51 Best Books on Plant Biotechnology

“Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture: Fundamental Methods (Springer Lab Manuals)” Book Review: The book is designed for professionals and advanced students. This manual provides all relevant arrangements for basic and applied plant cell and molecular technologies. The book also included chapters on laboratory facilities, operation and management. This book contains a glossary and all the information needed to set up and carry out any of the procedures without having to use other resource books.

“Plant Biochemistry” Book Review: The fourth edition of the book addresses the basic principles of plant biology along with commercial applications of plant biochemistry. The techniques and use of genetic engineering to improve crop plants and to provide sustainable raw materials is also explained in this book. The book includes latest research findings, and areas of future research. The book also includes more than 300 two-color diagrams and metabolic schemes.

“Plant Biotechnology: The Genetic Manipulation of Plants” Book Review: The Second edition of the book presents a balanced and objective exploration of the technology behind genetic manipulation. The application of this technology to the growth and cultivation of plants is also described in the book. The book describes the techniques behind genetic influence in a clear manner. The book makes use of a lot of case studies to illustrate how this important tool is used in reality. The role of genetic manipulation is also explained in detail.

“Plant Biotechnology: Methods in Tissue Culture and Gene Transfer” Book Review: The book is designed for postgraduate students and researchers working in the fields of plant biotechnology and horticulture. It is also a reference book for undergraduate students.This book offers several tools that can be used appropriately for sustainable agriculture. The book has 21 chapters contributed by notable scientists from all over the country. The book discusses the various techniques and aspects of biotechnology that can bring about crop improvement.

“Plant Biotechnology” Book Review: The book includes a series of contents. It includes (1) 10 Model Test Papers (50 Objective Questions each); (2) Match the following type questions (120 questions); (3) Memory Based Previous Papers of ICAR JRF Plant Biotechnology Exam.

“ Practical Book of Biotechnology & Plant Tissue Culture” Book Review: The book starts with an introduction to basic knowledge of instruments. The book deals with principle, working, uses, limitations and precautions of about ten instruments. Basic Knowledge of precaution of plant and tissue culture has been given in simple and easy-to-follow language.The biotechnology exercises such as Plasmid and DNA isolation, DNA size determination etc have been given in a student friendly manner.

“Principles of Plant Biotechnology” Book Review: This book covers the entire syllabus of Under and Postgraduate level. The book has been divided into 2 sections. Section I deals with plant tissue culture. Section II deals with genetic engineering. Each chapter has been presented point wise and step by step for easy understanding. The book contains Glossary of technical terms at the end of each chapter. Some useful references are also given at the end.

“Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques and Applications” Book Review: It is designed to motivate the future generation of plant biotechnologists. It is an introductory textbook and concentrates on basic science and process. It helps students from plant biology and genetics to understanding principles and applications of plant biotechnology thoroughly. The last chapter of the book contains a professional forecast of the future of plant biotechnology. Each chapter is organized in a consistent manner so that students can progressively develop previous chapter concepts. This is an essential textbook for junior- and senior-level courses in plant biotechnology or plant genetics. It is also useful for courses devoted to special topics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

“Applied Biotechnology and Plant Genetics” Book Review: This book provides a complete introduction in the area of biotechnology and plant genetics. It explains the basic approaches and problems involved in the developments associated with science. It covers topics including the biotech revolution, genetics and agriculture, microbiology and industry applications. It illustrates the concepts of pharmaceutical applications, dynamics of nitrogen fixation, scientific revolution in plant genetics.

“Advances in Applied Bioremediation (Soil Biology)” Book Review: This book covers the chapters with application of biological methods to soil remediation. It explains environmental science including microbiology and molecular biology from academic institutions and industry.

“Plant Biotechnology: Current and Future Applications of Genetically Modified Crops” Book Review: This book provides detailed explanation of the development, use and regulations of genetically modified crops. The book starts with introducing GM crops and illustrates the GM crops which are used commercially. Further it explains new developments and methodologies in areas including different application of GM crops. It concludes with discussing the main issues of safety and legislation including allergenicity, environmental impacts, risk assessment and labelling. This book is designed for postgraduates and researchers in plant biotechnology and related sciences. It can also be useful for professionals working in the plant biotechnology industry or government professionals working in environmental policy.

“Plant Physiology and Biotechnology: Fundamental and Applied Research” Book Review: The aim of this book is to present new information to students and researchers. It explains the effects of stress on plant Photosynthetic yield, chlorophyll fluorescence, fruit production. It also discusses Effects of stresses like xylem and phloem stress, water stress, light stress on the plant and fruit (date, olive, fig)production. The book also explains plant growth hormones like auxin, gibberellin and kinetin effect.

“A Textbook of Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology” Book Review: This book covers plant biochemistry, it’s principles and plant physiology. This book acts as a reference for students engaged in the field of Botany. The book provides a comprehensive understanding of the subject. This book is divided into three parts- Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology. There are discussions on topics such as genetic engineering. This book is beneficial for students appearing in NET and other competitive examinations. It comprises illustrations, diagrams and tables to enable firm grip on the subject. This book is primarily for undergraduate students. With a focus on problem solving, each chapter provides abridged coverage of the subject. It has a number of solved problems illustrating resolution procedures and the main concepts underlying them.

“Objective Genetics, Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Forestry” Book Review: This book has been designed to serve the students of Plant Breeding, Genetics and forestry. It is also useful for the courses Biotechnology, Biochemistry. The book consists of objective type questions. Along with these kinds of questions, the majority of the questions in this book have been designed to assess the student’s understanding of the subject. In this book the questions have four to six choice statements, which are to be understood to find the right answer. This book deals with tissue culture, biotechnology, biochemistry or forestry. Thus beneficial for undergraduates in agricultural universities study courses. Postgraduate students of Genetics and Plant Breeding take Biotechnology as a minor subject and go for this textbook. Whereas those of Biotechnology take Biochemistry or Genetics and Plant Breeding as a minor subject also choose this as a companion book.

“The New Frontiers in Plant Biochemistry (Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology)” Book Review: The subjects covered in the volume are diverse. It reflects the research interests. This textbook contains articles written by experts in each field. It also provides a clear picture of the current frontiers and perspectives of plant biochemistry research. It also explains the new experimental strategies in this field of science. This volume will serve as a stimulating text for scientists in this field. The textbook is written as a unified approach to various topics. Keeping in view of the above, the book is immensely helpful to the beginners who are interested in this field of research.

“Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Markers” Book Review: This comprehensive textbook is on plant biotechnology and molecular makers. The book contains original as well as review articles of associates who are experts in their area of research. It incorporates articles that cover the entire gamut of plant biotechnology, and also applications of molecular markers. The book includes articles on in vitro fertilization and micropropagation. Also there are articles on forest tree improvement through genetic engineering. The book contains an article which deals with cryopreservation of plant material. The volumes include chapters on molecular markers considering DNA indexing. The book has write-ups covering stage-specific gene markers, DNA polymorphism and genetic engineering.

“Plant Cell Culture (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology)” Book Review: The book advances in plant cell culture. It explores its advancement in the field of biochemical engineering and biotechnology also. The book is helpful for the students due to its detailed contents and concise summary. The book mainly focuses on biosynthesis of secondary products by cell cultures of higher plants. The major detailed subject in the book is plant cell culture and plant products. The production of useful plant metabolites is the referred text to go through. The volume also explains immobilized plant cells and selection and screening techniques for plant cell cultures. The book also reviews the photosynthetic potential of plant cell cultures. The textbook includes a bibliography at the end of each chapter to encourage further study. Complete with colorful illustrations and examples, the book is easy to read.

“Plant Cells (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology)” Book Review: This comprehensive textbook advances in plant cells. It explores its need in the field of biochemical engineering and biotechnology also. It discusses plant cell culture for the production of valuable plant derived secondary metabolites. The book reviews the recent achievements in biochemical engineering studies in Chapter 1. The other discussed topics are the effect of gaseous compounds on plant cell behavior. The following Chapter 2 focuses on the gas concentration effects on secondary metabolite production by plant cell cultures. The described effects of the gases include oxygen, carbon dioxide, ethylene and others, such as volatile hormones like methyl jasmonate. The major focused area of the book are the discussed examples of two metabolites. There are chapters based on the antimalarial artemisinin that is produced by Artemisia annua (sweet wormwood). The volume also includes a part on taxanes used for anticancer therapy that are produced by species of Taxus. Bioprocess integration is another important topic in plant cell culture technology. Various integrated bioprocessing techniques are discussed in Chapter 3 with illustrations and examples.

“Bioactive Molecules and Medicinal Plants” Book Review: This book incorporates articles that cover current medicinal plants research. The textbook reviews the current status of bioactive molecules and medicinal plants research. This book puts light on the demand for herbal medicine. The chapters mainly focus on bioactive molecules and on medicinal plants. The major area of the book covers the examples like stilbenes and p- to estrogens and Bacopa monnieri. This book is useful for researchers in academia, industry, and agriculture planning. It includes an exclusive summary and Chapter-end conclusion. It also contains appendices which is really helpful for the readers.

“Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII (Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry)” Book Review: The book on the biotechnology of medicinal and aromatic plants. It provides a survey of the literature, focusing on recent information and the state of the art in tissue culture and the in vitro production of secondary metabolites. This book deals with the conventional propagation, micro propagation, tissue culture studies and the in vitro production of important medicinal and pharmaceutical compounds. Also details about various species of aesculus, beta, bowiea, citrus, claviceps, coleonema, dunaliella, epimedium, euphorbia, forsythia and gomphrena. Textbook for students, teachers and research scientists in the field of pharmacy, plant tissue culture and plant biotechnology.

“Introduction to Plant Biotechnology” Book Review: Textbook for students of biotechnology courses of undergraduate and graduate studies. This book covers topics like plant tissue culture viz. nutrition media, micropropagation, organ culture, cell suspension culture, haploid culture, protoplast isolation and fusion. In addition it also contains DNA technology, DNA in the genome and basic techniques involved in recombinant DNA technology. This book also explains about rDNA technology, gene cloning, isolation of plant genes, transposons and gene tagging.

“The Gentianaceae – Volume 2: Biotechnology and Applications” Book Review: Aspects of biotechnology and their applications are covered in this book. Reference for scientists and students in the fields of botany, plant breeding, biotechnology and horticulture, as well as professional gardeners. Important topics covered are molecular markers, preservation of genetic resources by cryopreservation, postharvest physiology of cut gentian flowers and potted plants. It also mentions different analytical methods for the evaluation of gentians as sources of secondary metabolites such as xanthones and flavonoids, secoiridoids and C-gluco flavonoids and their positive impacts on human health.

“Advances in Plant Biopesticides” Book Review: Important topics covered in the book are plant biopesticides bioresources, its application in different areas to manage pests and diseases of field crops, control of arthropods of veterinary and vectors of communicable diseases, efficacy in controlling honeybee mite pests, etc. The book also highlights a unique example for developing biopesticides based on the research on annonaceae as potential source of plant biopesticide, exploiting phytochemicals for developing green technology. Book for researchers, scientists, students, teachers, entrepreneurs and government & non-government policy makers.

“Bacterial Metabolites in Sustainable Agroecosystem (Sustainable Development and Biodiversity)” Book Review: This book highlights current applications and research on bacterial hormones and surfactants to provide a timely overview. Important topics covered are enhanced sustainable agricultural production and alleviate food scarcity, the majority of microorganisms, etc. It also includes research on bacteria-mediated phytohormones is crucially important, plant growth and development. Various genera including PGPR group of bacteria are potential sources of plant growth regulators. It also has application of such organism allowing plants to survive under abiotic and biotic stress conditions besides govern phytohormone mediated immune response and manage to regulate hormones.

“Annual Plant Reviews: Functions and Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolites” Book Review: This book provides varied case studies from law enforcement, aviation and medical fields. Details broad standards and methods that can be applied to all blue and white collar fields. Book discusses principles, methods, and legal issues and offers a remedy by explaining how to apply forensic psychology to these cases-from every perspective.

“Applications of Plant Biotechnology: In Vitro Propagation, Plant Transformations and Secondary Metabolite Production” Book Review: This book introduces plant tissue culture followed by specific applications of biotechnology in regeneration of rice, maize, eucalyptus, hot pepper, guava and stone fruit. It also compares the features of in vitro grown plants to in vivo plants, transgenic plants production and application, genetic engineering and metabolic engineering of plants and molecular farming. Also includes basic techniques employed in leading laboratories worldwide, follows an extended account of important applications in, for example, plant propagation, gene technology and secondary metabolite production. Serves as a textbook for both students and researchers of biotechnology, agriculture, horticulture, forestry as well as for the industry.

“Biotechnology of Antibiotics and Other Bioactive Microbial Metabolites” Book Review: The book introduces biotechnology of microbial secondary metabolites, general biology, biosynthesis, the search for novel metabolites and techniques for strain improvement are all discussed. Undergraduate and graduate students can use it as a handbook to overview the field.

“Extraction of Metabolites from Plant Tissues” Book Review: This book reviews the extraction methods as conventional solvent extraction, supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), aqueous two-phase extraction (ATPE), liquid membrane extraction and reverse micelle extraction. The book also discusses the technology used for either to recover important food components, being a main processing stage for the production of certain food products (sugar, oils, proteins), to isolate desired components (antioxidants, flavours) or to remove contaminants and other undesirable components (alkaloids, cholesterol).

“Concepts in Plant Metabolomics” Book Review: This book topics include genes in a genome irrespective of functionality, metabolomics profiles of all metabolites in a biological sample. It also covers cellular processes by providing a measure of the ultimate phenotype of an organism, characterized by the collage of small molecules whose levels of accumulation is altered in response to genetic and environmentally induced changes in gene expression.

“Plant Cell and Tissue Culture” Book Review: This book is for the students of biotechnology. This book has information about the new hybrid varieties, mutation and genetic transformation of plants. It is written from many different sources like research journals, scientific magazines, periodicals and seminar proceedings.

“Plant Cell and Tissue Culture” Book Review: This book is for the students of biotechnology. This book contains topics like introduction to plant tissue culture technology, its history, its outline, lab organisation, nutrition medium and medium preparation techniques. It also briefs us about the sterilization methods, cellular totipotency, callus culture, cell suspension and single cell culture and somatic embryogenesis and hybridization. This book has explanations on embryo culture, androgenesis, gynogenesis, protoplast culture, micropropagation, self pollination and fertilization, artificial seed technology and production of secondary metabolites.

“Plant Cell and Tissue Culture” Book Review: This book is for the workers in the field of biotechnology. This book contains detailed lessons on all major fields and plantation crops and contains all the necessary laboratory techniques like morphogenesis and regeneration, meristem and shoot tip culture, plant protoplasts and mutant cell lines. It also mentions the variation in tissue cultures, isogenic lines, fertilization control, cryopreservation and transformation. This book explains in vitro culture of cereals, legumes, vegetables, potatoes, other roots and tubers, oilseeds, temperate fruits, tropical fruits, plantation crops, forest trees and ornamentals.

“Plant Cell and Tissue Culture” Book Review: This book is for the workers in the field of biotechnology. This book contains detailed lessons on all major fields and plantation crops and contains all the necessary laboratory techniques like morphogenesis and regeneration, meristem and shoot tip culture, plant protoplasts and mutant cell lines. It also mentions the variation in tissue cultures, isogenic lines, fertilization control, cryopreservation and transformation. This book explains in vitro culture of cereals, legumes, vegetables, potatoes, other roots and tubers, oilseeds, temperate fruits, tropical fruits, plantation crops, forest trees and ornamentals.

“Plant Cell and Tissue Culture – A Tool in Biotechnology: Basics and Application (Principles and Practice)” Book Review: This book is useful for the newcomers as well as the specialists in the field of biotechnology. This book has basic information with advanced knowledge. It also has detailed explanations on basic techniques used world wide. This book states important applications namely plant propagation, secondary metabolite production and gene technology. It also has historic developments of metabolic aspects, nutrition, growth regulators, differentiation and the development of culture systems.

“Plant Cell and Tissue Culture (Methods in Molecular Biology)” Book Review: This book is for everyone who is related to the field of biotechnology. This book has made a step-by-step approach in explaining basic lab techniques. This book specially deals with the genetic modifications in plants and their economic significance. It covers a wide variety of chapters and techniques like tissue culture media and selection, cryopreservation, callus culture techniques, organ culture, embryogenesis, fertilization technique, gene transfer, cell immobilization, production systems, cell product purification, DNA expression and transfer of nuclei. This book has an appendix and list of formulas.

“Plant Cell and Tissue Culture for the Production of Food Ingredients” Book Review: This book is for the students of field biotechnology. This book contains advances in the field of plant cell and tissue culture. It also provides alternative methods for the production of different ingredients. This book also discusses recent advances in plant metabolic pathway studies, process development for improving yields and bioreactor design and operation for large-scale production.

“Plant Cell and Tissue Culture Biotechnology” Book Review: This book is for the graduates, undergraduates and the researchers in the field of biotechnology. This book tells us about the plant cell and tissue culture, cell regeneration and stem cell. It also explains about the cell suspension, protoplast culture, organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis. This book also has plenty of information on Plant cell and DNA cloning, rDNA, T-DNA, DNA transformation and molecular cloning. It also states about the hormonal effects in plants which helps in regeneration of cells and tissue.

“Applied and Fundamental Aspects of Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture” Book Review: This book is for the students of biotechnology and genetic engineering. This book provides us with the information on plant physiology, cell biology, genetics, agriculture, forestry, horticulture and industry. It contains information on regeneration of plants, vegetative propagation, cloning, haploids, cytology, cytogenetics and plant breeding. This book mentions fast growing principles and fascinating disciplines.

“Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture: Fundamental Methods (Springer Lab Manuals)” Book Review: This book is for the students and professionals who are in the field of plant biotechnology. This book provides basic information about plant cell and molecular technologies which are histology, electron microscopy, cytology, virus diagnosis, gene transfer and PCR. It also briefs us about laboratory facilities, operation and management.

“The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition” Book Review: This book provides answers of different nutritions. It covers many plant based diets recommended by qualified dieticians. These diets should be followed by patients who suffer from diabetes, heart disease and cancer. It explains how and from where people can get nutrition from meat and dairy products. It contains tips for eating at restaurants. How the vegan pitfall should be avoided is covered in this book. Finally, it also contains hidden animal ingredients in packaged foods and helps us to find them with different techniques.

“Plant Nutrition – Physiology and Applications (Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences)” Book Review: This book introduces mechanisms and distribution of nutrients with crop yield and quality. It highlights plant mineral nutrition, metabolic processes with its important aspects. Different strategies of fertilizer application, shortage of plant products, timber and shelter are included in the book. It describes agriculture, horticulture, and forestry and applies scientific knowledge to them. Approaches of plant physiology, biochemis­try, soil science and agronomy are covered in this book.

“Introduction To Plant Biotechnology” Book Review: This book introduces plant biotechnology with different methods. It includes plant tissue culture, nutrition media and micropropagation. Topics such as organ culture, protoplast isolation, fusion, haploid culture and cryopreservation are featured in the book. The book focuses on secondary metabolite production and somaclonal variation.

“Experiments in Microbiology, Plant Pathology and Biotechnology” Book Review: This book explains about micro organisms and their sizes. It focuses on performing experiments with microbes and its omnipresence. New topics like bacterial taxonomy are included in the book. It deals with phylogeny and classification of procare. Different exercises of air, soil, agricultural microbiology and mushroom production technology are highlighted in the book. Different 163 exercises are present in the book and different diagrams are illustrated in the book. The book contains different appendices. This book will act as a guide for undergraduate students, teachers and scientists in the field of biological sciences. Even students of nutrition, pharmacy, B.Tech, M.tech will find this text useful.

“Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Biotechnology” Book Review: This book focuses on topics like plant nutrition, deficiency symptoms, plant growth regulators with their physiological functions. It highlights morphogenesis, plant and water relationships and other culture techniques. Information on somatic embryogenesis, embryo culture, micropropagation and shoot generation are present in the book. The book features additional topics like somaclonal variations, cell hybridization, transgenic plants and its resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses. Different features of transgenic plants are mentioned in the book.

“Energy in Plant Nutrition and Pest Control” Book Review: The book focuses on the energy involved in plant nutrition and pest control for crop production. It tells us that fossil fuel energy is used to produce fertilizers and pesticides and is evaluated along with the amount, distribution and use of these fertilizers and pesticides throughout the world. The use of organic wastes and biological nitrogen fixation are discussed in the book. It also covers the methods for the conservation of nutrients and pesticides.

“Atlas of Plant Cell Structure” Book Review: This book is designed for plant scientists, students and teachers. It can also be used by people who are unfamiliar with extraordinary living things. The book gives a pictorial representation and 3D images of cellular structures in pants, algae, fungi and related organisms. The book has nine chapters namely Nuclei and Chromosomes, Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, The Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatuses and Endocytic Organelles, Vacuoles and Storage Organelles, Cytoskeletons, Cell Walls, Generative Cells, and Meristems. The chapters are accompanied with pictures and short descriptions. It explains the background along with the meaning of the pictures. It also explains the method by which it was obtained along with references. The book provides the privileges of visual tour of the cells. It will help the readers in getting new insights of the plant cell structure.