Plant biotechnology offers an array of powerful tools and techniques that can revolutionize the way we cultivate crops, enhance their nutritional value, and address critical challenges such as climate change, pests, and limited resources. Through understanding the genetic makeup of plants and manipulating it using scientific techniques, we can develop crops that are more resistant to pests and diseases, more tolerant of abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity, and more nutritious. Ultimately this helps us to produce more food with fewer resources and less environmental impact. As the global population continues to grow, the need for sustainable and efficient agricultural practices becomes increasingly pressing. This book describes the latest advances in genetic engineering, molecular biology, and stress physiology, and explores the ethical and regulatory considerations that underpin this transformative science.
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Researchers in plant science and agriculture. Policymakers working in agriculture and food security.
1: Plant Biotechnology and the Quest for Sustainable Agriculture: An
Introduction 2: Harnessing Genetic Engineering in Crop Improvement: Towards
Resilient Agriculture 3: Biotechnological Tools to Improve Soil Heath and
Fertility 4: Biotechnologically Harnessing Plant-Microbial Interaction for
Sustainable Crop Production 5: Metabolic Engineering of Tea for Enhanced
Health Benefits 6: Molecular Hydrogen Treatments in Food Supplies: Enhanced
Growth, Better Yields and Prolonged Postharvest Storage? 7: Application of
Biotechnologies for Crop Improvement and Food Production: Case Studies from
the Bioali Network 8: Development of Double Haploid Wheat Genotypes Through
Inter-Generic Hybridization with Maize 9: Bioeconomy and Biotechnology:
Innovative Strategies in the Utilisation of Resources in the Argentine
Northpatagonia 10: Biofortification: Improving Nutritional Content for Human
Health and Food Security 11: Sustainable Crop Management: Agroecology of the
Future 12: Bio-inoculants like Biological Tools to Mitigate Water Deficit in
Crops 13: Genetic Engineering of Plants for Remediation of Toxic Metals and
Metalloid 14: Oxidative Stress Generation and Antioxidant Defense Response in
Plants During Abiotic Stress 15: Plant Defence Mechanisms: Innate and Induced
Immunity in Plants Against Pathogen 16: Alley Cropping: A Sustainable
Agroforestry System for Enhancing Productivity, Soil Health and Biodiversity
17: Regulatory and Ethical Issues for Plant Biotechnology and Genetic
Engineering
Tariq Aftab received his Ph.D. in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, and is currently an Assistant Professor there. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh (India) and Government of India. After completing his doctorate, he has worked as Research Fellow at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi and as Post-doctorate Fellow at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Dr. Aftab also worked as Visiting Scientist at Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, USA. He is a member of various scientific associations from India and abroad as well as editorial board member of various international scientific journals. He has edited 22 books with international publishers, including Elsevier Inc., Springer Nature and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), co-authored several book chapters, and published over 100 review/research papers in peer-reviewed international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and crop plants.
