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Genetic Engineering of Vegetable Crops
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Conventional plant breeding alone can no longer sustain the rising global demand for food. Genetic engineering technology makes it possible to develop new crop varieties with improved yield performance, specific quality attributes (external and internal in vegetable crops), resistance to diseases and insect pests, and environmental stresses. Genetic engineering technology for developing GM crops is complementary to genome editing and other breeding technologies. In addition to food requirements, transgenic crops have the possibility to carry edible vaccines and therapeutic proteins, to help combat human disease and malnutrition.This book reviews the importance and safety of transgenic vegetable crops and covers a wide variety of crops and different technologies. It includes: Genetic engineering in tomato, eggplant, peppers, amaranth, cauliflower, carrot, cucurbits, potato, tropical tubers and melons. Transgenic resistance to viral diseases. Embryogenic cell suspension culture.Genome editing and CRISPR/Cas9.Molecular techniques for biofortification.RNAi strategies for vegetable crop improvement.Designing futuristic vegetable crop varieties.This book is suitable for researchers in horticulture, plant science, and agricultural biotechnology as well as practitioners in vegetable breeding and seed production.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half title page
- CABI Biotechnology Series
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Dedication
- 1 āRecent Advances in Tomato Genetic Engineering for Virus Resistance: Achievements and LimitationsSaurabh Pandey and Manoj Prasad
- 2 āTransgenic EggplantVageeshbabu S. Hanur and Polumetla Ananda Kumar
- 3 āPepper Genetic EngineeringK. Madhavi Reddy, Satyaprakash Barik, , Naresh Ponnam, , Koushik Saha, , Roshini Pydi, and D.C. Lakshamanareddy
- 4 āAmaranth Genetic EngineeringK.R.M. Swamy and B. Varalakshmi
- 5 āGenetic Engineering of Cauliflower using Traditional and Innovative TechniquesSimone Treccarichi, Donata Arena, Giulio Flavio Rizzo and Ferdinando Branca
- 6 āCarrot Genetic EngineeringMagdalena Klimek-Chodacka*
- 7 āGenetic Engineering of Cucurbits: Abiotic and Biotic Stress ResistanceT.R. Usharani, K.N. Poornima, Megha Ganachari and H.K. Shreyas
- 8 āGenetic Engineering in Potato: Status and Future PerspectivesS. Sundaresha, Jagesh K. Tiwari, Vinay Bhardwaj, Sanjeev Sharma, A. Jeevalatha, Ravinder Kumar, Vinay Sagar, B.P. Singh, S.K. Chakrabarti and Manoj Kumar
- 9 āStatus of Tropical Tuber Crop Improvement Through Genetic EngineeringK.M. Senthilkumar, K. Divya, B.G. Sangeetha, M.N. Sheela and T. Makeshkumar
- 10 Genetic Engineering of MelonN. Nagesha, Suresh H. Antre, Upasana Mohapatra, T.M. Ningaraju and P.H. Ramanjini Gowda
- 11 Transgenic Resistance toĀ VegetableĀ Viral DiseasesM. Malavika, Sneha Yogindran and Supriya Chakraborty
- 12 Embryogenic Cell Suspension Culture: A Potential Tool for Crop ImprovementS. Backiyarani, R. Karthic, S. Kalpana and S. Uma
- 13 The Rise of Genome Editing: AĀ Promise for Vegetable Crop ImprovementRehna Augustine, K. Anjala, K. Varsha, Sanjay Sathian and T.M. Brindha
- 14 Biotechnology as a Tool to Maintain Biodiversity of Vegetable CropsD.R. Bhardwaj and Suresh Reddy Yerasu
- 15 Genomics and Molecular Breeding ofĀ Major Vegetable CropsAshish Kaushal, A.T. Sadashiva and K.V. Ravishankar
- 16 Genetic Engineering in Vegetable Crops: Present Scenario and Future ChallengesPallavi Mishra, Vidya Sagar and Shailesh K. Tiwari
- 17 Biotechnological Interventions forĀ Vegetable Crop ImprovementManisha Mangal, Arpita Srivastava, Nikita Baliyan, Priti Upadhyay and T.S. Aruna
- 18 Molecular Techniques for Biofortification in Vegetable CropsFeba Jacob, Rasmieh Hamid and Deepu Mathew
- 19 RNA Interference Strategies forĀ Vegetable Crop ImprovementDeepu Mathew*
- 20 Designing Futuristic Vegetable Varieties for Multiple PurposesPritam Kalia*
- Index
- Back Cover
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