TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sethuraj M R
TI  - Possible areas for molecular intervention for crop improvement in Hevea brasiliensis - theoretical considerations
PY  - 1995///
PB  - IRRDB symposium on physiological and molecular aspects of the breeding of Hevea brasiliensis 6-7 November 1995
KW  - AFLD
KW  - Crop improvement
KW  - Disease resistance
KW  - Drought tolerance
KW  - Genetic transformation
KW  - Hevea brasiliensis
KW  - Molecular biology
KW  - Molecular cloning
KW  - Molecular farming
KW  - RAPD
KW  - RFLP
KW  - TPD syndrome
N2  - The last decade has seen worldwide efforts to use molecular biology methods to transform crop plants by introduction of agronomically desirable genes. In this new molecular approach, it has become possible to bring about specific plant genome changes by addition of one or more genes. In conventional breeding, entire sets of chromosomes are combined and desired parental genotypes are not necessarily reconstituted. The new approach offers the potential to make relatively quick and specific changes in elite cultivars without disrupting their otherwise desirable genotypic constitution. While highly attractive in concept with tremendous scientific potential, the generation of a transgenic crop plant is confronted with innumerable technical hurdles. The paper discusses progress to date and the opportunities for further progress in the future
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