Biotechnological Advances in Bamboo The “Green Gold” on the Earth

“Green gold” or “Poor Man’s Timber” are commonly used terms for bamboo that is a valuable and renewable resource of the world, and has always been an elemental part of human beings in terms of social and economic value. Bamboo is considered a multipurpose plant and has a prolonged history as an adap...

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Other Authors: Ahmad, Zishan (Editor), Ding, Yulong (Editor), Shahzad, Anwar (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Bamboo: origin, habitat, distributions and global prospective
  • Molecular markers in bamboos: understanding reproductive biology, genetic structure, interspecies diversity and clonal fidelity for conservation and breeding
  • Standard protocols for in vitro propagation of bamboo with emphasis on axillary shoot proliferation
  • Somatic embryogenesis in bamboos: advances and prospects
  • Initiation and establishment of cell suspension culture in bamboo
  • Micro-morpho-anatomical alterations in micropropagated plants of endrocalamus strictus
  • Micropropagation of bamboos and clonal fidelity assessment using molecular markers
  • Standardization of laboratory to land transfer strategies of micropropagated plantlets of bamboo
  • Management of bamboo genetic resources and clonal production systems
  • Polymorphism and phylogenetic relationships in bamboo
  • Transgenics approaches in Bamboo
  • Advances in Conservation of Bamboo Genetic Resources through Whole Seeds Cryopreservation
  • Application of Biotechnological Tool in Bamboo Improvement
  • Ethnobamboology: traditional uses of bamboos and opportunities to exploit genomic resources for better exploitation
  • Bamboo flowering in South America: what the past tells about the future
  • Molecular Markers in Bamboo Genotyping: Prospects for Conservation and Breeding
  • Application of bamboo in the food and pharmaceutical industry
  • Functional pasta: a comparative study of the use of bamboo shoot fiber and white fibers
  • Bamboo fiber as a substitute for fat and/or sugar in cookies
  • Practical application of bamboo as a building material: trends and challenges