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| Item is a: | Book |
| Monograph: | Turfgrass Biotechnology: Cell and Molecular Genetic Approaches to Turfgrass Improvement, 1998. |
| Volume Editors: | Sticklen, Mariam B. and Kenna, Michael P. |
| Meeting Info.: | 1996 Turfgrass Biotechnology Workshop, [East Lansing, MI] |
| # of Pages: | 277 |
| Publishing Information: | Chelsea, MI: Ann Arbor Press |
| Collation: | xxi, 256 pp. |
| Keywords: | Tissue culture; Genetics; Breeding; Biological control; Tissue culture; Molecular markers; Pest resistance; Genetic engineering; Cultivar improvement; Endophytes |
| Abstract: | A collected work featuring 21 contributed papers. The chapters discuss, "four major areas where biotechnology promises to enhance breeding efforts developing turfgrasses that will meet the challenges of the next century. These areas include: 1) Turfgrass and molecular marker analysis, 2) Biological control, including endophyte strategies, 3) Genes with potential for turfgrass improvement, 4) In vitro culture and genetic engineering." |
Library of Congress
Subject Headings: | Turfgrasses -- Biotechnology |
| ISBN: | 1-57504-074-3 |
| Language: | English |
| References: | Chapter references |
| See Also: | See also the 21 chapter records from this work; search as MCODE=TBIOT to isolate these records as a set in Power Search, or click here |
| Note: | Includes index, p. 245-256. |
| Note: | Includes editor biographies, p. v - vi. |
| Note: | Includes Introduction, p. vii-xi, by Michael P. Kenna. |
| Note: | Tables |
| Note: | Figures |
| Evaluative Review: | Appears in New Zealand Turf Management Journal, 12(4) November 1998, p. 23, by Alan Stewart. |
| See Also: | Other items relating to: Turf Science & Management Books (Recent) |
| | ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
1998. Turfgrass Biotechnology: Cell and Molecular Genetic Approaches to Turfgrass Improvement. Sticklen, Mariam B. and Kenna, Michael P. (eds.) xxi, 256 pp. Chelsea, MI: Ann Arbor Press. |
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