Transgenic Medicinal Plants by Y. P. S. Bajaj, K. Ishimaru (auth.), Professor Dr. Y. P. S.

By Y. P. S. Bajaj, K. Ishimaru (auth.), Professor Dr. Y. P. S. Bajaj (eds.)

Comprising 26 chapters, this quantity bargains with the genetic transformation of medicinal crops. It describes the right way to receive vegetation proof against bugs, ailments, herbicides, and crops with an elevated construction of compounds of medicinal and pharmaceutical significance. The plant species incorporated are Ajuga reptans, Anthemis nobilis, Astragalus spp., Atropabelladonna, Catharanthus roseus, Datura spp., Duboisialeichhardtii, Fagopyrum spp., Glycyrrhizauralensis, Lobelia spp., Papaversomniferum, Panaxginseng, Peganumhamala, Perezia spp., Pimpinellaanisum, Phyllanthusniruri, Salviamiltiorrhiza, Scoparia dulcis, Scutellariabaicalesis, Serratulatinctoria, Solanum aculeatissimum, Solanum commersonii, Swainsona galegifolia, tobacco, and Vinca minor.
The booklet is of exact curiosity to complex scholars, lecturers, and researchers within the fields of pharmacy, plant tissue tradition, phytochemistry, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and plant biotechnology in general.

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Flowering in short-time, frequent occurrence of variation of petai number etc. These regenerants, after acclimatization, could be easily cultivated in soil condition. Transgenic Rudbeckia hirta plants regenerated from hairy roots showed morphological alterations, such as short internodes, wrinkled leases, and small flowers (Daimon et al. 1993). 4 Herbicide-Resistant Medicinal Plants Herbicide-tolerant plants have been obtained by selection of mutants and by genetic transformation with resistant genes.

Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 3-37 Bajaj YPS (1991) Automated micropropagation for en masse production of plants. In: Bajaj YPS (ed) High tech and micropropagation I. Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry, vol 17. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 3-16 Bajaj YPS (1994) Somatic hybridization - a rich source of genetic variability. In: Bajaj YPS (ed) Somatic hybridization in crop improvement I. Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry, vol 27. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 3-32 Bajaj YPS (1995) Cryopreservation of plant cell, tissue, and organ culture for the conservation of germplasm and biodiversity.

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