Molecular Biology of Rice

Recent advances in genome analysis and transformation have made rice a model monocot for molecular biologists. This volume covers four areas of rice molecular biology in which exciting progress has been made re cently _ genome analysis and gene isolation, development, regulation o f gene expression, and transformation and rice improvement. It will be of great interest to researchers who work in traditional agricultural sciences using rice, as well as to those who have an interest in usin g rice as an experimental model for basic research. The book gives an overall view on what has already been done, as well as what will be po ssible in rice. It presents chapters on development and gene regulatio n, an exciting future research area and explores potentials in rice im provement using various molecular biological methods.