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The Lychee Biotechnology, 1st ed. 2017
Coordinators: Kumar Manoj, Kumar Vivek, Prasad Ram, Varma Ajit
Language: English
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Publication date: 08-2018
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 06-2017
Support: Print on demand
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This book provides systematic information on the lychee and modern tools to promote its sustainable growth and development. Including dedicated chapters on the evolution and diversification of the lychee, it highlights its genetic makeup and reciprocal exogenous factors, addressing the narrow genetic pool and lack of natural biodiversity. It also discusses issues related to post-harvest losses and robust approaches at the commercial level.
Further, the book offers insights on in vitro propagation methods and prospective transgenic approaches for selected lychee cultivars. Chapters on the production of bioactive compounds and their enhancement through genetic transformation and elicitation are also included, reflecting the latest advances in the field of lychee biotechnology. Lastly, the book explores the use of molecular marker techniques to achieve the desired improvements in fruit trees? medicinal and aesthetic value.
Chapter 1. Litchi Fruit Set, Development and Maturation.- Chapter 2. Litchi Breeding and Plant Management in Taiwan.- Chapter 3. Biotechnological Advances in Lychee (Litchi chinensis.) and Their Future Implication in Improvement of Crop.- Chapter 4. Biotechnological Interventions in Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) for the Improvement of Fruit Quality and Post-Harvest Storage.- Chapter 5. Lychee Biology and Biotechnology.- Chapter 6. The Lychee Fruit: Post Harvest Handling Techniques.- Chapter 7. Secondary Metabolite Credentials and Biological Properties of Litchi Chinensis.- Chapter 8. Abiotic Stress Management in Fruit Crop Litchi chinensis.- Chapter 9. Strategies to Retard Postharvest Pericarp Browning in Lychee Fruit.- Chapter 10. Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Plants: Scopes in Lychee Commercialization.- Chapter 11. Genetic Manipulation of Litchi for Crop Improvement: Challenges and Possibilities.- Chapter 12. Regeneration from Nodal Explants of Field-Grown Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) Fruit Trees.- Chapter 13. Bioactive Compounds and Medicinal Importance of Litchi chinensis.- Chapter 14. Advances in Litchi Biotechnology: Achievements and Opportunities.- Chapter 15. Ex Situ Conservation Strategies in Litchi Germplasm.- Chapter 16. Isolation, Identification and Pharmacological Activity of Phytochemicals Present in Litchi chinensis.- Chapter 17. Litchi chinensis (litchi): A General Account with Special Reference to Propagation Practices.-
Dr. Manoj Kumar is a scientist with sanguine behavior who is adoring about research and development, with a commitment to lifelong learning. He is determined on high quality science that contributes broadly to both increasing intellectual knowledge of plant development and to increasing the ecological niche. He has a high level of professional desire and intellectual hunt, and the potential to fulfil the dream of his high impact publications and the future recognition of these by academic peers.
Dr. Kumar has pursued his PhD in Plant Biotechnology from prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University and then awarded two postdocotoral fellowships consecutively: i) DBT-PDF from IISc Bangalore in 2005 and then NRF-PDF from University of Pretoria.
Dr. Manoj Kumar is a researcher of Plant Biotechnology in the Division of Microbial Technology at the Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. Until recently, he was a coordinator of Bio-resource Chapter (Northern India) and servedon editorial boards of five international journals. He referees for many more, including Phytoremediation, Journal of Soil Sediments and many more. The ultimate functional aim is to adapt crop plants in order to increase productivity and adaptability on such Indian soils, with consequent improvement of sustainability in both developed and developing countries. The ultimate intellectual aim is to understand the metabolic fate of microbial mediated precursors in whole plant physiology and genetics through processes occurring at the level of metabolism, particularly through processes rhizosphere communication under in situ and in vitro plants. This aim is being addressed by combining functional genetics and metagenomics approaches with a broad-based understanding of plant microbe healthy interaction.Dr. Kumar’s research is the integration of microbial genetics with a breadth of plant physiological approaches to enable novel gene discovery and conferring metabolites. The developmen
