Gene Editing in Plants

Contains cutting-edge reviews in molecular biology, with this edition focusing on gene editing in plants

Donald P. Weeks (Volume editor), Bing Yang (Volume editor)

9780128117439

Hardback, published 14 July 2017

264 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.54 kg

Praise for the Series:
"Maintains the tradition and set-up of the previous volumes and certainly provides up-to-date data on varied aspects of cytology... a valuable acquisition to any library." --The Nucleus

Approx.250 pages

1. Genome Engineering and Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges Nicholas J. Baltes, Javier Gil-Humanes and Daniel F. Voytas 2. Use of CRISPR/Cas9 for Crop Improvement in Maize and Soybean Doane Chilcoat, Zhan-Bin Liu and Jeffry Sander 3. Use of Zinc-Finger Nucleases for Crop Improvement John P. Davies, Sandeep Kumar and Lakshmi Sastry-Dent 4. Gene Editing in Polyploid Crops: Wheat, Camelina, Canola, Potato, Cotton, Peanut, Sugar Cane, and Citrus Donald P. Weeks 5. Gene Editing With TALEN and CRISPR/Cas in Rice Honghao Bi and Bing Yang 6. Genome Editing to Improve Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants Yuriko Osakabe and Keishi Osakabe 7. CRISPR/Cas9-Enabled Multiplex Genome Editing and Its Application Bastian Minkenberg, Matthew Wheatley and Yinong Yang 8. CRISPR/Cas9-Based Genome Editing in Plants Yaling Zhang, Xingliang Ma, Xianrong Xie and Yao-Guang Liu 9. On Improving CRISPR for Editing Plant Genes: Ribozyme-Mediated Guide RNA Production and Fluorescence-Based Technology for Isolating Transgene-Free Mutants Generated by CRISPR Yubing He, Rongchen Wang, Xinhua Dai and Yunde Zhao 10. Engineering Molecular Immunity Against Plant Viruses Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi, Manal Tashkandi and Magdy M. Mahfouz 11. Use of CRISPR/Cas9 for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Research in Legumes Longlong Wang, Longxiang Wang, Yu Zhou and Deqiang Duanmu 12. Safety, Security, and Policy Considerations for Plant Genome Editing Jeffrey D. Wolt

Subject Areas: Cellular biology [cytology PSF], Molecular biology [PSD], Biochemistry [PSB]