The recent advances in alien gene transfer from distantly-related species into wheat are
reviewed in the present paper. The main achievements during the last ten years include the …

Approximately fifty marker genes used for transgenic and transplastomic plant research or
crop development have been assessed for efficiency, biosafety, scientific applications and …

Although stem rust has been controlled by means of resistant cultivars, leaf and stripe rust
continue as problems for many growing areas of the world. Wheat Rusts: An Atlas of …

Maintaining the high standards that made the previous editions such well-respected and
widely used references, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition …

Wheat may now be transformed very efficiently by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Under the
protocol hereby described, immature embryos of healthy plants of wheat cultivar Fielder …

Abstract The Waxy (Wx) protein has been identified as granule-bound starch synthase
(GBSS; EC 24.1. 21), which is involved in amylose synthesis in plants. Although common …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on genetic studies related to wheat gluten protein.
The importance of wheat in food processing and human nutrition has resulted in a massive …

Breadmaking is one of humankind's oldest technologies, being established some 4,000
years ago. The ability to make leavened bread depends largely on the visco-elastic …

This book starts with an introduction to the utilization, development and production of wheat,
and a discussion of how the different grain characters influence the subsequent utilization of …

Pseudocereals are promising crops for coming decades keeping in view the global food
security. Amaranths are a leading group of plants among the pseudocereals that have the …