Advances in Plant Transgenics: Methods and Applications, 1st ed. 2019

The green revolution led to the development of improved varieties of crops, especially cereals, and since then, classical or molecular breeding has resulted in the creation of economically valuable species. Thanks to recent developments in genetic engineering, it has become possible to introduce genes from different sources, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, mice and humans, to plants. This technology has made the scientific community aware of the critical role of transgenics, not only as a means of producing stress tolerant crops but also as a platform for the production of therapeutics through molecular farming.

This book discusses the commercial applications of plant transgenic technologies, including the use of transgenic cell culture approachesto improve the production of metabolites and high-value therapeutics as well as transgenic plants in pest management. It also explores generation of novel vectors, protein production using chloroplast engineering and the latest developments in this area, such as genome editing in plants. Featuring general discussions and research papers by leading international experts, it is a valuable resource for scientists, teachers, students and industrialists working in the field.

Chapter 1. Plant Tissue Culture and DNA Delivery Methods.- Chapter 2. Cell Cultures and Hairy Roots as Platform for Production of High Value Metabolites: Current Approaches, Limitations and Future Prospects.- Chapter 3. Integrating Bioinformatics and Omics tools for systems analysis of abiotic stress tolerance in Oryza sativa (L.).- Chapter 4. Green Biotechnology: A brief update on Plastid Genome Engineering.- Chapter 5. New Generation Transformation Vectors.- 6 Recent Developments in Generation of Marker Free Transgenic Plants.- Chapter 7. Applications of Genome Engineering/Editing Tools in Plants.- Chapter 8. High Throughput Analytical Techniques to Screen Plant Transgenics.- Chapter 9. Transgenic Technologies and their Potential Application in Horticultural Crop Improvement.- Chapter 10. Commercial Application of Transgenic Plants in Virus Management.- Chapter 11. Application of Reed Beds in Wastewater Treatment: Scope for Transgenic Plants.- Chapter 12. Inspection of Crop Wild Relative (Cicer microphyllum) as Potential Genetic Resource in Transgenic Development.- Chapter 13. Genome Modification Approaches to Improve Performance, Quality and Stress Tolerance of Mediterranean Fruit Species.- Chapter 14. Key Challenges in Developing Products from Transgenic Plants.- Chapter 15. Enhanced Production of Therapeutic Proteins in Plants: Novel Expression Strategies.- Chapter 16. Transcriptional Engineering for Enhancing Valuable Metabolites in Photosynthetic Microalgae.

Dr. Rajeev Kumar is working as Scientist in String Bio Private Limited, India after completing 5 years of post-doctoral research in CSIR- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow and Research Centre Bangalore. He received fellowships like Senior Research Associateship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India and Research Associateship from Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. During his PhD tenure, he was awarded one year fellowship from Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal to work with Prof. Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt, University of Evora, Portugal.  He has published 15 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals and authored 14 book chapters. Dr. Hema Jagadeesan is currently an Associate Professor in Biotechnology at PSG College of Technology, India and actively pursuing research in the area of environmental biotechnology, especially plant-microbe interactions in remediation. She holds a PhD in Plant Sciences from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India and MSc. in Environmental Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru Unive

Covers the recent advances made in very potential plant genetic engineering which will be unique of its kind Discusses the challenges and prospects in plant biotechnology, which would be useful for future biotechnologists Explains biosafety concerns and business management of transgenic products