Genetics & Molecular Biology

"What should be the role and focus of biotechnology in the agricultural research agendas of developing countries?"

"What should be the role and focus of biotechnology in the agricultural research agendas of developing countries?" <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 1. Introduction ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 16 2009 - 9:11pm

Biotechnology for food, health and environment

Biotechnology for food, health and environment Ashwini Kumar Department of Botany University of Rajasthan Jaipur 302004. biotechnology has been increasingly applied to crop agriculture. The manipulation of whole organisms, populations of organisms and nuc ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 16 2009 - 9:18pm

Plant genetic transformation and molecular markers

Plant genetic transformation and molecular markers By Ashwani Kumar Pointer Publishers Jaipur India pp 288 ISBN 978-81-7132-613-6 The last three decades have seen momentous developments in plant transformation technologies; such that a large number of tran ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 16 2009 - 9:32pm

Euphorbia Tirucalli- Unrecognized Potential

The magnificent plant of Euphorbia Tirucalli, most commonly known as the pencil plant, has a great potential. It naturally produces a poisonous latex...COOL right? Well that isn't the interesting part yet. This latex can be genetically engineered into ...

Blog Post - Christian F - Nov 18 2009 - 10:03pm

Prof. Dr. Karl-Herrmann Neumann a global man in plant tissue culture and biotechnology passes away but he leaves a trail of his students

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 23 2009 - 10:45am

A homage to Prof. Dr Karl-Hermann Neumann from Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 23 2009 - 10:50am

HIGH FREQUENCY MULTIPLE SHOOT REGENERATION FROM TISSUE CULTURES OF ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS

HIGH FREQUENCY MULTIPLE SHOOT REGENERATION FROM TISSUE CULTURES OF ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS NEETU VIJAY AND ASHWANI KUMAR* Plant Biotechnology Lab, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, ` Email- msku31@yahoo.com asp_neetu@yahoo.co.in * ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 24 2009 - 10:10am

Biologists Probe Formation, Layering Of Myelin Membrane

 An international team of researchers probing the nerve-insulating myelin sheath have uncovered how mutations affect the structure of myelin, a focal point of research in multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders. The findings were central to the ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 24 2009 - 7:58pm

Does genetic engineering have a role to play in developing sustainable agricultural systems?

Does genetic engineering have a role to play in developing sustainable agricultural systems? ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 26 2009 - 9:06pm

A'maize'ing Genome Gems?

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Article - Hatice Cullingford - Nov 29 2009 - 5:28pm