Plant Biology and Biotechnology Volume II: Plant Genomics and Biotechnology / edited by Bir Bahadur, Manchikatla Venkat Rajam, Leela Sahijram, K. V. Krishnamurthy.

Plant genomics and biotechnology have recently made enormous strides, and hold the potential to benefit agriculture, the environment and various other dimensions of the human endeavor. It is no exaggeration to claim that the twenty-first century belongs to biotechnology. Knowledge generation in this...

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Other Authors: Bahadur, Bir (Editor), Venkat Rajam, Manchikatla (Editor), Sahijram, Leela (Editor), Krishnamurthy, K. V. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Arabidopsis thaliana: A Model for Plant Research
  • 2. Microalgae in Biotechnological Application: A Commercial Approach
  • 3. Application of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Tools in Plant-Fungal Interactions
  • 4. Genetic Markers, Trait Mapping and Marker-Assisted Selection in Plant Breeding
  • 5. Doubled Haploid Platform - An Accelerated Breeding Approach for Crop Improvement
  • 6. Plant Molecular Biology Applications in Horticulture: An Overview
  • 7. A History of Genomic Structures: The Big Picture
  • 8. Organellar Genomes of Flowering Plants
  • 9. DNA Fingerprinting Techniques for Plant Identification
  • 10. Functional Genomics
  • 11. Translating the Genome for Translational Research: Proteomics in Agriculture
  • 12. Epigenetic Mechanisms in Plants: An Overview
  • 13. Bioinformatics: Application to Genomics
  • 14. Systems Biology: A New Frontier in Science
  • 15. Somatic Embryogenesis
  • 16. Micropropagation of Plants
  • 17. Efficacy of Biotechnological Approaches to Raise Wide Sexual Hybrids
  • 18. Hybrid Embryo Rescue in Crop Improvement
  • 19. Applications of Triploids in Agriculture
  • 20. Improving Secondary Metabolite Production in Plant Tissue Cultures
  • 21. Somaclonal Variation in Micropropagated Crops
  • 22. In vitro Conservation of Plant Germplasm
  • 23. Gene Banking for ex situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources
  • 24. Conservation and Management of Endemic and Threatened Plant Species in India- An Overview
  • 25. Biotechnological Approaches in Improvement of Spices – A Review
  • 26. Metabolic Engineering in Plants
  • 27. Genetically Modified Crops
  • 28. Engineering of Plants for the Production of Commercially Important Products: Approaches and Accomplishments
  • 29. Genetic Engineering Strategies for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
  • 30. Genetic Engineering Strategies for Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
  • 31. RNAi for Crop Improvement
  • 32. Plant Micro RNAs: Biogenesis, Functions and Applications
  • 33. Environmental Biotechnology: A Quest for Sustainable Solutions
  • 34. Phytoremediation: General Account and Its Application
  • 35. Marine Biotechnology: Potentials of Marine Microbes and Algae with Reference to Pharmacological and Commercial Values
  • 36. Desert Plant Biotechnology: Jojoba, Date Palm and Acacia Species
  • 37. Rural Biotechnology in Transforming Agriculture and Rural Livelihood.