1st Edition

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology: Fundamentals, Advances, and Practices for a Greener Future

By Anjali Priyadarshini, Prerna Pandey Copyright 2018
364 Pages 6 Color & 45 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

364 Pages 6 Color & 45 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

364 Pages 6 Color & 45 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

This new volume, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology: Fundamentals, Advances, and Practices for a Greener Future , looks at the application of a variety of technologies, both fundamental and advanced, that are being used for crop improvement, metabolic engineering, and the development of transgenic plants. The science of agriculture is among the oldest and most intensely studied... Read more

Enzymes

Immobilization Biocatalysis

Enzymes in Non-Conventional Media

Metabolic Engineering

Use of Enzymes in Industry

White Biotechnology

Agricultural Biotechnology, and History

Plant Breeding and Seed Technology

Plant Tissue Culture

Plant Nutrition and Phytohormones

Transgenic Plants

Global Food Safety

Biography

Prerna Pandey, PhD, a biotechnologist with several years of wet lab research experience, worked at the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. Her field included isolation and molecular characterization of Geminiviruses, genome sequencing, gene annotation, and gene silencing using the RNA interference technology. She has also worked at Transasia Biomedicals and Advance Enzyme Technologies as a scientist. Dr. Pandey has published papers in peer-reviewed journals in the field and has submitted a number of annotated Geminiviral genome sequences in the GenBank, including two novel ones. She has also completed her editing and proofreading courses from Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and now works as a freelance scientific writer and editor.





Anjali Priyadarshini, PhD, is a Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India awardee and holds a doctorate in biomedical sciences. Her field of research and interest includes biotechnology and nanotechnology. Dr. Priyadarshini has published papers in peer-reviewed journals in the biomedical field. She currently works as assistant professor at Delhi University, India.