In recent years, a variety of molecular markers, based on microsatellites or simple sequence
repeats (SSRs) have become the markers of choice, thus necessitating their development …

Bio-diesel is a fast-develo** alternative fuel in many developed and develo** countries
of the world. The bio-diesel production from vegetable oils during 2004–2005 was estimated …

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade,
newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprinting will find an easy-to-follow …

This book has been written to meet the needs of students for biotechnology courses at
various levels of undergraduate and graduate studies. This book covers all the important …

Recent taxonomic studies on fungi using molecular techniques have provided important
information on their phylogenies and new classifications (Chapter VI). Many genera of …

Significance Statement Soybean is the most important source of protein meal worldwide and
the quantitative trait loci (QTL) cqSeed protein‐003 on chromosome 20 exerts the greatest …

Castor and Jatropha belong to the Euphorbiaceae family. This review highlights the role of
biotechnological tools in the genetic improvement of castor and jatropha. Castor is …

DNA technology provides a powerful tool to complement chemical analyses for
authentication of Chinese medicinal plants and to ensure that herbal materials are not …

AFLP analysis using restriction enzyme isoschizomers that differ in their sensitivity to
methylation of their recognition sites has been used to analyse the methylation state of …

Twenty primers of 20 mer referred to universal rice primer (URP) were developed from a
repetitive sequence of rice genome. URP-PCR protocol employed stringent PCR with high …