Techniques And Protocols In Plant Biochemistry And Molecular Biology

This is era of plant genomics. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology have taken great leaps in diverse areas. The complete sequencing of various plants like Arabidopsis, rice, maize and recently wheat has been made available on the public domain. Lots of new genes have been identified, cloned and characterized from different crops. Breeders are using these resources for developing crops with improved productivity, quality and tolerance to various biotic and abiotic stresses. Nutritional enhancement in cereals and legumes are also major targeted areas of research work.