Role of Tissue Culture and Novel Genetic Technologies in Crop Improvement. Proceedings of the Conference of the International Plant Biotechnology Network (IPBNet) (3rd). Held in Nairobi, Kenya on January 8-12, 1989

摘要

The proceedings of the Third IPBNet Conference highlight the role of tissue culture and other novel biotechnologies in the effort to double world food production. Included are formal papers in three areas: plant breeding and genetics, including papers on maize breeding for stress tolerance, grain legume breeding, and sorghum breeding for stress tolerance; tissue culture technology, including papers on the role of micropropagation in commercialization and on in vitro selection and field evaluation in cereal and legume tissue culture; and novel biotechnologies, including papers on biotechnology and potato improvement, genetic approaches to stress tolerance, and the role of molecular transformation in crop improvement. Also included are summaries of discussions on national biotechnology policies and strategies, biotechnology applications, technical and information networking, and financial needs. Several abstracts of additional papers are appended.