Agricultural BiotechnologyRajmohan Joshi The book is a comprehensive reference work on agricultural biotechnology. It brings together the principles and contemporary agricultural biotechnology. Topics such as history and scope of agricultural biotechnology, plant tissues culture, techniques of genetic modification, crop improvement, production of transgenic crops etc. are dealt with comprehensively. Modern biotechnology has great potential to influence and benefit agriculture. Highly useful publication for agriculture scientists, biotechnologists. |
Contents
History and Scope | 1 |
Plant Tissue Culture | 63 |
Plant Genomics | 78 |
Comprehensive Analysis of Cell and Tissues | 100 |
Genetic Engineering | 110 |
Molecular Biology of Nitrogen Fixation | 143 |
Microbial Inoculants and Organic Fertilisers | 163 |
Crop Plants | 182 |
Organic Small Fruit Disease Management | 206 |
Commercial Production of Transgenic Crops | 244 |
Genetic Variability and Biotechnological Studies | 254 |
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