Molecular improvement of cereals

Plant Tissue Culture: Current Status and Opportunities

“…During the second half of the last century the development of genetic engineering and molecular biology techniques allowed the appearance of improved and new agricultural products which have occupied an increasing demand in the productive systems of several countries worldwide [31,32,33,34]. Nevertheless, these would have been impossible without the development of tissue culture techniques, which provided the tools for the introduction of genetic information into plant cells [35].…”

Applications of biotechnology for improvement of millet crops: Review of progress and future prospects

“…One of the main reasons is that many of the millets are not of economic importance to developed countries and therefore scarcity of research funding has always been a problem. Also major labs have concentrated their research efforts on improvement of major cereals and many of these cereals have a quite developed transformation system (Vasil 1994;Repellin 2001). Genetically modified maize, wheat and rice are either under field evaluation or are being grown by farmers in large areas (Birch 1997).…”

Somatic Embryogenesis on Plumule and Radicle Explants Obtained from Warm Water Hydroprimed Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cv. Kunduru and cv. Cakmak Seeds

“…It is making use of development of haploids, organogenesis, somatic embryogenesis, selection of somaclonal variants and production of transgenic plants for wheat improvement (Becker et al 1994;Bi et al 2007;Chu et al 1990;Elena & Ginzo 1988;Fellers et al 1995;Maddock et al 1983;Patnaik et al 2006;Rajyalakshmi et al 1991;Sarker & Biswas 2002;Weeks et al 1993). Previous reports suggested the effects of culture medium and its supplements (Mathias & Simpson 1986) tissue (Vasil 1994) and genotype (Hess & Carman 1998) on tissue culture of wheat. In vitro somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis are important applications among many biotechnology techniques in genetic improvement (Santacruz-Ruvalcaba et al 1998).…”