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PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY - ITS ROLE IN IMPROVEMENT OF SPICES

DSpice at Indian Institute of Spices Research

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Creator NIRMAL BABU, K
MINOO, DIVAKARAN
GEETHA, S P
SAMSUDEEN, K
REMA, J
RAVINDRAN, P N
PETER, K V
 
Date 2008-07-28T11:00:00Z
2008-07-28T11:00:00Z
1998
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 68(8, special issue) : 533-47 (1998)
0019-5022
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/400
 
Description Spices have played al'significant role in the history of civilization. Crop improvement in spices is difficult and timeconsuming due to their Iong pre-bearing age and other crop specific problems. Biotechnology offers novel avenues for crop improvement of spices. This paper reviews the present status of biotechnology of spices with emphasis on the work done in India on micropropagation and rapid clonal multiplication of high-yielding elite genotypes to generate good quality planting material, extploiting somaclonal variation and genetic engineering techniques for crop improvement, in¬vitro selection for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, in-nitro conservation for safe exchange of germplasm and production of flavour and volatile constituents in culture.
 
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Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research(New Delhi)
 
Subject spices
crop improvement
somaclones
biotechnology
 
Title PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY - ITS ROLE IN IMPROVEMENT OF SPICES
 
Type Article