Plant Biotechnology: Principles and Applications

The book traces the roots of plant biotechnology from the basic sciences to current applications in the biological and agricultural sciences, industry, and medicine. Providing intriguing opportunities to manipulate plant genetic and metabolic systems, plant biotechnology has now become an exciting area of research.  

The book vividly describes the processes and methods used to genetically engineer plants for agricultural, environmental and industrial purposes, while also discussing related bioethical and biosafety issues. It also highlights important factors that are often overlooked by methodologies used to develop plants’ tolerance against biotic and abiotic stresses and in the development of special foods, bio-chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.  

The topics discussed will be of considerable interest to both graduate and postgraduate students. Further, the book offers an ideal reference guide for teachers and researcher alike, bridging the gap between fundamental and advanced approaches.

Dr. M. Z. Abdin is currently working as Dean, faculty of science, at Jamia Hamdard university, New Delhi.

His list of publication are metioned below:

1. T1. Traditional Systems of Medicine (2006). M. Z. Abdin and Y. P. Abrol (Eds.), pp: 567, Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

2. Stress Signaling in Plants: Genomics and Proteomics Perspective, Volume 1 (2013). M. Sarwat, A. Ahmad and M. Z. Abdin (Eds.) pp:470, Springer Publishers, ISBN 978-1-4614-6371-9.AhA

3. Ahmad MM, Alam P, Abdin MZ, Javed S (2012). Panfungal PCR Method for Detection of Aflatoxigenic Molds. In  Ayyachamy M, Turner KM, O'Donovan A,  Gupta VK, Tuohy M (eds) Laboratory Protocols in Fungal Biology: Current Methods in Fungal Biology, Springer-Verlag New York Inc., ISBN: 1461423554 (In Press). 

4. Alam P, Ali A, Khan MA, Abdin MZ (2011). Use of RNAi in Medicinal Plants. In Gaur RK, Gafni Y, Sharma P, Gupta VK (eds) RNAi Technology, Science Publisher, USA, pp. 265-284