Plant biotechnology and molecular markers

Professor Sant Saran Bhojwani v Preface xi 1. In Vitro Androgenesis: Events Preceding Its Cytological Manifestation 1 Shashi B. Babbar, Nishi Kumari and Jitendera K. Mishra 2. Doubled Haploids: A Powerful Biotechnological Tool for Genetic Enhancement in Oilseed Brassicas 18 Deepak Prem, Kadambari Gupta and Abha Agnihotri 3. Double Fertilisation in vitro and Transgene Technology 31 Erhard Kranz, Yoichiro Hoshino, Takashi Okamoto and Stefan Scholten 4. Polymorphism of Sexual and Somatic Embryos as Manifestation of Their Developmental Parallelism Under Natural Conditions and in Tissue Culture 43 Tatyana B. Batygina 5. Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering of Polyamines in Plants 60 M.V. Rajam, R. Kumria and S. Singh 6. Biotechnological Approaches Towards Improvement of Medicinal Plants 78 Alka Narula, Sanjeev Kumar, K.C. Bansal and P.S. Srivastava 7. Production of Phytochemicals in Plant Cell Bioreactors 117 Saurabh Chattopadhyay, A.K. Srivastava and V.S. Bisaria 8. Development of Biotechnology for Commiphora wightii: A Potent Source of Natural Hypolipidemic and Hypocholesterolemic Drug 129 Sandeep Kumar, S.S. Suri, K.C. Sonie and K.G. Ramawat 9. Biotechnology in Quality Improvement of Oilseed Brassicas 144 Abha Agnihotri, Deepak Prem and Kadambari Gupta 10. Role of Biotechnology for Incorporating White Rust Resistance in Brassica Species 156 Kadambari Gupta, Deepak Prem and Abha Agnihotri 11. Current Trends in Forest Tree Biotechnology 169 E.M. Muralidharan and Jose Kallarackal 12. Cloning Forestry Species 183 Vibha Dhawan and Sanjay Saxena 13. Micropropagation of Woody Plants 195 J.S. Rathore, Vinod Rathore, N.S. Shekhawat, R.P. Singh, G. Liler, Mahendra Phulwaria and H.R. Dagla 14. Biotechnology in Mulberry (Morus spp.) Crop Improvement: Research Directions and Priorities 206 S.B. Dandin and V. Girish Naik 15. Development of High Efficiency Micropropagation Protocol of an Adult Tree—Wrightia tomentosa 217 S.D. Purohit, P. Joshi, K. Tak and R. Nagori 16. In Vitro Regeneration and Improvement in Tropical Fruit Trees: An Assessment 228 Madhulika Singh, Uma Jaiswal and V.S. Jaiswal 17. Tissue Culture of Cashewnut 244 Sumita Jha and Sudripta Das 18. Changing Scenarios in Indian Horticulture 261 Sanjay Saxena and Vibha Dhawan 19. Cryopreservation: A Potential Tool for Long-term Conservation of Medicinal Plants 278 Sonali Dixit, Sangeeta Ahuja, Alka Narula and P.S. Srivastava 20. Molecular Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection of Traits for Crop Improvement 289 Anushri Varshney, T. Mohapatra and R.P. Sharma 21. Studies on Male Meiosis in Cultivated and Wild Vigna Species 331 S. Rama Rao and S.N. Raina 22. Transgenic Crops for Abiotic Stress Tolerance 346 Deepti Tayal, P.S. Srivastava and K.C. Bansal 23. Cell Differentiation in Shoot Meristem: A Molecular Perspective 366 Jitendra P. Khurana, Lokeshpati Tripathi, Dibyendu Kumar, Jitendra K. Thakur and Meghna R. Malik INDEX 387