Plant Biotechnology: Principles and Applications

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
 Historical Perspective and Basic Principles of Plant Tissue Culture  (Anwar Shahzad, Shiwali Sharma, Shahina Parveen, Taiba Saeed, Arjumend Shaheen, Rakhshanda Akhtar et al.)....Pages 1-36
 Plant Tissue Culture: Applications in Plant Improvement and Conservation  (Anwar Shahzad, Shahina Parveen, Shiwali Sharma, Arjumend Shaheen, Taiba Saeed, Vikas Yadav et al.)....Pages 37-72
 Plant Genetic Resources: Their Conservation and Utility for Plant Improvement  (Tapan Kumar Mondal, Krishna Kumar Gagopadhyay)....Pages 73-92
 Methods in Transgenic Technology  (Malik M. Ahmad, Athar Ali, Saba Siddiqui, Kamaluddin, Malik Zainul Abdin)....Pages 93-115
 Plant Promoters: Characterization and Applications in Transgenic Technology  (S. V. Amitha Mithra, K. Kulkarni, R. Srinivasan)....Pages 117-172
 Metabolic Engineering of Secondary Plant Metabolism  (Usha Kiran, Athar Ali, Kamaluddin, Malik Zainul Abdin)....Pages 173-190
 Plastome Engineering: Basics Principles and Applications  (Malik Zainul Abdin, Priyanka Soni, Shashi Kumar)....Pages 191-206
 Genetic Engineering to Improve Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plants  (Savithri Purayannur, Kamal Kumar, Praveen Kumar Verma)....Pages 207-232
 Developing Stress-Tolerant Plants by Manipulating Components Involved in Oxidative Stress  (Shweta Sharma, Usha Kiran, Sudhir Kumar Sopory)....Pages 233-248
 Plant Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystem  (Sanjay Kumar, Surender Kumar Vats)....Pages 249-271
 Drought-Associated MicroRNAs in Plants: Characterization and Functions  (Priyanka Soni, Malik Zainul Abdin)....Pages 273-294
 Molecular Markers and Marker-Assisted Selection in Crop Plants  ( Kamaluddin, M. A. Khan, Usha Kiran, Athar Ali, Malik Zainul Abdin, M. Y. Zargar et al.)....Pages 295-328
 Plant-Based Edible Vaccines: Issues and Advantages  (Mohan Babu Appaiahgari, Usha Kiran, Athar Ali, Sudhanshu Vrati, Malik Zainul Abdin)....Pages 329-366
 Biosafety, Bioethics, and IPR Issues in Plant Biotechnology  (Usha Kiran, Malik Zainul Abdin, Nalini Kant Pandey)....Pages 367-392