Biotechnological Approaches to Enhance Plant Secondary Metabolites: Recent Trends and Future Prospects

ISBN-13: 9780367473365 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 168 str.

Mohd Shahnawaz

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive introduction and review of state-of-the-art of biotechnological tools in this field of research at global level. The methodologies are highlighted by real data examples at both in vitro and in vivo level studies.

O autorze

Dr. Mohd. Shahnawaz is currently working as a Lecturer at the Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College Paloura, Mishriwala, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on an academic arrangement basis. He has completed his post-doctoral research (funded by DST-SERB, Govt. of India) from the Plant Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu & Kashmir, India. He worked to enhance the contents of secondary metabolites in Coleus forskohli using in vitro salinity stress. Previously, he has worked as a Lecturer in Botany at the Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India (2016-2017) on an academic arrangement basis. He has earned his M. Phil. and Ph. D. in Botany from the Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, India under the guidance of Prof. A. B. Nadaf and Prof. A. B. Ade in 2010 and 2016. He is the recipient of various fellowships awarded by the Savitribai Phule Pune University, University Grants Commission (UGC), and Department of Science and Technology (DST)-Science Engineering and Research Board (SERB), India. His research interests are focused on ecology, microbiology, bioremediation, and plant biotechnology. He has served as a referee and editorial board member of various journals of International repute. In 2019, he was awarded the Young Scientist Award by VDGOOD Professional Associations, Vishakhapatnam, India. Till now, he has published more than 20 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and authored 6 books. Previously he had served as an Academic Editor of the Asian Journal of Biology (SCIENCE DOMAIN international).