TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thottappilly,G.
ED  - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (Ede, Netherlands)
ED  - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.
ED  - Workshop on "Biotechnology: Enhancing Research on Tropical Crops in Africa"
TI  - Biotechnology: enhancing research on tropical crops in Africa 
SN  - 9781310901
U1  - 633.0096 20
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Wageningen, Netherlands, Ibadan, Nigeria
PB  - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
KW  - Tropical crops
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Congresses
N1  - CONTENTS

Need for biotechnology research in Africa
The role of biotechnology in agriculture research
Status of research on constraints to cow pea production

Enhancing the genetic base
The use of wild species in crop improvement
Status of wide crosses in cassava


Cell and tissue culture
Resend advances in cell and tissue culture
Application of cell culture techniques


Controlled gene manipulation 
Genotype indentification and gene isolation
Physical methods for gene transfer in plants

Using molecular markets
RFLP technology , crop improvement and international agriculture
RFLP mapping in cowpea 
RFLP marker-assisted breeding for maize virus resistance

Other selected applications of biotechnology

Policy issues

; Includes bibliographical references and index
ER  -