Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond: Proceedings of the 11th IAPTC&B Congress, August 13-18, 2006 Beijing, China

1402066341......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
2006 Science and Technology Exhibitors......Page 18
Opening Speech by Zhihong Xu, President of the IAPTC&B......Page 19
PLENARY LECTURES......Page 21
Plant Biotechnology and Crop Improvement in China......Page 22
Facing the Future with Pharmaceuticals from Plants......Page 31
Embryogenesis In Vitro......Page 52
Multigene Strategies for Engineering the Phytoremediation of Mercury and Arsenic......Page 65
Molecular Control of S-RNase-based Self-Incompatibility......Page 78
The Use of Sexual Model Systems to Identify Elements of Apomixis......Page 90
Agricultural Biotechnology in China: Past, Present and Future......Page 93
SYMPOSIA: Current Advances in Plant Tissue Culture Techniques......Page 99
Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis In Vitro: Role of Ethylene and Polyamines......Page 100
Lingfasu and Its Use on Plant Tissue Culture In Vitro......Page 107
PPV-Specific Hairpin RNAs is an Effective Method for Plum Pox Potyvirus Resistance......Page 112
An Efficient Novel Method of Producing Virus Free Plants from Garlic Root Meristem......Page 116
Site-Directed Homologous Recombination in Tobacco Cell Cultures via Zinc Finger Nucleases......Page 120
Generation of Genetically Modified Strawberries in Temporary Immersion Bioreactor System......Page 123
Current Advances in Plant Molecular Biology......Page 127
The Positioning of the Division Plane Is Determined by a Cortical Division Site at the Plasma Membrane......Page 128
Repression of Plant Gene Expression via Chromosomal Remodelling Using Histone Deacetylases......Page 132
Functional Genomics......Page 136
DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 is a Member of FIS Polycomb Complex and is Involved in Seed Development in Arabidopsis......Page 137
Integrating Transcriptional and Metabolic Profiling to Unravel Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis in Plants......Page 140
Plant Transformation Technology......Page 144
Application of Two New Selectable Marker Genes, dsdA and dao1 in Maize Transformation......Page 145
Efficient Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Various Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Genotypes......Page 147
In vitro System as the Model for Discovery in Molecular Biology......Page 150
Use of Alfalfa In Vitro Cultures in Studies on Regulation of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase (CDK) Functions......Page 151
Phytohormone Regulation of Cotton Fiber Development In Vitro......Page 155
Patterns of Growth and Cell Death in Diploid Arabidopsis Cell Cultures with Synchronised Cell Cycle......Page 159
Molecular Control of Abiotic Resistance......Page 163
Engineering of Reactive Species Detoxification Pathways for Increasing Stress Tolerance in Plants......Page 164
Orchid Flower Fragrance Biosynthesis Pathway and Its Key Enzyme Geranyl Diphosphate Synthase......Page 168
Cytokinin Function in Drought Stress Response and Subsequent Recovery......Page 171
Xenogenomics: Bioprospecting for Genetic Determinants of Cold and Freezing Stress Tolerance in the Cryophilic Antarctic Hair Grass Deschampsia antarctica E. Desv.......Page 175
Plant Insect Interaction......Page 178
Biotechnological Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes......Page 179
Molecular Basis of Colorado Potato Beetle Adaptation to Potato Defence Mechanisms......Page 189
Molecular Mechanisms on Plant-Microbe Interactions......Page 194
An Arabidopsis Nudix Hydrolase Modulates the Innate Immune Response Independent of NPR1 and Salicylate......Page 195
RNA-Mediated Resistance to Cassava Geminiviruses in Transgenic Cassava......Page 197
The Molecular Basis of Cold-Induced Pollen Sterility in Rice......Page 200
Regulation of the Rice NADPH Oxidase by Binding of Small GTPase Rac and Ca[sup(2+)] to Its N-terminal Extension......Page 203
Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing of the p23 Silencing Suppressor of Citrus tristeza Virus Confers Resistance to the Virus in Transgenic Mexican Lime......Page 205
Phloem Feeding Regulates the Plant Defense Pathways Responding to Both Aphid Infestation and Pathogen Infection......Page 208
Metabolic Engineering......Page 213
Towards Metabolic Engineering of Carotenoid Content in Sweet-orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.)......Page 214
Engineering New Crops for Safe Castor Oil Production......Page 217
Biochemical and Structural Bases for (Iso)flavonoid Biosynthetic Diversity......Page 221
Utilization of Plant Metabolic Engineering for Production of Pharmaceuticals in Tea......Page 225
Improving Nutritional Quality of Crops......Page 249
Success Towards Alleviating Peanut Allergy: The Major Allergen Ara h 2 is Silenced via RNA Interference (RNAi)......Page 250
Transgenic Poplar for Phytoremediation......Page 254
The Africa Biofortified Sorghum Project –Applying Biotechnology to Develop Nutritionally Improved Sorghum for Africa......Page 261
Genetic Engineering of Strawberry for Taste Improvement and Enhanced Disease Resistance by Introduction of thauII Gene......Page 266
Genetic Engineering of Crops for Improved Nutritional Quality......Page 270
Transcriptome Profiling of Wheat Genotypes Differing in Bread Baking Quality under Different Environments......Page 275
Signal Transduction......Page 279
Cotton 14-3-3L Gene Is Preferentially Expressed in Fiber......Page 280
Inositol Polyphosphate 6-/3-kinase (AtIpk2β), an Early Auxin-Responsive Gene, Positively Regulates Axillary Shoot Branching in Arabidopsis thaliana......Page 284
Apomixis......Page 288
Genetic Analyses of Aposporous Embryo Sac Formation in Sorghum......Page 289
Epigenetic Regulation of Seed Development......Page 292
Biotechnology in Cereals......Page 295
Optimisation of Tissue Culture, Regeneration and Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation Paramaters in Winter Wheat Cultivars (T.durum cv. Kızıltan-91 and T.aestivum cv. Bezostaja-01)......Page 296
Enhancement of the Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis Pathway Improves Grain Yield in Rice......Page 300
Functional Genomics of Hexaploid Wheat......Page 304
Biotechnology in Economic Crops......Page 306
Isolation and Characterization of Senescence-Associated Ethylene Genes from Dendrobium Orchids......Page 307
Biotechnological Improvement of Forage Crops......Page 313
Biotechnology in Medicinal, Woody and Horticultural Plants......Page 319
Lignan and Norlignan Biosynthesis and Biotechnology......Page 320
Polyketide Metabolism in Hypericum perforatum and Related Species......Page 323
In Vitro Selection and Molecular Markers for Early Screening of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance Wheat......Page 327
The Geo-Model for Cell Wall Formation: A Design Tool for Plants......Page 331
Tissue Culture for Biodiversity Preservation......Page 339
Integrating In Vitro Methods for Propagating and Preserving Endangered Plants......Page 340
Micropropagation and Germplasm Conservation of Staple Food Crops and Traditional Medicinal Plants in Micronesia......Page 351
Efficient In Vitro Bulblet Regeneration from Immature Embryos of Endemic and Endangered Geophyte Species in Sternbergia, Muscari and Fritillaria Genera......Page 356
In Vitro Strategies for Conservation of Plant Diversity in India......Page 359
Plants as Bioreacter/Molecular Pharming......Page 361
Molecular Farming in Plants: An Update......Page 362
In Vivo and In Vitro Studies on Huperzine A Producing Ferns......Page 370
Production of Recombinant Antibodies in Pea Seeds and Their Oral Application in Piglets......Page 372
Molecular Breeding......Page 376
Breeding for Improved and Novel Starch Characteristics in Potato......Page 377
Biofortification of Cassava Using Molecular Breeding......Page 381
Evaluation of GM Poplars Expressing Relevant Traits for Herbicide Tolerance, Disease Resistance and Production of Pharmaceutics: Biochemical, Molecular and Microbiological Studies on Plants and Detection of Transgene Sequences in Soil......Page 384
Molecular Breeding of Low-Phytic-Acid Grains in Rice by Using the Promoter of 18 kDa Oleosin......Page 390
Regeneration, Micropropagation and Industrialization......Page 393
A Highly Efficient Protocol for Micropropagation of North American Ginseng......Page 394
The Use of Tissue Culture for Successful and Sustainable Cane......Page 398
Development of Subclonal Variants from Interspecific Hybrids of Sugarcane......Page 402
Forcing and In Vitro Establishment of Softwood Shoots from Large Stem Segments of Woody Plants......Page 406
Protoplasts, Haploids and Embryo Culture in Crop Improvement......Page 414
Introgression Breeding Program in Lolium/Festuca Complex Using Androgenesis......Page 415
Recent Advances in Anther Culture of Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)......Page 419
Protoplast Isolation and Cultivation from Embryogenic Suspension Cultures and Leaves of Grapevines (Vitis L.)......Page 424
Protoplast Technology and Citrus Improvement......Page 428
Microspore Embryogenesis in the Apiaceae......Page 432
Technology Transfer to Developing Countries......Page 436
Integration of Cold Signal Transduction Pathway Related to ABA 8'-hydroxylase in Arabidopsis......Page 437
Rice Genetics and Genomics Information as the Ultimate Tool for Rice Improvement......Page 441
The Development of Agricultural Biotechnology Capacities in Palestine through the UNESCO Biotechnology Educational and Training Center at Bethlehem University......Page 452
D......Page 456
K......Page 457
P......Page 458
U......Page 459
Z......Page 460