Biotechnological Advances in Bamboo (eBook)

'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 adaptable and extensively used renewable resource in conventional and commercial applications. Therefore, the annual demands for bamboos have already out-crossed the annual yields across the world. And the current scenario has forced scientists to pay more attention to the utilization of biotechnological tools for better understanding and improving bamboos. The book provides an overview of the different biotechnological approaches to advance bamboo research and better utilization of bamboo resources for human beings. Various applications of biological techniques in relation to bamboo have been discussed in details, for example, plant tissue culture techniques, somatic embryogenesis, germplasm conservation techniques, use of the molecular markers, transcriptomics, polymorphism, and phylogenetic relations in bamboo. It also addresses the novel industrial applications of bamboo in structural, food, and pharmaceuticals along with traditional uses. The aggregated information in this book demonstrates the way for the improved and sustainable practice of bamboos to fulfill the future needs of the world. This book is intended for use in both the industry and academia

Dr. Zishan Ahmad has over 7 years (including Ph.D. duration) of research experience in plant biotechnology and currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Bamboo Research Institute of Nanjing Forestry University in Nanjing, China. He obtained his Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University in India, in the year 2019. He received financial assistance from Department of Science and Technology (DST), India during his Ph.D. work. He also qualified different national level talent test conducted by The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India and Agricultural scientific recruitment board (ASRB), India. He published over 11 research articles and 05 book chapters in various journals/books of great repute. He attended several national/international conferences, workshop/research training and received prestigious awards from various scientific societies. He also represented Faculty of Life sciences, Aligarh Muslim University in zonal and national level competitions conducted by University Grant Commission (UGC), India. 

Dr. Yulong Ding has over 35 years of research experience in bamboo. He is a professor at Bamboo Research Institute of Nanjing Forestry University in China and recently appointed as the Director of Bamboo Resource Cultivation Engineering Technology Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Bureau in China. He was a visiting scholar at the University Hamburg, Institute of Wood Biology, Germany, for 2 years. He chaired over 10 projects funded by the Jiangsu provincial government, or Ministry of Science and Technology, or the Ministry of education, China. He holds membership of several academic bodies/societies Chinese bamboo association, the National standard committee of bamboo products and the director of the association committee of bamboo resources and ecology. He published over 200 research articles and 6 book chapters, also edited one book. He has been serving as an editorial board member for several journals. 

 Dr. Anwar Shahzad has over 25 years of research experience in plant biotechnology and is currently working as a professor in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University in India. He owns several awards like the Bharat Vikas Award, 2018 by Institute of self-reliance, India; excellence in research by 5th academic brilliance awards-17, India, and Marie Curie award 2015. He has successfully guided 11 Ph.D. and completed several research projects funded by the government of India. He holds membership of several academic bodies/societies including the Indian Botanical Society (IBS), the Directorate of Plant Biotechnology (DPB), IASR, Indian Science Congress Associations, and Ibna Sina academy of medieval medicine and Science. He published over 98 research articles, 27 book chapters and edited 3 books. His articles have been cited over 1849 times with a Google h-index of 24. He has been part of several editorial boards of journals.

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"e;Green gold"e; or "e;Poor Man's Timber"e; 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 adaptable and extensively used renewable resource in conventional and commercial applications. Therefore, the annual demands for bamboos have already out-crossed the annual yields across the world. And the current scenario has forced scientists to pay more attention to the utilization of biotechnological tools for better understanding and improving bamboos. The book provides an overview of the different biotechnological approaches to advance bamboo research and better utilization of bamboo resources for human beings. Various applications of biological techniques in relation to bamboo have been discussed in details, for example, plant tissue culture techniques, somatic embryogenesis, germplasm conservation techniques, use of the molecular markers, transcriptomics, polymorphism, and phylogenetic relations in bamboo. It also addresses the novel industrial applications of bamboo in structural, food, and pharmaceuticals along with traditional uses. The aggregated information in this book demonstrates the way for the improved and sustainable practice of bamboos to fulfill the future needs of the world. This book is intended for use in both the industry and academia