Handbook of Maize

By 2008, maize will have its genome sequence released, providing the sequence of the first average-size plant genome (the four plant genomes that are now sequenced come from unusually tiny genomes) and of the most complex genome sequenced from any organism.

Vegetative Shoot Meristems.- Development of the Inflorescences.- The Maize Floral Transition.- The Maize Male Gametophyte.- The Maize Megagametophyte.- Patterning of the Maize Embryo and the Perspective of Evolutionary Developmental Biology.- Kernel Biology.- The Maize Root System: Morphology, Anatomy, and Genetics.- Axial Patterning of the Maize Leaf.- Cell Biology of Maize Leaf Development.- Light Signal Transduction Networks in Maize.- Maize Disease Resistance.- Virus Resistance.- Genetics and Biochemistry of Insect Resistance in Maize.- Chilling Stress in Maize Seedlings.- Drought Tolerance in Maize.- Responses to Oxygen Deprivation and Potential for Enhanced Flooding Tolerance in Maize.- Maize Al Tolerance.- Maize Under Phosphate Limitation.- Agronomic Traits and Maize Modifications: Nitrogen Use Efficiency.- Seed Phosphate.- Seed Starch Synthesis.- Heterosis.- Increasing Yield.- The Illinois Long-Term Selection Experiment, Related Studies, and Perspectives.- QTL for Agronomic Traits in Maize Production.- The Mexican Landraces: Description, Classification and Diversity.- Production, Breeding and Process of Maize in China.