Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: Emerging Approaches and Strategies

ISBN-13: 9780128121603 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 446 str.

Ram Lakhan Singh; Sukanta Mondal

Opis

Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: Emerging Approaches and Strategies is an outstanding collection of current research that integrates basic and advanced concepts of agricultural biotechnology with future development prospects. Using biotechnology with sustainable agriculture effectively contributes to gains in agricultural productivity, enhanced food security, reduced poverty and malnutrition, and more ecologically sustainable means of food production. Written by a panel of experts, this book is unique in its coverage of the broad area of biotechnology for sustainable agriculture. It includes intriguing topics and discussions of areas such as recombinant DNA technology and genetic engineering.

• Identifies and explores biotechnological tools to enhance sustainability
• Encompasses plant and microbial biotechnology, nanotechnology and genetic engineering
• Focuses on plant biotechnology and crop improvement to increase yield and resilience
• Summarizes the impact of climate change on agriculture, fisheries and livestock

Spis treści

1. Introduction
2. Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: an overview
3. Biotechnological tools to enhance sustainable production
4. Sustainable agriculture and food security
5. Plant biotechnology and crop improvement
6. Transgenic Animals production
7. Microbial biotechnology and sustainable agriculture
8. Impact of climate change on agriculture and food security
9. Impact of climate change on livestock production
10. Impact of Climate change on fisheries
11. Nanotechnology and its implication in Agricultural Biotechnology
12. Genetic Engineering and public perception
13. The way ahead

O autorze

Professor Ram Lakhan Singh is Vice-Chancellor of Nilamber-Pitamber University, Medininagar, India. He held position of Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, India prior to joining this assignment. He has 31 years of experience as teacher and 39 years as researcher in the area of Environmental and Nutraceutical Biochemistry. Professor Singh published more than 87 research papers, written 17 book chapters and edited 6 books published by Springer, CRC and Elsevier. He guided 25 PhD students and has been invited as editorial board member of International journals. He has been awarded IUTOX Senior Fellowship in 2007 and admitted to the Fellowships of the Society of Toxicology in 2011 and Academy of Environmental Biology in 2015. Dr. Sukanta Mondal is currently working as Principal Scientist, Physiology Division, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology. His major research interests involve cloning, characterization and expression of genes regulating early embryonic loss, molecular characterization and expression of hormone receptors, impact of stress on maternal recognition of pregnancy etc. He has published over 130 research publications in various National/International journals and presented more than 30 papers at various National/International Conferences. He has delivered invited lectures in different conference throughout the country and abroad. He is Associate Editor of journals viz., American Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Asian Journal of Biotechnology, Asian Journal of Cell Biology, Current Research in Poultry Science and Biotechnology etc.