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This book describes the recent biotechnological advancement and developments in plant tissue culture and transgenic. Plant tissue culture techniques such as such as micropropagation, regeneration, somaclonal variation, somatic embryogenesis, anther/pollen/embryo culture, discussed for genetic improvement of crop plant.
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1. Transgenic Technology in Crop Improvement. 2. Elicitation: A Biotechnological Approach for Enhancement of Secondary Metabolites in in vitro Cultures. 3. Tissue Culture of Rare and Endangered Forest Plant Species of India. 4. Enhancement of nutritional, pharmaceutical and industrial value of crops through genetic modification with carotenoid Pathway Genes. 5. Factors influencing Somatic Embryogenesis and Regeneration with Particular Reference to Carica Papaya L. 6. Application of Plant Tissue Culture for Improvement of Centella Asiatica. 7. Improvement of Seed Protein Quality in some important Food Crops using Genetic Engineering Approaches. 8. Somatic Embryogenesis and Transformation Studies in Ginger. 9. Role of Biotechnology in Genetic Improvement of Clitoria Ternatea: A Rare Medicinal Plant. 10. Molecular Clonal Fidelity Assessment of Micropropagated Orchids using DNA Markers. 11. Tissue Culture Studies in Lamiaceae - A Review. 12. Cinnamomum Tamala - A Review of its Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties and Micropropagation. 13. Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Mapping in Crop Improvement. 14. Progress in Genetic Engineering of Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] - A Review
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Dr. Nitish Kumar is Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has published more than 60 research articles and book chapters in leading international and national journals and books. He has a wide area of research experience in the field of genetic improvement of crop plant and has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various organizations, for example, the CSIR, DBT, ICAR and SERB-DST, BRNS-BARC, among others. He is an active reviewer for journals, including
Biotechnology Reports,
Aquatic Botany,
Industrial Crops and Products,
PLoS One,
Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, and
3Biotech to name a few. He also serves as an associate editor of the journal
Gene.
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This book describes the recent biotechnological advancement and developments in plant tissue culture and transgenic. Plant tissue culture techniques such as such as micropropagation, regeneration, somaclonal variation, somatic embryogenesis, anther/pollen/embryo culture, discussed for genetic improvement of crop plant.
