Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Markers

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. In Vitro Androgenesis: Events Preceding Its Cytological Manifestation

   • Shashi B. Babbar, Nishi Kumari, Jitendera K. Mishra

   Pages 1-14

3. Doubled Haploids: A Powerful Biotechnological Tool for Genetic Enhancement in Oilseed Brassicas

   • Deepak Prem, Kadambari Gupta, Abha Agnihotri

   Pages 18-30

4. Double Fertilisation in vitro and Transgene Technology

   • Erhard Kranz, Yoichiro Hoshino, Takashi Okamoto, Stefan Scholten

   Pages 31-42

5. Polymorphism of Sexual and Somatic Embryos as Manifestation of Their Developmental Parallelism under Natural Conditions and in Tissue Culture

   • Tatyana B. Batygina

   Pages 43-59

6. Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering of Polyamines in Plants

   • M.V. Rajam, R. Kumria, S. Singh

   Pages 60-77

7. Biotechnological Approaches Towards Improvement of Medicinal Plants

   • Alka Narula, Sanjeev Kumar, K.C. Bansal, P.S. Srivastava

   Pages 78-116

8. Production of Phytochemicals in Plant Cell Bioreactors

   • Saurabh Chattopadhyay, A.K. Srivastava, V.S. Bisaria

   Pages 117-128

9. Development of Biotechnology for Commiphora wightii: A Potent Source of Natural Hypolipidemic and Hypocholesterolemic Drug

   • Sandeep Kumar, S.S Suri, K.C. Sonie, K.G. Ramawat

   Pages 129-143

10. Biotechnology in Quality Improvement of Oilseed Brassicas

    • Abha Agnihotri, Deepak Prem, Kadambari Gupta

    Pages 144-155

11. Role of Biotechnology for Incorporating White Rust Resistance in Brassica Species

    • Kadambari Gupta, Deepak Prem, Abha Agnihotri

    Pages 156-168

12. Current Trends in Forest Tree Biotechnology

    • E.M. Muralidharan, Jose Kallarackal

    Pages 169-182

13. Cloning Forestry Species

    • Vibha Dhawan, Sanjay Saxena

    Pages 183-194

14. Micropropagation of Woody Plants

    • J.S. Rathore, Vinod Rathore, N.S. Shekhawat, R.P. Singh, G. Liler, Mahendra Phulwaria et al.

    Pages 195-205

15. Biotechnology in Mulberry (Morus spp.) Crop Improvement: Research Directions and Priorities

    • S.B. Dandin, V. Girish Naik

    Pages 206-216

16. Development of High Efficiency Micropropagation Protocol of an Adult Tree—Wrightia tomentosa

    • S.D. Purohit, P. Joshi, K. Tak, R. Nagori

    Pages 217-227

17. In Vitro Regeneration and Improvement in Tropical Fruit Trees: An Assessment

    • Madhulika Singh, Uma Jaiswal, V.S. Jaiswal

    Pages 228-243

18. Tissue Culture of Cashewnut

    • Sumita Jha, Sudripta Das

    Pages 244-260

19. Changing Scenarios in Indian Horticulture

    • Sanjay Saxena, Vibha Dhawan

    Pages 261-277

20. Cryopreservation: A Potential Tool for Long-term Conservation of Medicinal Plants

    • Sonali Dixit, Sangeeta Ahuja, Alka Narula, P.S. Srivastava

    Pages 278-288

The genesis of the volume, Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Markers, has been the occasion of the retirement of Professor Sant Saran Bhojwani from the Department of Botany, University of Delhi. For Professor Bhojwani, retirement only means relinquishing the chair as being a researcher and a teacher which has always been a way of life to him. Professor Bhojwani has been an ardent practitioner of modern plant biology and areas like Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Breeding have been close to his heart. The book contains original as well as review articles contributed by his admirers and associates who are experts in their area of research. While planning this contributory book our endeavour has been to incorporate articles that cover the entire gamut of Plant Biotechnology, and also applications of Molecular Markers. Besides articles on in vitro fertilization and micropropagation, there are articles on forest tree improvement through genetic engineering. Considering the importance of conservation of our precious natural wealth, one article deals with cryopreservation of plant material. Chapter on molecular marker considers DNA indexing as markers of clonal fidelity of in vitro regenerated plants and prevention against bio-piracy. A couple of write-ups also cover stage-specific gene markers, DNA polymorphism and genetic engineering, including raising of stress tolerant plants to sustain productivity and help in reclamation of degraded land.

• biotechnology
• plant
• plants

• Faculty of Science, Centre for Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

  P.S. Srivastava, Alka Narula

• Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

  Sheela Srivastava

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