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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Researchers in horticulture, plant science, agricultural biotechnology, molecular biology. Practitioners e.g. seed companies.
1) Recent Advances in Tomato Genetic Engineering for Virus Resistance: Achievements and Limitations--Saurabh Pandey and Manoj Prasad
2) Transgenic Eggplant--Vageeshbabu S. Hanura and Polumetla Ananda Kumar
3) Pepper Genetic Engineering--K. Madhavi Reddy, Satyaprakash Barik, Naresh Ponnam, Koushik Saha, Roshini Pydi and DC Lakshamanareddy
4) Amaranth Genetic Engineering--KRM Swamy and B. Varalakshmi
5) Genetic Engineering of Cauliflower via Traditional and Innovative Techniques--Simone Treccarichi, Donata Arena, Giulio Flavio Rizzo and Branca Ferdinando
6) Carrot Genetic Engineering--Magdalena Klimek-Chodacka, Aneta Lukasiewicz, Kamil Szymonik and Rafal Baranski
7) Genetic engineering of cucurbits: Abiotic and biotic stress resistance--T R Usharani, K N Poornima, Megha Ganachari and H.K. Shreyas
8) Potato Genetic Engineering: Status and Future Perspectives--S Sundaresha, Jagesh K. Tiwari, Vinay Bhardwaj, Sanjeev Sharma, A. Jeevalatha, Ravinder Kumar, Vidya Sagar, B.P. Singh, S.K. Chakrabarti and Manoj Kumar
9) Status of Tropical Tuber Crops Improvement through Genetic Engineering--K.M Senthilkumar, Divya, K., B.G. Sangeetha, M.N. Sheela and T Makeshkumar
10) Genetic Engineering of Melons--N. Nagesha, Suresh H. Antre, Upsana Mohapatra, T.M.
Ningaraju and P.H. Ramanjini Gowda
11) Transgenic Resistance to Vegetable Viral Diseases--M. Malavika, Sneha Yogindran and Supriya Chakraborty
12) Embryogenic Cell Suspension Culture: A Potential Tool for Crop Improvement--S. Backiyarani, R. Karthic, S. Kalpana and S. Uma
13) The Rise of Genome Editing: A Promise for Vegetable Crop Improvement--Rehna Augustine, Anjala K, Varsha K, Sanjay Sathian and Brindha T. M
14) Biotechnology as a Tool to Maintain Biodiversity of Vegetable Crops--D. R. Bhardwaj and Suresh Ready Yerasu
15) Genomics and Molecular Breeding of Major Vegetable Crops--Ashish Kaushal, A. T. Sadashiva and K. V. Ravishankar
16) Genetic Engineering in Vegetable Crops: Present Scenario and Future Challenges--Pallavi Mishra, Vidya Sagar and K. V. Ravishankar
17) Biotechnological Interventions for Vegetable Crop Improvement--Manisha Mangal, Arpita Srivastav and Shailesh K Tiwari
18) Molecular Techniques for Biofortification in Vegetable Crops--Feba Jacob, Rasmieh Hamid and Deepu Mathew
19) RNA Interference Strategies for Vegetable Crop Improvement--Deepu Mathew
20) Designing Futuristic Vegetable Varieties for Multiple Purposes--Pritam Kalia
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.
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