Technologies in Plant Biotechnology and Breeding of Field Crops

Dr. Kamaluddin is an associate professor in the Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda, India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from BHU, Varanasi. He has expertise in plant breeding and molecular breeding. Dr. Kamaluddin has published original research articles, review articles, book chapters, and abstracts in different journals of national and international repute. Presently, he is involved with the development of heat and drought stress tolerant pulse cultivars, using marker assisted selection. He has published Plant Biotechnology: Principles and Application (Springer) and Transgenic Technology Based Value Addition in Plant Biotechnology, (Elsevier, London) in the capacity of co-editor.Dr. Usha Kiran is currently working as director, Vanercia Institute of Technical Education, Gautam Buddh Nagar, UP, India. She obtained her Ph.D. in biotechnology from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Her research is focused on signaling modulators used by plant cell to evoke protective cellular response, especially proline biosynthesis and degradation during stress conditions. Her work involves extensive use of bioinformatic tools for analyses. Her research articles, review articles, book chapters, and abstracts have been published in journals of national and international repute. In her pursuit to bring technologies and their application to fellow scientists and research scholars, she has published books on applications of biotechnology in plant science (Plant Biotechnology: Principles and Application, Springer; Transgenic Technology Based Value Addition in Plant Biotechnology, Elsevier, London).Dr. M. Z. Abdin is currently working as head of the Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. He has published four books in the capacity of editor/co-author. Dr. Abdin has been working in the field of plant biotechnology with focus on metabolic engineering of medicinal plants and crops for better yield, quality, and tolerance to abiotic/biotic stresses. He is also working on modulation of secondary plant metabolites synthesis employing RNAi technology. Further, he is also working for the development and use of DNA fingerprints for authentication of herbal/Unani drugs. Dr. Abdin has published extensively in journals of national and international repute.