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- Editors:
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Shri Mohan Jain
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, Department of Agricultural, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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S. Dutta Gupta
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Dept. Agricultural & Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
- The first comprehensive resource worldwide that reflects research achievements in neglected and underutilized crop biotechnology
- Comprehensive reviews of selected neglected and underutilized crops
- 40 Colour illustrations
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-viii
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Section 1
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- Eulogio de la Cruz Torres, Guadalupe Palomino Hasbach, Juan Manuel GarcÃa Andrade, Cristina Mapes Sánchez, Josefina González Jiménez, Thelma Falcón Bárcenas et al.
Pages 3-31
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- Duong Tan Nhut, Do Dang Giap, Bui Van The Vinh, Nguyen Thi Kim Loan, Nguyen Phuc Huy, Nguyen Thanh Hai et al.
Pages 33-42
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- Duong Tan Nhut, Nguyen Thanh Hai, Nguyen Phuc Huy, Hoang Xuan Chien, Nguyen Ba Nam
Pages 43-57
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Section 2
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- Maria Benina, Veselin Petrov, Valentina Toneva, Atanaska Teneva, Tsanko Gechev
Pages 61-70
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- Korinna Esfeld, Cristobal Uauy, Zerihun Tadele
Pages 83-113
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Section 3
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Front Matter
Pages 115-115
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- Sharad Tiwari, Sunil Kumar
Pages 117-171
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- Eric N. Jellen, Peter J. Maughan, Daniel Bertero, Hassan Munir
Pages 173-201
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Section 4
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Front Matter
Pages 295-295
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- M. Sujatha, S. Dutta Gupta
Pages 297-318
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- M. Sujatha, S. Nithianantham, M. P. Reddy
Pages 319-342
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- Rajesh Pati, M. Muthukumar
Pages 343-365
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- Xiaoling He, Maureen M. M. Fitch, Yun J. Zhu, Susan C. Miyasaka
Pages 367-383
About this book
This important reference is the first comprehensive resource worldwide that reflects research achievements in neglected and underutilized crop biotechnology, documenting research events during the last three decades, current status, and future outlook. This book has 16 chapters divided into 4 sections. Section 1 has three chapters dealing with Chenopodium as a potential food source, thin cell layer technology in micropropagation of Jatropha, and Panax vietnamensis. Section 2 deals with molecular biology and physiology of Haberlea rhodopensis, cell trait prediction in vitro and in vivo of legumes, and application of TILLING in orphan crops. Section 3 has five chapters on biotechnology of neglected oil crops, Quinoa, Erucia sativa, Stylosanthes, and Miscanthus. And Section 4 contains five chapters mainly on genetic transformation of Safflower, Jatropha, Bael, and Taro. This section also includes a chapter on genetic engineering of Mangroves.
Editors and Affiliations
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, Department of Agricultural, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Shri Mohan Jain
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Dept. Agricultural & Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
S. Dutta Gupta