Rice Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

Preface -- 1. RICE AS A GLOBAL CROP -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Botanical Aspects -- 1.3 Rice Varieties -- 1.4 Rice-Growing Regions -- 1.5 Rice Improvement Programs -- 1.6 Cultivation -- 1. 7 Nutritional Value -- 1. 8 Processing -- 1. 9 Pathogens and Diseases -- 1.10 Biotechnology and Rice Improvement -- 1. 11 Targets for Rice Improvement -- 1.12 References -- 2. CALLUS AND SUSPENSION CULTURES -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Historical Background and Review of Early Rice in vitro Culture -- 2. 3 Regeneration from Various Explant Sources -- 2.4 Tissue Culture-Induced Variation -- 2.5 Mutagenesis and in vitro Selection -- 2.6 Biochemical and Physiological Studies -- 2. 7 Conclusion -- 2. 8 References -- 3. RICE PROTOPLASTS -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Early Experiments -- 3.3 Plant Regeneration from Rice Protoplasts -- 3.4 Protoplast Fusion and Somatic Hybridization -- 3.5 Characteristics of Protoplast-Derived Rice Plants and Somaclonal Variation -- 3.6 Miscellaneous Studies Involving Protoplasts -- 3.7 Conclusion -- 3.8 References -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Classical Methods of Gene Transfer -- 4.3 Protoplast-Based Methods -- 4.4 Bombardment -- 4.5 Injection-Based Methods -- 4.6 Attempts Utilizing Agrobacterium -- 4.7 Transformation by Explant -- 4.8 Genes Introduced into Rice and Their Expression Patterns -- 4.9 Molecular and Genetic Characterization of Transgenic Plants -- 4.10 Evaluation of Transgenic Plants (Greenhouse and Field) -- 4.11 Conclusions, Prospects and Applications -- 4.12 References -- 5. RICE GENES INTRODUCED INTO HETEROLOGOUS SYSTEMS -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Oryzacystatin I -- 5.3 Promoter from the Rice RCH10 Gene -- 5.4 The rgpl Gene -- 5.5 The GOS2 Gene -- 5.6 Glutamine Synthetase Promoters -- 5.7 Rice Actin 1 -- 5.8 The rab-l6 Gene -- 5.9 Glutelin Promoter -- 5.10 Rice Prolamin -- 5.11 Rice Homeobox 1 (OSH1) Gene -- 5.12 Conclusion -- 5.13 References -- Index.