Plant Biotechnology : Recent Advances
Contents: Preface. 1. Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation in crop plants/G. Lakshmi Sita and M. Manoharan. 2. Gene therapy: art, science and technology/M.L.H. Kaul and C. Nirmala. 3. Genetic transformation and production of transgenic plants/S.S. Gosal and S.K. Gosal. 4. Biotechnology of barley/R.K. Vishnoi, S. Kachhwaha and S.L. Kothari. 5. Genetic improvement of oil crops for optimization of oil quality/Sanjay J. Jambhulkar and D.C. Joshua. 6. Biotechnological advances in Brassica species: a review/L.K. Pareek and Manju Sharma. 7. Biotechnology of sesame: problems and prospects/K. Rajender Rao and K. Vaidyanath. 8. Restriction enzymes: DNA sequence, site-specific molecular-scissors/C. Nirmala and M.L.H. Kaul. 9. Application of biotechnology and molecular biology for improvement of Cicer arietinum L. (Chickpea)/Sonia, Preeti, Prerna Sharma, Ragini and P.K. Jaiwal. 10. Biotechnological approaches for the improvement of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L) Millsp)/N. Dolendro Singh, Sonia, L. Sahoo, S.M. Singh and P.K. Jaiwal. 11. Biotechnology and improvement of Jatropha curcas: a diesel substitute/Shikha Roy. 12. Hydrocarbon yielding plants and future prospects: biotechnological approach/Ashwini Kumar. 13. Recent advances in biotechnology of ferns/Smitha Hedge and L. D’Souza. 14. Biotechnological approaches for coffee improvement/H.L. Sreenath and B. Muniswamy. 15. Biotechnological applications for achievements in mints: state of the art/A.K. Kukreja. 16. Recent advances in biotechnology of perennial fruit crops/Atul Kumar and Vandana A. Kumar. 17. Transgenics in citrus improvements: achievements and future prospects/M.I.S. Gill and S.S. Gosal. 18. Micropropagation technology of neem (Azadirachta indica A. juss.)—review and an efficient protocol for the In Vitro cloning of candidate plus trees/S.K. Tiwari and K.P. Tiwari. 19. Regeneration in woody plants of arid zones with special reference to Prosopis: problems, perseverance and prospects/Rachana Sharma and K.G. Ramawat. 20. Secondary metabolites of Ayurvedic plants in vitro/Rajendra K. and L. D’Souza. 21. Solasodine production in multiple shoot cultures dervied from hairy roots of Solanum khasianum Clarke/N.P. Malapthalk. 22. Pharmaceuticals from medicinal plants/Padma Kumar. 23. Identification of bioactive compounds from medicinally important plants grown in vitro/O.P. Saxena, Meena Kumar, Ma Anantanand Tirth and Shobhna Saxena. 24. Phytotoxins as tools for in vitro selection of disease resistant plants: an overview/R.S. Shukla and A.K. Kukreja. 25. Biotechnology in the production of disease resistant plants/H.S. Chawla. 26. Vesicular Arbuscular mycorrhiza in vitro multiplication and application to micropropagated plants/Satwant K. Gosal, R.P. Gupta and S.S. Gosal. 27. Plant responses under heat and chill stresses/Jyoti Nargas and P.L. Swarnkar. 28. Histochemical analysis of zonation in the shoot apex of vascular plants/K.C. Sharma and Manju Sharma. 29. Plant hormone analysis—a critical appraisal of convention and modern techniques/Vrinda S. Thaker and Y.D. Gaur. 30. Signal transduction—a genetic enigma/Bipasha Chakravarty and M.L.H. Kaul. 31. Application of biotechnology in Plant nematology/P.C. Trivedi. Subject index.
"This book provides an authoritative review of many aspects of current interest and progress in the field of plant biotechnology that has been made in the recent past. This book includes thirty one chapters, prepared by specialists covering information on biotechnology of oil crops, coffee, mint, fruit crops, trees, hydrocarbon yielding plants, etc. Topics covering medicinal plants, transgenic plants, gene therapy, production of disease resistant plants, etc. have been specially included to project their use in the 21 century." (jacket)
[Pravin Chandra Trivedi is Associate Professor in Botany, Maharaja’s College, University of Rajasthan.]
