Biotechnology and sustainable agriculture 2006 and beyond : proceedings of the 11th IAPTC & B Congress, August 31 [i.e. 13] -18, 2006, Beijing, China

This timely work is a collection of papers presented at the XIth international congress of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology. It continues the tradition of the IAPTC&B in publishing the proceedings of its congresses. The work is an up-to-date report on the most significant advances in plant tissue culture and biotechnology as presented by leading international scientists. It will be crucial reading for agricultural scientists, among others. 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 Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond is a collection of papers presented at the XIth international congress of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology (IAPTC&B). It continues the long tradition of the IAPTC&B to publish the proceedings of its quadrennial congresses. It provides an up-to-date report of the most significant advances in plant tissue culture and biotechnology as presented by leading international scientists.