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its biology

Jeff L. Bennetzen, Sarah C. Hake, editors

Springer

ix, 587 p. :ill. (some col.)

Index

Vegetative shoot meristems / Dave Jackson -- Development of the inflorescences / Erik Vollbrecht and Robert J. Schmidt -- The maize floral transition / Joseph Colasanti and Michael Muszynski -- The maize male gametophyte / Patricia A. Bedinger and John E. Fowler -- The maize megagametophyte / Matthew M.S. Evans and Ueli Grossniklaus -- Patterning of the maize embryo and the perspective of evolutionary developmental biology / Judith Nardmann and Wolfgang Werr -- Kernel biology / Michael J. Scanlon and Elizabeth M. Takacs -- The maize root system: morphology, anatomy, and genetics / Frank Hochholdinger -- Axial patterning of the maize leaf / Toshi M. Foster and Marja C.P. Timmermans -- Cell biology of maize leaf development / Anne W. Sylvester and Laurie G. Smith -- Light signal transduction networks in maize / Patrice G. Dubois and Thomas P. Brutnell -- Maize disease resistance / Peter J. Balint-Kurti and Gurmukh S. Johal -- Virus resistance / Margaret G. Redinbaugh and Richard C. Pratt -- Genetics and biochemistry of insect resistance in maize / Michael D. McMullen, Monika Frey, And Jeorg Degenhardt -- Chilling stress in maize seedlings / Jeorg Leipner and Peter Stamp -- Drought tolerance in maize / Jean-Marcel Ribaut ... [et al.] -- Responses to oxygen deprivation and potential for enhanced flooding tolerance in maize / Chalivendra C. Subbaiah and Martin M. Sachs -- Maize Al tolerance / Leon V. Kochian ... [et al.] -- Maize under phosphate limitation / Carlos Calderaon-Vaazquez ... [et al.] -- Agronomic traits and maize modifications: nitrogen use efficiency / Hartwig H. Geiger -- Seed phosphate / Victor Raboy -- Seed starch synthesis / Martha James and Alan Myers -- Heterosis / Patrick S. Schnable and Ruth A. Swanson-Wagner -- Increasing yield / James B. Holland -- The Illinois long-term selection experiment, related studies, and perspectives / Torbert Rocheford -- QTL for agronomic traits in maize production / Roberto Tuberosa and Silvio Salvi -- The Mexican landraces: description, classification and diversity / Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada, and Jaime Padilla -- Production, breeding and process of maize in China / Jiansheng Li.

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Includes bibliographical references

2009