Rice genetics IV : [proceedings of the Fourth International Rice Genetics Symposium, 22-27 October 2000, Los Baños, Philippines

This volume contains 31 plenary lectures given by scientists on various aspects of rice genetics, presented at the International Rice Genetics Symposium in 2000. Topics include, for example, the evolution and domestication of rice, rice genome sequencing, molecular signaling in disease resistance of rice, and gene silencing and reactivation in transgenic rice. The concurrent and poster presentations will be published separately. The volume is not indexed. Distributed by Enfield. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Part 1 Overview: rice genetics - from mendel to functional genomics, G.S. Khush and D.S. Brar application of mendelian genetics in rice breeding, J.N. Rutger and D.J. Mackill the Rockefeller Foundation's international programme on rice biotechnology, J.C. O'Toole et al. Part 2 Molecular markers, genetic diversity and evolution: evolution and domestication of rice, H. Morishima rice - the pivotal genome in cereal comparative genetics, M. Gale et al phylogeny of the genus "Oryza" as revealed by molecular approaches, Song Ge et al miniature inverted repeat transposable elements (MITEs) - a major source of genomic diversity in maize and rice, S.R. Wessler et al microsatellite markers in rice - abundance, diversity and applications, S.R. McCouch et al molecular mapping and marker-assisted selection of major-gene traits in rice, D.J. Mackill and Junjian Ni QTL mapping in rice - a few critical considerations, Zhi-Kang Li genetic and molecular basis for heterosis in rice, Qifa Zhang et al. Part 3 Structural and functional genomics: the international rice genome sequencing project - progress and prospects, T. Sasaki et al strategies and techniques for finishing genomic sequence, M. de la Bastide et al sequence-tagged connector/DNA fingerprint framework for rice genome sequencing, R.A. Wing et al naturally occurring allelic variations as a new resource for functional genomics in rice, M.Yano deletion mutants for functional genomics - progress in phenotyping, sequence assignment and database development, H. Leung et al generation of T-DNA insertional tagging lines in rice, Gynheung An et al transposons and functional genomics in rice, R. Greco et al retrotransposons of rice as a tool for the functional analysis of genes, H. Hirochika et al bioinformatics and the rice genome, B.A. Antonio et al. Part 4 Gene isolation and function: enhancing deployment of rice blast resistance genes -opportunities from cloning a resistance gene/avirulence gene pair, B. Valent et al molecular signalling in disease resistance of rice, K. Shimamoto et al structure, function and evolution of disease resistance genes in rice, Guo-Liang Wang et al isolation of candidate genes for tolerance of abiotic stresses in rice, H.J. Bohnert t al molecular dissection of cell death in rice, H. Uchimiya et al molecular tools for achieving synthetic apomixis in hybrid rice, J. Bennett et al. Part 5 Transformation: engineering for virus resistance in rice, N.M. Upadhyaya et al transgenic approaches for generating rice tolerant of dehydration stress, Z.Q. Cheng et al high-level expression of C4 photosynthetic genes in transgenic rice, M. Matsuoka et al transgene integration, organization and expression in cereals, P. Christou et al gene silencing and its reactivation in transgenic rice, T.C. Hall et al. Part 6 Workshop reports: rice molecular breeding functional genomics bioinformatics.