The present book is divided into five sections. The first section deals with the methodology and bioresource generation, techniques related to genetic engineering and gene transfer to the nuclear genome and chloroplast genome. The new techniques of genome profiling and gene silencing are also present. The second section of the book deals with the classical aspects of plant biotechnology viz. tissue culture and Micropropagation. Use of genetic engineering via. Agrobacterium and direct transfer of DNA via particle bombardment to develop transformed plants in Artemesia, castor and orchids, and production of recombinant proteins in plant cells have been dealt with in the third section. The fourth section deals with the abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in plants. The basic biology of some of the stress responses, and designing plants for stress tolerance is discussed in this section. The fifth section deals with medicinal plants and alkaloid production.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ashwani Kumar
Ashwani Kumar, a Congress Party member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab, and Chairman, AICC Vichar Vibhag, is a practicing Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court and was appointed Additional Solicitor General of India in 1990 at the age of 37. He has appeared before the Court in landmark cases which include the Bhopal Gas case, the Gujarat Presidential Reference case and the recently decided Electoral Reforms case. At 33, he first represented India as a non-official member of the Indian Delegation to the UN General Assembly in1986 and later again in 1996. Ashwani Kumar ahs also served as a Spokesperson of the Congress Party and as member of the Congress Party's Economic Policy Introspection Group. He has travelled extensively and was as Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. He has also lectured at the University of Nice. He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of Parliament on Commerce and has also served as a member of the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy. Ashwani Kumar is the son of Late Prabodh Chandra, a veteran freedom fighter, distinguished parliamentarian and Congress leader from Punjab.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.K. Sopory
Prof. Sopory is the Head of the Plant Molecular Biology group at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Delhi. He had his earlier education till M.Sc. in Srinagar. He did his Ph.D. at the University of Delhi. Prof. Sopory has worked in various Institutions abroad; Max-Planck Institute, Koeln, and University of Munich, at Germany and at the University of Texas and United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville in USA. Before joining ICGEB he was Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University at Delhi. He is the recipient of Bhatnagar Award, Birbal Sahni Award, and other awards and is also the Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
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