Sugarcane Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects

Book Overview

Chapter 1.Potential health benefits of sugarcane.- Chapter 2.Sugarcane genomics and transcriptomics.- Chapter 3.Unraveling the sugarcane genome: progress made so far and challenges ahead.- Chapter 4.Methods of sugarcane transformation.- Chapter 5.Factors affecting genetic transformation efficiency in sugarcane.- Chapter 6.Novel potential candidate promoters and advanced strategies for sugarcane transformation.- Chapter 7.Sugarcane: an efficient platform for molecular farming.- Chapter 8.Biotechnological interventions for improving sucrose accumulation in sugarcane.- Chapter 9.Sugarcane as a potential biofuel crop.- Chapter 10.Plastome engineering: yesterday, today, and tomorrow.-Chapter 11.CRISPR-Cas9 system as a genome editing tool in sugarcane.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319589458
• ISBN13: 9783319589459
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"