Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology: Fundamentals, Advances, and Practices for a Greener Future

ISBN-13: 9781774631683 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 364 str.

Anjali Priyadarshini; Prerna Pandey

Opis

This volume looks at the application of a variety of technologies that are being used for crop improvement, metabolic engineering, and the development of transgenic plants. It covers major plant biotechnology procedures and techniques, their impact on novel agricultural development, and crop plant improvement.

Spis treści

Enzymes. Immobilization Biocatalysis. Enzymes in Non-Conventional Media. Metabolic Engineering. Use of Enzymes in Industry. White Biotechnology. Agricultural Biotechnology. and History. Plant Breeding and Seed Technology. Plant Tissue Culture. Plant Nutrition and Phytohormones. Transgenic Plants. Global Food Safety.

O autorze

Prerna Pandey, PhD, a biotechnologist with several years of wet lab research experience, worked at the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. Her field included isolation and molecular characterization of Geminiviruses, genome sequencing, gene annotation, and gene silencing using the RNA interference technology. She has also worked at Transasia Biomedicals and Advance Enzyme Technologies as a scientist. Dr. Pandey has published papers in peer-reviewed journals in the field and has submitted a number of annotated Geminiviral genome sequences in the GenBank, including two novel ones. She has also completed her editing and proofreading courses from Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and now works as a freelance scientific writer and editor.

Anjali Priyadarshini, PhD, is a Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India awardee and holds a doctorate in biomedical sciences. Her field of research and interest includes biotechnology and nanotechnology. Dr. Priyadarshini has published papers in peer-reviewed journals in the biomedical field. She currently works as assistant professor at Delhi University, India.