Plant biotechnology. Volume 2, Transgenics, stress management, and biosafety issues / edited by Sangita Sahni, PhD, Bishun Deo Prasad, PhD, Prasant Kumar, PhD.

part Part I: Genetic Transformation -- chapter 1 Direct and Indirect Methods of Gene Transfer in Plants / Nandlal Choudhary -- chapter 2 Chloroplast Transformation / Tushar Ranjan, Sangita Sahni, Vinod Kumar, Pankaj Kumar, Nimmy M. S., -- chapter 3 Fungal Transformations and Advancements / Varsha C. Mohanan -- part Part II: Gene Silencing in Plants -- chapter 4 RNA Interference and Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Plants / Mahesh Kumar, Tushar Ranjan, Nagateja Natra, Md. Shamim, -- chapter 5 Virus-Induced Gene Silencing / Kishore Dey -- part Part III: Transgenic Crops and Biosafety -- chapter 6 Transgenic Plants and their Application in Crop Improvement / Vinod Kumar, Nimmy M. S., Tushar Ranjan, Ravi Ranjan, -- chapter 7 Genetically Modified Foods and Biodiesel / Suhail Muzaffar -- chapter 8 Improvement of Horticulture Crops through Biotechnological Approaches -- chapter 9 Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Improvement in Flowers and Ornamental Plants -- chapter 10 Recent Advances in the Development of Transgenic Crop Plants, Biosafety Aspects, and Future Perspectives -- part Part IV: Microbial Biotechnology -- chapter 11 Microbial Biotechnology: Role of Microbes in Sustainable Agriculture / Deepak Kumar, Mahesh Kumar, P. Verma, and Md. Shamim -- part Part V: Oxidative Stress -- chapter 12 Oxidative Stress in Plants: Overview on Reactive Oxygen Species Formation in Chloroplasts, Consequences, and Experimental Approaches Under Abiotic Stresses -- part Part VI: Plant Disease Diagnostics and Management -- chapter 13 Biotechnological Approaches for Plant Disease Diagnosis and Management / Ravi Ranjan Kumar.

"Plant Biotechnology, Volume 2: Plant Biotechnology is on Transgenics, Stress Management, and Biosafety Issues is the second of this new two-volume set. This volume covers many recent advances in the development of transgenic plants that have revolutionized our concepts of sustainable food production, cost-effective alternative energy strategies, microbial biofertilizers and biopesticides, and disease diagnostics through plant biotechnology. With the advancements in plant biotechnology, many of the customary approaches are out of date, and an understanding of new updated approaches is needed. This volume presents information related to recent methods of genetic transformation, gene silencing, development of transgenic crops, biosafety issues, microbial biotechnology, oxidative stress, and plant disease diagnostics and management. This book is comprised of 13 chapters dealing with various aspect of plant biotechnology. This volume, blending the basics, new advances, and their applications will be a helpful resource for research and university libraries as well as for the many students engaged in plant biotechnology studies as well as faculty and researchers. Volume 1 of Plant Biotechnology is on Principles, Techniques, and Applications. The two volumes are available as a set or separately."--Provided by publisher.