Improvement Strategies of Leguminosae Biotechnology

1. Front Matter

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2. Technologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Breeding Methodologies for the Improvement of Grain Legumes

      • Paolo Ranalli

      Pages 3-21

   3. In Vitro Morphogenesis in Grain Legumes: An Overview

      • M. L. Mohan, K. V. Krishnamurthy

      Pages 23-63

   4. In Vitro Organogenesis

      • A. Ganapathi, V. R. Anbazhagan, S. Amutha, R. Prem Anand

      Pages 65-85

   5. Somatic Embryogenesis

      • P. Venkatachalam, N. Geetha, P. Priya, N. Jayabalan, G. Lakshmi Sita

      Pages 87-132

   6. Protoplasts of Grain and Forage Legumes: Their Exploitation in Genetic Manipulation, Physiological Investigations and Plant-Pathogen Interactions

      • M. R. Davey, R. Marchant, J. B. Power

      Pages 133-153

   7. Wide Hybridization in Important Food Legumes

      • Nalini Mallikarjuna

      Pages 155-171

3. Nitrogen Metabolism

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Perception and Processing of Nod Factor Signals

      • Hubert H. Felle

      Pages 175-189

   3. Nitrate Assimilation

      • Niharika Shankar, H. S. Srivastava

      Pages 191-199

   4. Improvement of Nitrogen Utilization

      • Bertrand Hirel, Judith Harrison, Anis Limami

      Pages 201-220

4. Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

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   2. Genetic Engineering for Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance

      • Rana P. Singh, Usha, S. M. H. Rizvi, Sonia, Pawan K. Jaiwal

      Pages 223-243

   3. Genetic Engineering for Insect Resistance

      • Rajani Jaiswal, P. Anand Kumar

      Pages 245-253

   4. Genetic Engineering for Virus Resistance

      • R. Usha, K. Veluthambi

      Pages 255-268

   5. Molecular Strategies for Fungal and Nematode Resistance

      • N. P. Singh, S. Datta, Bansa Singh

      Pages 269-277

5. Product Quality Improvement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279

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   2. Improvement of Methionine-Deficient Legumes Through Genetic Engineering

      • Lucilia Helena Marcellino, Eugen Silvano Gander

      Pages 281-290

   3. Development of Regeneration Protocols to Exploit Somaclonal Variations in Lathyrus Sativus for Developing Toxin Free Cultivar

      • S. L. Mehta, I. M. Santha

      Pages 291-299

Legumes include many very important crop plants that contribute critical protein to the diets of many around the world. Many important forages and green manure crops are legumes. Legumes are also large contributors to the vegetable oil and animal feed protein sectors. One characteristic of legumes that could become even more important as world energy sources decline and nitrogen fertilizer prices increase is nitrogen fixation, something few other plants can do. Thus legumes have a unique and important niche in agriculture. While some of the small seeded forage legumes have been relatively easy to work with in tissue culture as far as culture initiation, plant regeneration and transformation are concerned, most large seeded legumes, like soybean, have been recalcitrant. Today, however, many laboratories are inserting genes into soybean and producing unique plants for both commercial and scientific uses. These advancements have taken a large amount of research effort and still require time and labour.

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• DNA
• Embryo
• Expression
• biodiversity
• biotechnology
• genetic engineering
• hybridization
• metabolism
• morphogenesis
• nitrogen
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• Department of Biosciences, M.D. University, Rohtak, India

  Pawan K. Jaiwal, Rana P. Singh

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