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Fiber Plants

Biology, Biotechnology and Applications

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  • © 2016

Overview

  • Biodiversity resource utilization is need of the hour
  • Book is unique to combine biotechnology, developmental biology and applications
  • Chapters by world authorities of their subject
  • Describes new developments in fiber plants
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity (SDEB, volume 13)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Biology

  2. Biotechnology

  3. Applications

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About this book

This book assesses the potential effects of biotechnological approaches, particularly genetic modification, on the present state of fiber crop cultivation and sustainable production. Leading international researchers discuss and explain how biotechnology can affect and solve problems in connection with fiber crops. The topics covered include biology, biotechnology, genomics and applications of fiber crops like cotton, flax, jute and bamboo.
 
Providing complete, comprehensive and broad subject-based reviews, the book offers a valuable resource for students, teachers, and researchers including agriculturists, biotechnologists and botanists, as well as industrialists and government agencies involved in the planning of fiber crop cultivation.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Botany Department, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India

    K.G. Ramawat

  • Genetics and Biotechnology, Zobel Forestry Associates, New Paltz, USA

    M. R. Ahuja

About the editors

Both editors have already published with Springer, the corresponding editor is the also the series editor. 

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