Mutagenesis : : exploring novel genes and pathways / / edited by N. B. Tomlekova, M. I. Kozgar, M. R. Wani.

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Place / Publishing House:Wageningen, Netherlands : : Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (481 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Table of contents""; ""Preface""; ""Section I. Mutagenesis: a tool for food security and sustainable human nutrition""; ""Chapter 1 â€? Mutation breeding: a powerful approach for obtaining abiotic stress tolerant crops and upgrading food security for human nutrition""; ""P. Das1, M. Mishra1, N. Lakra1, S. L. Singla-Pareek2 and A. Pareek1""; ""Chapter 2 â€? Mutagenesis as functional biology tool in the improvement of legumes""; ""D. Talukdar""; ""Chapter 3 â€? Human nutrition, DNA damage and cancer: a review""; ""C. Ladeira1,2, M.C. Gomes3 and M. Brito1""
  • ""Chapter 4 â€? Development of improved varieties of native grains through radiation-induced mutagenesis""""L. Gomez-Pando""; ""Chapter 5 â€? Improving food and nutritional security in Ghana through mutation breeding of Sorghum""; ""K. Offei, E. Yirenkyi Danquah, R. Owusu-Darko, J. Eleblu and E. Adjei""; ""Chapter 6 â€? Mutagenesis for human nutrition""; ""P. Hazra""; ""Chapter 7 â€? Induced mutagenesis in edible crop plants and its impact on human beings""; ""M.I. Kozgar1,2, M.R. Wani3, N.B. Tomlekova4 and S. Khan1""; ""Section II. Physiological aspects of mutagenesis""
  • ""Chapter 8 â€? Proton induced X-ray emission and electron microscopy analysis of induced mutants of sorghum""""Z. Mbambo1,5, R. Minnis-Ndimba2, C. Pineda2, B. Ndimba3; S. Bado4, J. Lin5, R. Chikwamba1 and L. Mehlo1""; ""Chapter 9 â€? Radiation method for modelling the immune responses to phytopathogenic microorganisms in plant tissues""; ""N. Ivanishvili and M. Gogebashvili""; ""Chapter 10 â€? The use of CTM (cycloxydim tolerant maize) mutation in maize weeds control""; ""J. VanÄ?etoviÄ?, M. SimiÄ? and S. BoÅ?inoviÄ?""
  • ""Chapter 11 â€? Mutagenesis for resistance to abiotic stresses: chickpea as model crop""""C. Toker""; ""Chapter 12 â€? Influence of gamma radiation on maize (Zea mays) starch granules morphology""; ""S.Y. Didenko, O.V. Golik and V.V. Pozdniakov""; ""Chapter 13 â€? Mutagenesis and transformation of starch biosynthesis of rice and the production of novel starches""; ""Y. Nakamura""; ""Chapter 14 â€? Surface graph and densitometric SDS-PAGE studies in chickpea mutants""; ""M.I. Kozgar1,2, M.R. Wani3, S. Khan2 and N.B. Tomlekova4""; ""Section III. Molecular aspects of mutagenesis""
  • ""Chapter 19 â€? Adaptation to environmental stress as a result of a long-term mutagenesis in plants""