Description
"An indispensable source for researchers, teachers, and graduate and postgraduate students interested in mutation breeding and genetic engineering. It introduces readers to contemporary knowledge and state-of-the-art technologies in the field of mutation breeding, including fundamental mechanisms and applications. . . . It will provide new directions, and avenues for enhancement of food security and food quality by using the latest techniques for the 'mutation as breeding' approach."
- 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.
Table of Contents
1. Gamma Irradiation
Johra Khan, Ahmad Ali, and Ranjay Chodhary
2. Chromosome Manipulations for Crop Improvement
Tahseen Raza and Kumud Pandav
3. Molecular Genetics of Symbiotic Plant-Microbe Interactions in a Model Legume: Lotus japonicus
Johra Khan and Ahmad Ali
4. Haploid Mutation
Johra Khan and Ahmad Ali
5. Double-Stranded DNA Break, Repair, and Associated Mutations
Eijaz Ahmed Bhat, Johra Khan, Nasreena Sajjad, and Beenish Zehra
6. DNA Repair Pathways and Genes in Plants
Mohd Gulfishan, Tariq Ahmad Bhat, and Ajmat Jahan
7. Herbicide-Tolerant Crops Developed from Mutation
Ahmad Ali and Johra Khan
8. Plant Mutagenesis: Terms and Applications
Mohd Gulfishan, Tariq Ahmad Bhat, Rayees Afzal Mir, Ajmat Jahan, Fatima Shabir, and Sajjad Ahmad Khan
9. Genetically Engineered Foods (GEFs)
Muhammad Ishtiaq, Muhammad Waqas, Mehwish Maqbool, Muhammad Ajaib, and Tanveer Hussain
10. Uses of TILLING for Crop Improvement
Ali Razzaq, Wajiha Guul, Shabir Hussain Wani, and Fozia Saleem
11. T-DNA Insertion Mutagenesis
Nimmy Srivastava and Jayeeta Chattopadhyay
12. Different Types of DNA Molecular Marker and Genotyping Applications for Mutation Breeding
Balbir Kour Bali
