Genetic Engineering of Vegetable Crops (Cabi Biotechnology, 15) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1800627106 ISBN 13: 9781800627109

Verlag: CABI Publishing, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Key Points

• Provides a useful overview of genetic techniques in vegetable crops.
• Includes practical real-world applications, such as inheritance patterns, mutations, and recombinant DNA technology.
• Bridges the gap between theoretical genetics and applied aspects in crop improvement.

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Pritam Kalia is Former Head, Professor and Emeritus Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. He has 37 years of experience in teaching, research and extension serving in various capacities. He has published over 110 research publications in national and international journals, and been involved with 11 books.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CABI Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1800627106
• ISBN 13: 9781800627109
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
• Herausgeber: Kalia Pritam
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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