The Maize Handbook (Springer Lab Manuals) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387947353 ISBN 13: 9780387947358

Publisher: Springer, 1996

Synopsis

The Maize Handbook represents the collective efforts of the maize research community to enumerate the key steps of standard procedures and to disseminate these protocols for the common good. Although the material in this volume is drawn from experience with maize, many of the procedures, protocols, and descriptions are applicable to other higher plants, particularly to other grasses. The power and resolution of experiments with maize depend on the wide range of specialized genetic techniques and marked stocks; these materials are available today as the culmination of nearly 100 years of genetic research. A major goal of this volume is to introduce this genetical legacy and to highlight current stock construction programs that will soon benefit our work, e. g. high-density RFLP maps, deletion stocks, etc. Both stock construction and maintenance are relatively straightforward in maize as a result of the ease of crossing and the longevity of stored seeds. Crossing is facilitated by the separate staminate (tassel) and pistillate (ear) flowers, a feature almost unique to maize. On the other hand, many of the genetic methodologies utilized with maize, including the precision of record keeping, can be adapted to other plants. Facile communication and a spirit of co-operation have characterized the maize genetics community since its earliest days. Starting in the 1930s, institutions such as annual Maize Genetics Cooperation Newsletter, the Maize Genetics Stock Center, and the annual maize genetics meeting provide continuity to the field.

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Review

"The book is certainly one that every university and research station library should buy, and every plant geneticist should have access to." Plant Genetics Newsletter
"This handbook sets the standard and is an essential work for anyone doing maize research of any type." Choice

Synopsis

This important book brings together a wealth of information and techniques for working with maize (corn), a plant of enormous significance as a crop and as a model system for studies in plant genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology. A distinguished editorial board has coordinated the compilation of protocols on maize cell biology, genetic methods and maps, tissue culture, and molecular biology. This book is a bible for maize researchers, and will be of wide interest to other scientists working on other plants.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387947353
• ISBN 13: 9780387947358
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 787
• Editor: Freeling Michael, Walbot Virginia