Alien Gene Transfer in Crop Plants, Volume 1

1. Alien Gene Transfer in Crop Plants: An Introduction
Aditya Pratap, Jitendra Kumar

2. Distant Hybridization: A Tool for Interspecific Manipulation of Chromosomes
Dengcai Liu, Huaigang Zhang, Lianquan Zhang, Zhongwei Yuan, Ming Hao, Youliang Zheng

3. Tissue Culture and Regeneration: A Prerequisite for Alien Gene Transfer
Maria Wędzony, Magdalena Szechyńska-Hebda, Iwona Żur, Ewa Dubas, Monika Krzewska

4. Methods and Role of Embryo Rescue Technique in Alien Gene Transfer
Monika M. Lulsdorf, Alison Ferrie, Susan M. H. Slater, Hai Ying Yuan

5. Horizontal Gene Transfer Through Genetic Transformation
Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, Paramita Palit, K. K. Sharma

6. Distant Hybridisation and Doubled-Haploidy Breeding
Harinder K. Chaudhary, Vineeta Kaila, Shoukat A. Rather, Tisu Tayeng

7. Role of Molecular Markers
Reyazul Rouf Mir, Javaid Akhter Bhat, Nelofer Jan, Bikram Singh, Ashok Kumar Razdan, Mohd Ashraf Bhat, Ajay Kumar, Ekta Srivastava, Nupur Malviya

8. Molecular Cytogenetics for Identification of Alien Chromosomes and Chromosome Segments
Harinder K. Chaudhary, Vineeta Kaila, Shoukat Ahmad Rather

9. Agronomically Relevant Traits Transferred to Major Crop Plants by Alien Introgressions
Neeraj Kumar, Sachin Rustgi

10. Gene Flow and Risk Assessment in Genetically Modified Crops
Stephen F. Chandler, Trevor W. Stevenson

11. Bioinformatics Approaches to Deciphering Alien Gene Transfer: A Comprehensive Analysis
Rajeev K. Azad, Nitish Mishra, Firoz Ahmed, Rakesh Kaundal

12. Alien Gene Transfer: Challenges and Opportunities
Jitendra Kumar, Aditya Pratap

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Sciences, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Genetics & Genomics, Plant Anatomy/Development