Biotechnology: Prospects and Applications

Biotechnology: Prospects and Applications edited by R.K. Salar, S.K. Gahlawat, P. Siwach, J.S. Duhan.

Biotechnology: Prospects and Applications covers the review of recent developments in biotechnology and international authorship presents global issues that help in our understanding of the role of biotechnology in solving important scientific and societal problems for the benefit of mankind and env...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Salar, R.K (Editor), Gahlawat, S.K (Editor), Siwach, P. (Editor), Duhan, J.S (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Plant breeding.
Environment.
Medicine.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section - I: Agriculture and Food Biotechnology
  • 1. Emerging Dynamics of Brassinosteroids Research
  • 2. Molecular Basis of Salt Tolerance in Wheat and Other Crop Plants
  • 3. Role of Biotechnology for Commercial Production of Fruit crops
  • 4. Starch: its functional, in vitro digestibility, modification and applications
  • 5. Molecular strategies for improving mineral density and bioavailability in rice
  • 6. Hairy root cultures of Medicinal Trees: a viable alternative for commercial production of high value secondary metabolites
  • 7. Precision phenotyping for mapping of traits for abiotic stress tolerance in crops
  • Section - II: Microbial Biotechnology
  • 8. Physiology of free and immobilised brewer’s yeast in stress conditions
  • 9. Biofuels from Green Microalgae
  • 10. Molecular Diversity of Rhizobial and Non rhizobial Bacteria from Nodules of Cool season Legumes
  • 11. Bacteriocins from Lactic Acid Bacteria
  • 12.Third generation green energy: Cyanobacteria key to production of sustainable energy through metabolic engineering
  • Section - III: Environmental Biotechnology
  • 13. Bioremediation of PCB-Contaminated Sediments and Adaptive Mechanisms of Bacterial Degraders Exposed to PCBs
  • 14. Metal Organic Frameworks: New smart materials for biological application
  • 15. Potential Bioherbicides: Indian perspectives
  • 16. Nitrite Biosensors: Analytical Tools for Determination of Toxicity due to presence of nitrite ions
  • V. Dhull, A. Gahlaut, A. Gothwal, J.S. Duhan and V. Hooda 17. Evaluation of low cost biotechnology for community based domestic water treatment
  • Section - IV: Animal Biotechnology
  • 18. Whole genome sequencing strategies and development of Orbivirus sequence database: implications for novel dsRNA virus detection
  • 19. Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Farm Animals –Applications in Health and Production
  • 20. Animal forensics and applications
  • 21. Rapid detection of viruses using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP): A Review.

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