Biotechnologies and Genetics in Plant Mutation Breeding: Volume 1: Mutagenesis and Crop Improvement
About this ebook
- From Prof. Jameel M. Al-Khayri, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
This comprehensive three-volume set book aims to help combat the challenge of providing enough food for the world by the use of advanced genetic processes to improve crop production, both in quantity and quality.
Volume 1: Mutagenesis and Crop Improvement discusses mutagenesis, cytotoxicity, and crop improvement, covering the processes, mutagenic effectiveness, and mechanisms. The volume emphasizes the improvement of agronomic characteristics by manipulating the genotype of plant species, resulting in increased productivity.
Volume 2: Revolutionizing Plant Biology covers the use of mutagenesis and biotechnology to explore the variability of mutant genes for crop improvement. The chapters deal with in-vitro mutagenesis to exploit the somaclonal variations induced in cell culture and highlight the importance of in-vitro mutagenesis in inducing salt resistance, heat resistance, and drought resistance.
Volume 3: Mechanisms for Genetic Manipulation of Plants and Plant Mutants reviews the genetic engineering techniques used to mutate genes and to incorporate them into different plant species of cereals, pulses, vegetables, and fruits. Also discussed are the principles of genetic engineering by which desired genes can be transferred from plants to animals to microorganisms and vice versa.
About the author
Tariq Ahmad Bhat, PhD, is a lecturer on botany in the Department of Education, Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir, India. With 16 years of teaching experience, he is also engaged in active research of molecular biology, cell biology, mutation breeding, and genetic improvement of legumes and medicinal plants. He has published several books and many research papers, review articles, and book chapters. Dr. Bhat was honored with a Best Innovative Science Teacher Award from the Govt. of India in recognition of his outstanding performance in the field of teaching and research.
Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has over 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions, as well as in environmental studies. He served as a visiting scientist at Jinan University, China. Currently, he is involved with several international research projects with government organizations. A prolific author, Dr Hakeem has authored and edited over 60 books and has published many book chapters and research papers.
