Plant biotechnology has immense potential for human growth and development if employed carefully

About the Book:

In recent years, plant cells are being increasingly utilized as model systems to unravel the cellular and molecular mysteries of nature. The basic mechanisms of developmental biology, cellular and molecular interactions at the cell and tissue level, gene expression and regulation leading to genetic modifications and areas of genomics, are constant areas of research.

The following areas have been highlighted in this book:

· Embryogenesis, regeneration and micropropagation
· Genomics and genetic transformation systems
· Secondary metabolites, metabolic engineering and molecular biology
· Resistance to biotic and abiotic stress
· Tree biotechnology

The present book is an attempt to deal with all the topics in-depth and to find out the molecular aspects of different processes in cultured plant cells, so as to exploit them for h benefit of plant biotechnology.

Contents:

Some Studies on Somatic Embryogenesis: A Tool in Plant Biotechnology / Cellular Differentiation and Genetic Transformation Studies in Indian Legumes, Crucifers, Mulberry and Cereals / Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation of Chickpea (cicer arietinum L.) / Constraints and Relvant Strategies in Genetic Transformation of Sorghum / Selection of Transgenic Plants Using Positive Selectable Markers and Other Non-antibiotic Marker Genes / Production of Hybrid Plants in Thompson Seedles Grapes (vitis vinifera) through Breeding and in ovulo Embryo Rescue Methods / Somatic Embryogenesis in Chickpea (cicer arietinum L.) / Polyamines and Long-term Plant Regeneration / Somatic Embryogenesis in Chir Pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) / Molecular Diversity of Elite WA-CMS Maintainer Lines with EUI Gene for Hybrid Breeding in Rice / Characterization of Candidate Clumps of Dendrocalamus Strictus using RAPDs / Plantlet Regeneration from the Nodal Segments of Pomergranate (Punica Granatuk L.) / Hardening of Gracinc indica / Production of plumbagin a multifarious medicinal compund from cultured cells of Plumbago rosea L. / Secondary metabolites form tissue cultures of some arid zone plants / Steroidal sapogenin in moth bean cultivars in vivo and tissue culture / Production of bacoside by multiple shoot cultures and in vitro regenerated plantlets of slected cultivar of Bacopa monnieri (L) Wettst / Biotechnology medicinal plants / Somaclonal variants for salt tolerance and in vitro propagation of peanuts / Flow cytometry: A comparatively new tool in plant biotechnology / Steroid factories: Prospects and practicalities in effective farming of Solanaum plants / Genetic Transformation of grain legumes / In vitro Adventitive Embryony: A safe alternative to Citrus budwood importation / Micropropagation of Gmelina arborea Roxb. Using mature tree tissues – Optimization of in vitro responses / Challenges in cashew tissue culture: an overview

Recent Advances in Plant Biotechnology and its Applications

Editor(s): Ashwani Kumar, Sudhir K. Sopory
ISBN: 8189866095
No. of Pages: 718
Publishing Year: 2008
Binding: Hardback
Dimension: 18cm x 25cm
Weight: 1805
Subject: Biotechnology
Price: Rs 2,495.00 $ 175.00 £ 99.00

About the Book:

The present book is divided into five sections. The first section deals with the methodology and bioresource generation, techniques related to genetic engineering, and gene transfer to the nuclear genome and chloroplast genome. The new techniques of genome profiling and gene silencing are also presented. The second section of the book deals with the classical aspect of plant biotechnology viz. tissue culture and micropropagation. Use of genetic engineering via Agrobacterium and direct transfer of DNA via particle bombardment to develop transformed plants in Artemesia, castor and orchids, and production of recombinant proteins in plant cells have been dealt with in the third section. The fourth section deals with the abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in plants. The basic biology of some of the stress responses, and designing plants for stress tolerance is discussed in this section. The fifth section deals with medicinal plants and alkaloid production.

Contents:

SECTION 1: METHODOLOGY: Wild Species of Oryza as an Important Reservoir for Mining of Useful Alleles / Plant Genetic Transformation: Methods and Emerging Trends / The Engineering of Recombinant Plastids in Higher Plants / Inducible Gene Expression Systems as Tools for Plant Functional Genomics / Gene Targeting in Higher Plants / State-of-the-art Genome Profiling (GP): A Key Tool for Plant Biotechnology / Applications of Gene Silencing in Crops

SECTION 2: PHYSIOLOGY, TISSUE CULTURE, MICROPROPAGATION: Effect of Brassinolide on Growth, Yield, Metabolite Content and Enzyme Activities of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) / Ornamental Foliage Plants: Improvement through Biotechnology / In vitro Propagation of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Crops / In vitro Plantlet Regeneration in Asparagus racemosus through Shoot Bud Differentiation on Nodal Segments / Micropropagation of Ringal Bamboo Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng. F. through Nodal Segments / Isolated Microspore Embryogenesis in Cereals: Aspects and Prospects / Plant Regeneration from Cell Suspension Culture-Derived Protoplasts of Phellodendron amurense Rupr. / Importance of Micropropagation Technique in Enhancing the Productivity of Crops

SECTION 3: PLANT TRANSFORMATION: High Efficiency Transformation in Artemisia annua with Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Genetic Improvement of Castor (Ricinus communis L.) through Tissue Culture and Biotechnological Tools / Genetic Engineering of Orchids / Identity Preservation in Genetically Modified Crops / Enhanced Production of Recombinant Proteins from Plant Cells / Bioengineering of Crops for Biofuels and Bioenergy/

SECTION 4: STRESS TOLERANCE: Light and Dark Modulation of Chlorophyll Biosynthetic Genes in Response to Temperature / Glutathione Homeostasis and Abiotic Stresses in Plants: Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Approaches / Signaling Components in Programmed Cell Death: Molecular and Functional Similarities between Animals and Plants / Regulation of Stomatal Opening and Signal Transduction Components in Guard Cells / Designing New Plant Genotypes with Enhanced Resistance to Salinity / Defense Response of Moth Bean (Phaseolus aconitifolius) to Macrophomina phaseolina: Role of Polyphenols, PAL and β-1,3-glucanase / Host-Pathogen Interaction in Sesamum indicum: Synthesis of PR-Proteins / Allium sativum Leaf Lectin: A Potent Sap Feeding Insect Control Protein Expressed in Rice and Mustard / Genetic Engineering: A Powerful Tool to Combat Viral Diseases of Plants SECTION 5: BIOTECHNOLOGY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS: Molecular Tools in Medicinal Plants: A Review / Forskolin Biosynthesis and Invertase Activity in Agrobacterium rhizogenes Mediated Transformed Roots of Coleus forskohlii / A Novel Source for Furanocoumarins: Ruta graveolens L./ Antioxidant Potential of Plants and their Impact on Human Health / Arabinogalactan and Arabinogalactan-Protein Complexes (AGPs): a Natural Plant Derived Macromolecule of Therapeutic Importance / Transgenics of Some Medicinal Plants / In vitro Regeneration of a Rare Medicinally Potent Plant of Eastern Himalayan Hotspot / A Comparative Study of Growth Kinetics in Hairy Root Cultures of Solanum khasianum Clark Grown in Shake Flasks and Bioreactors / Micropropagation and Alkaloid Production through Somatic Embryo Cultures of Corydalis / Biotechnological Approach on Production of Ginkgolides from Cell Cultures of Ginkgo biloba L./ Applications of Biotechnology in Indian Ginseng (Ashwagandha): Progress and prospects / Prospects of Ephedrine in the Desert Plants of Rajasthan / Ayurvedic Medicines : Some Potential Plants for Medicine from India / Index

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About the Book:

Plant tissue culture techniques help in understanding basic life processes and their proper understanding is essential for improving crop productivity. Besides, recently molecular biology has assumed great importance with respect to plant biotechnology. The present book amalgamates all three aspects into one, practical applications of various techniques being the need of the hour.
It discusses micropropagation studies on several crop plants, molecular basis of understanding various life processes including molecular basis of somatic embryogenesis and other physiological and biochemical processes having significant biotechnological applications. It also includes in vitro studies of some important plants like Aloe vera, Simmondsia chinensis, Anacyclus pyrethrum and Crataeva nurvala, Arachis hypogaea L., Phoenix dactylifera, Dendrocalamus asper, Asparagus adescendens Roxb., natural products of plant origin with their therapeutic potential and biotechnological production, genome analysis of crop plants with future applications in biotechnology etc.

Contents:

Contamination Control and Enhanced Axillary Budding from Mature Explants of Taxus baccata ssp. Wallichiana / Bioinformatics: an Overview / Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology / In Vivo and In Vitro Studies on Plant Tumors / Integrated Approaches of Mutagenesis and In Vitro Selection for Crop Improvement / Clonal Fidelity in Micropropagated Plants / Tissue Culture of Date Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera L.)—A Non-conventional Approach / Cytological Analysis of Nodal Stem Segment and Callus Regenerated Plantlets of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Neem) / Establishment of an in vitro Clonal Propagation Method for Commercial Exploitation from A High Biomass Yielding Aloe Vera (L.) Germplasm / Unravelling the Molecular Basis of Somatic Embryogenesis / Doubled Haploids in Crop Brassicas: Retrospect and Prospects / A Review of Tissue Culture Studies on Bamboos / Cloning of Female Plant of Simmondsia Chinensis (Link) Schneider Selected for Cultivation in Rajasthan / Comparative Studies on Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration from Immature and Mature Zygotic Embryo Axes of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) / In Vitro Studies and Micropropagation of Anacyclus pyrethrum and Crataeva nurvala / Micropropagation and Large-Scale Plant Regeneration of Edible Bamboo Dendrocalamus asper through Somatic Embryogenesis / Natural Products of Plant Origin with Therapeutic Potentiality and their Biotechnological Production / Micropropagation of Medicinal Plants of Indian Desert and Aravallies / Morphological and Biochemical Changes in in vitro Raised Arachis Hypogaea Var RG-141, Under Different Growth Regulators / Morphogenesis in Cultured Tissues of Three Grass Species / In Vitro Propagation of Vigna sp / Biology and Biotechnology of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) — A Review / Propagation of Chlorophytum Borivilianum San. and Fern.—A Review / Recent Advances in Micropropagation of Chlorophytum Borivilianum Sant.&Fern. / Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites by Elicitation and Metabolic Engineering / High Frequency Plant Regeneration for Saccharum Munja — A Useful Plant of Arid Area / Biology and Biotechnology of Lasiurus Sindicus (Shewan): A Valuable Grass of Thar Desert / Liquid Culture System Stimulates In Vitro Growth and Shoot Multiplication in Some Medicinally Important Plant Species of Aravallis in Rajasthan / In Vitro Approaches for Plant Regeneration and Conservation of Some Potential Medicinal Plants / Rejuvenation of Mature Plant Tissues / Molecular Characterization of Diversity in Feronia limonia Using ISSR Markers / Molecular and Morphometric Diversity in Relation to Breeding System in Andrographis Paniculata (Burm. f.) Nees / An Approach to Determine Polymorphic and Sharing of Genome Between Crops of Poaceae Family (Wheat, Rice and Sugarcane) Using RAPD as Genetic Tool / Molecular Biology of Fruit Ripening / Molecular Markers — an Important and Indispensable Biotechnological Tool for Crop Improvement and Conservation / Morphological and Molecular Characterization of a Rare Medicinal Herb ‘Safed Musli’ (Chlorophytum Borivilianum Sant. Et Fernand.) / Biochemical Changes Associated with Morphogenesis in Saffron / Insecticidal Genes and their Sustainable Use in Insect Resistant Transgenic Crops / Gene Tagging : A Golden Research Area in Agriculture Biotechnology / Alternative Respiration may Have a Role in Reducing Oxidative Stress in Plants / Tissue Culture Techniques in Introgression of Resistance to Alternaria helianthi from Wild Sunflowers to Cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) / Virus Resistance Inducing Proteins From Plants / Effect of Nacl and Thermal Stress on Proline Content and Electrophoretic Behaviour of Protein in Small-Millets Seedlings Grown In Vitro / A Study of Systemic Acquired Responses to Pathogen Attack in Certain Economically Important Crops / Efficient Microdosing of Phosphorus to Pearl millet Hybrids (Pennisetum americanum L.) for Improved Seedling Establishment under Nutrient-Stressed Environments / Index

Readership: The book is useful for postgraduates and researchers in plant biotechnology and related areas like plant science, biotechnology, bioscience, environmental science, food biosciences and chemistry. It will also be of interest for professionals working in the plant biotechnology industry.