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- Compilation of latest advancement in the methods of plant genetic manipulation
- Special focus on crops with medicinal importance and high commercial value
- Discusses successful case studies of biotechnical techniques for enhanced productivity
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Plant biotechnology has now become a key tool in improving crop productivity and enhancing commercial value of plant products. The book complies various methods of in vitro propagation and genetic manipulation of important aromatic and medicinal plants. It puts together latest techniques and innovations in the field of plant biotechnology such as effective protocols of genetic manipulation, isolation of secondary metabolites, use of somaclonal variation, stress management in plants. It also explores the role of various physiological and biochemical factors affecting the genetic stability of in-vitro cultured plants. These themes are of interest to both graduate and postgraduate students. Further this book will be useful for to researchers, academicians and industrialist to review latest progress and future prospects of these technologies.
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Book Title: Propagation and Genetic Manipulation of Plants
Editors: Iram Siddique
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7736-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7735-2Published: 13 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7738-3Published: 14 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7736-9Published: 12 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 175
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Biochemistry, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Physiology, Plant Genetics and Genomics