Overview
Includes ecology and conservation, tree anatomy and evolution, pathology and propagation
Includes synseed techniques on how to preserve the elite germplasm of the woody species
Emphasizes on molecular marker system to confirm the clonal integrity of the tree species for their large production in industrial and pharmaceutical uses
Describes numerous methods for in vitro propagation and quality protocols that help the reader to execute the experiments quickly
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About the authors
Ankita Varshney obtained her Ph.D. degree in Botany (Plant Biotechnology) in 2012 from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Currently, she is working as a Young Scientist under DST-FAST TRACK scheme. Earlier, she worked as Research Associate of CSIR, New Delhi. She has published 10 research papers in journals of national and international repute. Her research focuses on in vitro regeneration, biochemical and molecular characterization of medicinal plants.
Mohammad Anis is a Professor and a Former Chairman in the Department of Botany at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He has 26 years of teaching and research experience in cytogenetics, plant tissue culture and morphogenesis. He has published more than 150 research papers in journals of national and international repute. His current research focuses on morphogenesis and in vitro propagation of medicinal and woody plant species. He has been a Programme Coordinator of DST-FIST, DBT-HRD and UGC-DRS-I projects in the department. He has been conferred with “Vigyan Ratan Samman-2010” by the U.P. Council of Science and Technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Trees: Propagation and Conservation
Book Subtitle: Biotechnological Approaches for Propagation of a Multipurpose Tree, Balanites aegyptiaca Del.
Authors: Ankita Varshney, Mohammad Anis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1701-5
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-1700-8Published: 27 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2934-6Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-1701-5Published: 14 January 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 116
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Sciences, Sustainable Development, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Natural Hazards, Industrial and Production Engineering