that relatively heterozygous diploid pollen shows heterotic characteristics whereas relatively homozygous diploid pOllen does not. This was proof positive that genes are expressed (that is, transcribed and translated) in the pollen. 1 Department of Botany, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003, USA viii However, the implications for pollen biology of even this recent and well known study were not widely recognized.

Author : Christophe Clement
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642599850
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anther and Pollen written by Christophe Clement and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pollen, the plant structure most widely used by humans, is a key structure in plant reproduction giving rise to fruits and seeds. Moreover, the biotechnological use of pollen is of great importance for plant breeders since it allows to obtain varieties with better utilization and yield. In the first part, the successive steps of pollen development in the anther from floral induction to pollen germination and fertilization are thoroughly examined; the second part is devoted to pollen behaviour in vitro.

Author : K. R. Shivanna
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052147180X
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pollen Biotechnology for Crop Production and Improvement written by K. R. Shivanna and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-13 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time in a single volume, are all the ideas and techniques developed in the last two decades concerning the manipulation of pollen and pollen tubes in plant breeding and biotechnology.

Author : Shyam S. Mohapatra
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475702353
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pollen Biotechnology written by Shyam S. Mohapatra and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade has seen tremendous progress in our knowledge of the pollen development and gene expression on one hand and the characterization of pollen specific proteins on the other. In compiling the chapters for this volume, we have pragmatically categorized these basic developments in pollen molecular biology and biotechnology into two sections based on their applications in agricul ture and implications in medicine. Pollen developmental biology and gene expression: applications in agricul ture. Pollen development is an extremely complex process encompassing a series of biochemical, physiological and genetic events. At the basic level, sporophyt ically expressed genes may expound our knowledge of unique processes of cellular differentiation which ultimately give rise to a full-fledged organism. At the applied level, the studies on the pollen and male sporophyte-specific gene expression, and of promoters and transcription factors of relevant genes have the potential to manipulate the fertility in certain cash crops leading to agricultural biotechnology.

Author : K.R. Shivanna
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642773060
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pollen Biology written by K.R. Shivanna and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pollen grains are everywhere - in the air, in the water, in soil and in the food we eat. Pollen has direct relevance in agriculture, horticulture, plant breeding, crop improvement and biotechnology. They are further of use for montioring cytotoxic effects - by herbicides, pesticides and pollutants - testing for allergic reactions, and for basic studies on gene expression, research on differentiation and polarity. Detailed instructions of the standard techniques, which have all been tested and improvised by the authors, are given, such as collection and storage of pollen, pollen culture, germination, tests for viability, incompatibility and isolation of protoplasts. Introduced by an explanation of the principles involved, the step-by step protocols are complemented by personal notes and precautions, specifying the reagents used and various appendices on basic and specific requirements for laboratory exercises on pollen.

Author : Shyam S. Mohapatra
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9781475702361
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pollen Biotechnology written by Shyam S. Mohapatra and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade has seen tremendous progress in our knowledge of the pollen development and gene expression on one hand and the characterization of pollen specific proteins on the other. In compiling the chapters for this volume, we have pragmatically categorized these basic developments in pollen molecular biology and biotechnology into two sections based on their applications in agricul ture and implications in medicine. Pollen developmental biology and gene expression: applications in agricul ture. Pollen development is an extremely complex process encompassing a series of biochemical, physiological and genetic events. At the basic level, sporophyt ically expressed genes may expound our knowledge of unique processes of cellular differentiation which ultimately give rise to a full-fledged organism. At the applied level, the studies on the pollen and male sporophyte-specific gene expression, and of promoters and transcription factors of relevant genes have the potential to manipulate the fertility in certain cash crops leading to agricultural biotechnology.

Author : Concepción Gómez-Mena
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889749622
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advances in Pollen Research: Biology, Biotechnology and Plant Breeding Applications written by Concepción Gómez-Mena and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R.G. Stanley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642659055
Total Pages : 314 pages
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Download or read book Pollen written by R.G. Stanley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pollen transmits the male genetic material in sexual reproduction of all higher plants. This same pollen is also well suited as a research tool for studying many patterns of plant and animal metabolism. In addition, an increased knowledge of pollen may help plant breeders accelerate efforts to improve the world's food and fiber supply. This volume focuses upon pollen biology and chemistry; it attempts to inte grate these facts with management practices involved in pollen applications. People have long been involved with pollen. Pollen applications are recorded in the rites of ancient civilizations (see Frontispiece). From the earliest times many benefits have been attributed to the inclusion of pollen in man's diet; also, since the mid-19th century air-borne pollen has been recognized as detrimental to many people's health. Disciplines concerned with man's cultural history and the earth's changing ecology find pollen a particularly useful and accessible tool. Identifiable parts of pollen have survived over 100 million years. But most books dealing with pollen are generally concerned with the identification of the plant source, an aspect of the science of palynology; other books emphasize the natural vectors transmit ting pollen, the pollination mechanisms. Very few works include the biochem istry or biology of pollen. Yet extensive studies by physicians, as well as plant breeders and apiculturists, have contributed a sizeable body of research relating to pollen.