Biotechnological Advances in Bamboo

1. Front Matter

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2. Bamboo: Origin, Habitat, Distributions and Global Prospective

   • Zishan Ahmad, Anamica Upadhyay, Yulong Ding, Abolghassem Emamverdian, Anwar Shahzad

   Pages 1-31

3. Molecular Markers in Bamboos: Understanding Reproductive Biology, Genetic Structure, Interspecies Diversity, and Clonal Fidelity for Conservation and Breeding

   • Enéas Ricardo Konzen, Luciano Cesar Pozzobon, Denys Matheus Santana Costa Souza, Sérgio Bruno Fernandes, Wellington Ferreira Campos, Gilvano Ebling Brondani et al.

   Pages 33-62

4. Standard Protocols for in Vitro Propagation of Bamboo with Emphasis on Axillary Shoot Proliferation

   • Víctor M. Jiménez, Andrea Holst, Paula Carvajal-Campos, Eric Guevara

   Pages 63-84

5. Somatic Embryogenesis in Bamboos: Advances and Prospects

   • Luiza Giacomolli Polesi, Leila do Nascimento Vieira, Miguel Pedro Guerra, Hugo Pacheco de Freitas Fraga

   Pages 85-105

6. Initiation and Establishment of Cell Suspension Cultures in Bamboo

   • Fernanda Furlan Queiroz, Inaê Mariê de Araújo Silva-Cardoso, Jonny Everson Scherwinski-Pereira

   Pages 107-127

7. Foliar-Anatomical Adaptations of Micropropagated Plants of Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees Towards Photoautotrophic Conditions

   • Mahipal S. Shekhawat, Bharat S. Rajput, M. Manokari

   Pages 129-144

8. Micropropagation of Bamboos and Clonal Fidelity Assessment Using Molecular Markers

   • Leimapokpam Tikendra, Ravish Choudhary, Rajkumari Sanayaima Devi, Abhijit Dey, Angamba Meetei Potshangbam, Potshangbam Nongdam

   Pages 145-185

9. Standardization of Laboratory to Land Transfer Strategies of Micropropagated Plantlets of Bamboo

   • Kalpataru Dutta Mudoi, Himangshu Lekhak, Nilakshi Borah, Debashish Bora, Siddhartha Proteem Saikia

   Pages 187-206

10. Management of Bamboo Genetic Resources and Clonal Production Systems

    • Enéas Ricardo Konzen, Denys Matheus Santana Costa Souza, Sérgio Bruno Fernandes, Gilvano Ebling Brondani, Dulcinéia de Carvalho, Wellington Ferreira Campos

    Pages 207-228

11. Polymorphism and Phylogenetic Relationships in Bamboo

    • Irfan Bashir Ganie, Alin Liana, Zishan Ahmad, Anwar Shahzad

    Pages 229-250

12. Transgenic Approaches in Bamboo

    • Irfan Bashir Ganie, Anwar Shahzad, Zishan Ahmad, Najat A. Bukhari, Kahkashan Parveen

    Pages 251-273

13. Advances in the Conservation of Bamboo Genetic Resources Through Whole Seed Cryopreservation

    • Jonny Everson Scherwinski-Pereira, Jênifer Silva Nogueira, Janaína Medeiros Vasconcelos, Joane dos Santos Neves, Talita Aparecida Balzon

    Pages 275-290

14. Application of Biotechnological Tool in Bamboo Improvement

    • Anwar Shahzad, Sabaha Tahseen, Adla Wasi, Zishan Ahmad, Akil A. Khan

    Pages 291-312

15. Ethnobamboology: Traditional Uses of Bamboos and Opportunities to Exploit Genomic Resources for Better Exploitation

    • Souradeep Banerjee, Mridushree Basak, Smritikana Dutta, Chhandam Chanda, Abhijit Dey, Malay Das

    Pages 313-352

16. Bamboo Flowering in South America: What the Past Tells about the Future

    • Carolina Guerreiro, Andrea S. Vega

    Pages 353-377

17. Molecular Markers in Bamboo Genotyping: Prospects for Conservation and Breeding

    • Lucina Yeasmin, Md. Nasim Ali

    Pages 379-399

18. Application of Bamboo in the Food and Pharmaceutical Industry

    • Oinam Santosh, Harjit Kaur Bajwa, Madho Singh Bisht, Nirmala Chongtham

    Pages 401-429

19. Functional Pasta: A Comparative Study of the Use of Bamboo Fibers and White Fibers

    • Amanda Rios Ferreira, Felipe Gianasi, Thaisa de Menezes Alves Moro, Mária Herminia Ferrari Felisberto, Elisa Cristina Andrade Neves, Maria Teresa Pedrosa Silva Clerici

    Pages 431-446

20. Bamboo Fiber as a Substitute for Fat and/or Sugar in Cookies

    • Mária Herminia Ferrari Felisberto, Patricia Satie Endo Miyake, Amanda Rios Ferreira, Thaísa de Menezes Alves Moro, Elisa Cristina Andrade Neves, Maria Teresa Pedrosa Silva Clerici

    Pages 447-461

“Green gold” or “Poor Man’s Timber” are commonly used terms for bamboo that is a valuable and renewable resource of the world, and has always been an elemental part of human beings in terms of social and economic value. Bamboo is considered a multipurpose plant and has a prolonged history as an adaptable and extensively used renewable resource in conventional and commercial applications. Therefore, the annual demands for bamboos have already out-crossed the annual yields across the world. And the current scenario has forced scientists to pay more attention to the utilization of biotechnological tools for better understanding and improving bamboos. The book provides an overview of the different biotechnological approaches to advance bamboo research and better utilization of bamboo resources for human beings. Various applications of biological techniques in relation to bamboo have been discussed in details, for example, plant tissue culture techniques, somatic embryogenesis, germplasm conservation techniques, use of the molecular markers, transcriptomics, polymorphism, and phylogenetic relations in bamboo. It also addresses the novel industrial applications of bamboo in structural, food, and pharmaceuticals along with traditional uses. The aggregated information in this book demonstrates the way for the improved and sustainable practice of bamboos to fulfill the future needs of the world. This book is intended for use in both the industry and academia

• Bamboo biotechnology
• Bamboo shoot
• Green gold
• Molecular marker
• Somatic embryogenesis

• Bamboo development laboratory, Bamboo Research Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China

  Zishan Ahmad

• Bamboo development laboratory, Bamboo Research Institute Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China

  Yulong Ding

• Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

  Anwar Shahzad

Dr. Zishan Ahmad has over 7 years (including Ph.D. duration) of research experience in plant biotechnology and currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Bamboo Research Institute of Nanjing Forestry University in Nanjing, China. He obtained his Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University in India, in the year 2019. He received financial assistance from Department of Science and Technology (DST), India during his Ph.D. work. He also qualified different national level talent test conducted by The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India and Agricultural scientific recruitment board (ASRB), India. He published over 11 research articles and 05 book chapters in various journals/books of great repute. He attended several national/international conferences, workshop/research training and received prestigious awards from various scientific societies. He also represented Faculty of Life sciences, Aligarh Muslim University in zonal and national level competitions conducted by University Grant Commission (UGC), India. 

Dr. Yulong Ding has over 35 years of research experience in bamboo. He is a professor at Bamboo Research Institute of Nanjing Forestry University in China and recently appointed as the Director of Bamboo Resource Cultivation Engineering Technology Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Bureau in China. He was a visiting scholar at the University Hamburg, Institute of Wood Biology, Germany, for 2 years. He chaired over 10 projects funded by the Jiangsu provincial government, or Ministry of Science and Technology, or the Ministry of education, China. He holds membership of several academic bodies/societies Chinese bamboo association, the National standard committee of bamboo products and the director of the association committee of bamboo resources and ecology. He published over 200 research articles and 6 book chapters, also edited one book. He has been serving as an editorial board member for several journals. 

 Dr. Anwar Shahzad has over 25 years of research experience in plant biotechnology and is currently working as a professor in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University in India. He owns several awards like the Bharat Vikas Award, 2018 by Institute of self-reliance, India; excellence in research by 5th academic brilliance awards-17, India, and Marie Curie award 2015. He has successfully guided 11 Ph.D. and completed several research projects funded by the government of India. He holds membership of several academic bodies/societies including the Indian Botanical Society (IBS), the Directorate of Plant Biotechnology (DPB), IASR, Indian Science Congress Associations, and Ibna Sina academy of medieval medicine and Science. He published over 98 research articles, 27 book chapters and edited 3 books. His articles have been cited over 1849 times with a Google h-index of 24. He has been part of several editorial boards of journals.

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