Biotechnology : enhancing research on tropical crops in Africa / edited by G. Thottappilly [and others].

Wageningen, Netherlands : Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ; Ibadan, Nigeria : International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, [1992], ©1992.

x, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Revised papers from a Workshop on "Biotechnology--Enhancing Research on Tropical Crops in Africa" held in Ibadan, Nigeria, Nov. 26-30, 1990.

Originally part of the BIODOC collection. Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission.

Biosafety in agricultural technology / G. J Persley (8 p.). -- International agricultural research centres and the private sector / G. J Persley (8 p.). -- Scientific, social, and economic implications of biotechnology for developing countries / R Barker (6 p.). -- Biotechnological tools for improving the quality of seed legume crops / R Rao (6 p.). -- Insect-resistant plants with improved horticultural traits from interspecific potato hybrids grown in vitro / E. D Earle (4 p.). -- Improving insect resistance in cowpea through biotechnology : initiatives at Purdue University, USA / L. L Murdock (8 p.). -- Proteinase inhibitor gene transfer for improving insect resistance in plants / J Narvaez (6 p.). -- Broad spectrum virus resistance in Solanum brevidens and its introduction by protoplast fusion to cultivated potato / R. W Gibson (2 p.). --

The use of monoclonal antibodies and cDNA for detection of plant viruses / R. I Hamilton (6 p.). -- Cassava viruses and genetic engineering / C Fauquet (10 p.). -- Virus-engineered resistance : concept, efficacy, and stability / C Fauquet (14 p.). -- Equipping a laboratory for RFLP analysis / R. L Jarret (6 p.). -- Isozyme analysis and its application in plant breeding / R Asiedu (6 p.). -- The use of chloroplast DNA analysis in yam phylogeny reconstruction / R Terauchi (6 p.). -- RFLP marker-assisted breeding for maize virus resistance / R. C Pratt (8 p.). -- RFLP mapping in cowpea / N. D Young (10 p.). -- Assessing relationships between Musa species using chloroplast DNA RFLPs / N. J Gawel (6 p.). -- RFLP technology, crop improvement, and international agriculture / N. D Young (10 p.). --

Gene technology and yam improvement / G Kahl (4 p.). -- Plant viruses as gene vectors / P. G Markham (6 p.). -- Physical methods for gene transfer in plants / N. K Singh (8 p.). -- Agrobaterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer / E Filippone (6 p.). -- Genotype identification and gene isolation / R Rao (8 p.). -- Micropropagation techniques and the production of pathogen-free plants / Kimani Waithaka (6 p.). -- Tissue culture in disease elimination and micropropagation / S. Y. C Ng (12 p.). -- Another culture and its potential / E. E Ene-Obong (6 p.). -- Status of in vitro regeneration of tropical plantation crops / E. B Esan (8 p.). -- Status of plant regeneration of yam / C. E. A Okenzie (6 p.). -- Biotechnological approaches to plantain and banana improvement at IITA / D Vuylsteke (8 p.). --

Tissue culture of root and tuber crops at IITA / S. Y. C Ng (8 p.). -- Isolation of protoplasts and genetic manipulation / E Filippone (8 p.). -- Application of cell culture techniques to cereal improvement / A. M Casas (10 p.). -- Recent advances in cell and tissue culture / E Filippone (12 p.). -- Plant genetic resources and their conservation / P Perrino (6 p.). -- Cytogenetics of cowpea / F Saccardo (10 p.). -- Cytogenetics and crop improvement / K. V Bai (8 p.). -- Wide crosses of Vigna food legumes / N. Q Ng (6 p.). -- The use of simple biotechnological tools to facilitate plantain breeding / R Swennen (6 p.). -- Status of wide crosses in cassava and yam / R Asiedu (6 p.). -- The use of wild species in crop improvement / L. M Monti (8 p.). -- Biotechnology for kola improvement / A. C Adebona (4 p.). -- Constraints in the accessibility and use of germplasm collections / N. Q Ng (6 p.). -- The need for a biotechnological approach in plantation crop research / A. I Robertson (6 p.). -- Constraints in food and nutrition research / M Bokanga (6 p.). -- Analysis of the need for biotechnology research on cassava, yam, and plantain / R Asiedu (6 p.). -- Status of research on constraints to cowpea production / S. R Singh (6 p.). -- Beyond Mendel's garden : biotechnology in agriculture / G. J Persley (10 p.). -- The role of biotechnology in agricultural research / L. M Monti (10 p.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.