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Title: Recent developments in the genetic engineering of barley

Abstract

Cereals are the most important group of plants for human nutrition and animal feed. Partially due to the commercial value of crop plants, there has been an ever-increasing interest in using modern biotechnological methods for the improvement of the characteristics of cereals during the past decade. The rapid progress in molecular biology, plant cell culture techniques, and gene transfer technology has resulted in successful transformations of all the major cereals--maize, rice, wheat, and barley. This brings the biotechnological methods closer to the routine also in barley breeding. In this article, the current status of barley genetic engineering, including the patent situation, is reviewed. The needs aims, and possible applications of genetic engineering in barley breeding are discussed. 179 refs.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. VTT Biotechnology and Food Research, Espoo (Finland)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6618642
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
CRC Critical Reviews in Biotechnology; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 14:4; Journal ID: ISSN 0738-8551
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BARLEY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION NEEDS; PATENTS; REVIEWS; CEREALS; DOCUMENT TYPES; GRAMINEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLANTS; 550200* - Biochemistry

Citation Formats

Mannonen, L., Kauppinen, V, and Enari, T M. Recent developments in the genetic engineering of barley. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.3109/07388559409063642.
Mannonen, L., Kauppinen, V, & Enari, T M. Recent developments in the genetic engineering of barley. United States. https://doi.org/10.3109/07388559409063642
Mannonen, L., Kauppinen, V, and Enari, T M. 1994. "Recent developments in the genetic engineering of barley". United States. https://doi.org/10.3109/07388559409063642.
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title = {Recent developments in the genetic engineering of barley},
author = {Mannonen, L. and Kauppinen, V and Enari, T M},
abstractNote = {Cereals are the most important group of plants for human nutrition and animal feed. Partially due to the commercial value of crop plants, there has been an ever-increasing interest in using modern biotechnological methods for the improvement of the characteristics of cereals during the past decade. The rapid progress in molecular biology, plant cell culture techniques, and gene transfer technology has resulted in successful transformations of all the major cereals--maize, rice, wheat, and barley. This brings the biotechnological methods closer to the routine also in barley breeding. In this article, the current status of barley genetic engineering, including the patent situation, is reviewed. The needs aims, and possible applications of genetic engineering in barley breeding are discussed. 179 refs.},
doi = {10.3109/07388559409063642},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6618642}, journal = {CRC Critical Reviews in Biotechnology; (United States)},
issn = {0738-8551},
number = ,
volume = 14:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994}
}