Genetic transformation in Groundnut

ISBN-13: 9783659801624 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 132 str.

Bala Madhu;Radhakrishnan T;Nath Kedar

Opis

Groundnut or peanut, is commonly called the poor mans nut. It is an important oilseed and food crop. Over past few decades, several varieties have been released for cultivation in different parts of India. However, most of these are susceptible to stem rot. The stem rot pathogen (Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.) has a very wide host range and the pathogen is causing heavy loss in groundnut crop. Stem rot disease causes a yield loss of 27% or more in India. So, the present study outlines the application of genetic engineering and biotechnology to exploit the knowledge of plant defensin genes in applying Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation in order to obtain putative transgenics. Transformation of plants with the plant defensin gene has been shown to confer to the transgenic plants agronomically useful levels of resistance to fungal infection.

O autorze

Dr Madhu Bala working as Assistant Professor in Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding at NM College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, India.She completed her Doctoral degree from JAU, Junagadh. She is a Gold Medalist and Scholar student through out her studies. She has six publications in reputed journals.