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Author International Conference on Biotechnology and Biodiversity (2000 : Kathmandu, Nepal)

Title Biotechnology in sustainable biodiversity and food security / editor, B.N. Prasad
Published Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, Inc., [2003]
©2003

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Description xv, 186 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Gene Technology for Food Security Sustainable Agriculture 1 -- W.J. Peacock -- 2. Towards an Evergreen Revolution: Salinity Tolerance -- and Nitrogen Fixation 9 -- Edward C. Cocking -- 3. Biotechnology and Biodiversity of Plant-Microbe -- Interactions 17 -- D. Werner, F. Neumann-Silkow, B.N. Prasad, H. Steele, -- D. Redecker, P. Vinuesa and P. Muller -- 4. Engineering of a Green Manure for Sustainable Food -- Production and Phytoremediation 31 -- Yoshikatsu Murooka, Hyeon-Je Cho, Myra Transengco, -- Sriprang Rutchadaporn, Yukiko Mori, Sung-Hye Hong, -- Mitsutoshi Toyama, and Makoto Hayashi -- 5. Development of Stress Tolerance by Manipulating the -- Expression of Calcium-binding Proteins 41 -- Girdhar K. Pandey, Veena, Renu Deswal, V Siva Reddy, -- Alok Bhattacharya, M.K. Reddy, Sudhir K. Sopory -- 6. Analysis of Microbial Biodiversity in Pristine and -- Polluted Environments Using Molecular Tools 51 -- Vigdis Torsvik, Frida Lise Daae, Ruth-Anne Sandaa, Lise Overds -- 7. Improving Salt Resistance in Rhizobia: Physiological -- Role of Betaine Uptake 65 -- Dupont L., Boscari A., Mandon K., Boncompagni E., -- Trinchant J.C., and LE Rudulier D. -- 8. Algal Technology in Rice Cultivation 79 -- B.D. Kaushik -- 9. Unmashing the Accessible Treasures of the -- Hidden Unexplored Microbial World 101 -- Anjana Singh, Archana Singh, Meera Kumari, -- Shailendra Kumar, Mahendra K. Rai, Achyut P. Sharma -- and Ajit Varma -- 10. Genetic Transformation in Wheat 125 -- H.S. Chawla -- 11. Making Nitrogen Available in Forests 137 -- Warwick B. Silvester and David R. Benson -- 12. Construction of Aluminum (AI) Stress-Resistant -- Transgenic Arabidopsis Plants Using Al-induced Genes 159 -- B. Ezaki, R.C. Gardner, Y. Ezaki, M. Kawamura and -- H. Matsumoto -- 13. Witches Broom Disease of Lime (WBDL) 167 -- J.M. Bove and Monique Garnier -- 14. Centromeres and Other Pre-Requisites for Plant -- Artificial Chromosomes (PLAC) 177 -- Rogier ten Hoopen, Andreas Houben, Gernot Presting, -- Renate Manteuffel, Ingo Schubert
Notes "This book contains the papers presented at the International Conference on Biotechnology and Biodiversity held at Kathmandu in November 2000"--Foreword
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Plant breeding -- Congresses.
Biodiversity -- Congresses.
Plant biotechnology -- Congresses.
Sustainable agriculture -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Prasad, B. N.
LC no. 2003277286
ISBN 1578082684