Biotechnology in Horticulture: Methods and Applications

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Contents: 1. Transgenic ornamentals with reduced ethylene production and perception/Shigeru Satoh, Yusuke Kosugi and Takako Narumi. 2. DNA barcoding and its applications in horticultural crops/Deepu Mathew. 3. Genome mapping and gene tagging for marker assisted selection/R. Sujatha and K.V. Peter. 4. Climate change research amenities with special emphasis on CO2 fertilization effect/Debashis Chakraborty and Sourav Saha. 5. Advances in molecular breeding of perennial spice crops/K. Nirmal Babu, V.A. Parthasarathy and K.V. Peter. 6. Molecular stress biology of spice plants-a new frontier of plant improvement/E.V. Soniya and Sweda Sreekumar. 7. Mycorrhizal symbiosis for sustainable horticulture/D.J. Bagyaraj. 8. Carbohydrate metabolism during fruit spoilage/Neelima Garg and V.K. Singh. 9. Processing potatoes in sub-tropical climates/Dinesh Kumar, Parveen Kumar, S.K. Pandey and S.V. Singh. 10. Postharvest physiology and technology of pomegranate fruit/Sunil Pareek. 11. Probiotic functional foods in recent times/Renu Agrawal. 12. Recent trends in food biotechnology for value addition with special reference to probiotics/Renu Agrawal. 13. Aflatoxin contamination in Chilli and its management/S. Sudha and M.K. Naik. 14. Hybrid vigour in ash gourd/L. Pugalendhi, V. Rajashree, S. Praneetha and S. Natarajan. 15. Safe management of borers in vegetables/R. Srinivasan. 16. Mode and mechanism of pollination in Horticultural crops/T. Vanaja. Index.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR K V Peter

Prof. K.V. Peter , Ph.D, is Former VC of KAU in Trichur, India and Coordinator of the Department of Biotechnology (GOI) funded projects on plantation crops and spices. Prof. Peter is a horticulturist, a plant breeder and an acknowledged research manager. He is the former Director for the Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut (ICAR) and former Professor and Director of Research, KAU. Professor Peter is the editor of seven books and author or co-author of thirteen books/bulletins and 132 research papers. The ICAR conferred on Prof. Peter the Rafi Ahamed Kidwai Prize, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences awarded the Recognition Award 1999 for contributions to crop improvement, and the University of Agricultural Sciences conferred the M.H. Marygowda Award for being the Best Horticultural Scientist. Prof. Peter is the Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.