Agricultural Biotechnology
by H D Kumar
ISBN: 9789383129775
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 13995.00
Biblio : xvi+407p., figs., tabls., ind., 23 cm
Author Profile
Dr. H. D. Kumar Formerly Professor of Botany and Coordinator, Biotechnology Programme, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
About The Book
This book looks at the application of a variety of biotechnologies to agricultural development. It addresses recent concerns about the sterile-seed ‘terminator’ technology and about the biosafety of genetically modified foods/crops, and assesses the potential of apomixis as a possible countervailing strategy to the adverse effects of the terminator, for some crops. The book introduces the concepts of participatory plant breeding and diversified site-or field potential to meet the needs of small-
Table of Contents
"Preface
Abbreviations and Acronyms
1. General Introduction
Definition and Perspective of Biotechnology
New Technologies
Scope, Potential & Achievements
Introduction to Agriculture
Effects of Biotechnology on Agrobiodiversity
Biotechnology for Agriculture
Genetic Manipulation in Plant Breeding
Crop Plants
Dangers of Genetic Uniformity
Preservation and Exchange of Genetic Resources
Use of Transgenic Plants in Industry, Agriculture and Medicine
Safeguarding Domestic Animal Diversity Through Animal