Spices biotechnology

In recent times, biotechnological tools have supplemented various conventional approaches in conservation,characterization, improvement and utilization for increasing production and productivity of spices. In manyspices, viable micropropagation technologies are available for commercial production an...

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Autores principales: K V Peter, K Nirmal Babu, D Minoo .
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Publicado: Society for Promotion of Horticulture - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research 2006
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b43f8b9db9fa42b89fb94e17fa78cba82021-12-02T12:40:41ZSpices biotechnology0973-354X2582-4899https://doaj.org/article/b43f8b9db9fa42b89fb94e17fa78cba82006-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jhs.iihr.res.in/index.php/jhs/article/view/663https://doaj.org/toc/0973-354Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2582-4899In recent times, biotechnological tools have supplemented various conventional approaches in conservation,characterization, improvement and utilization for increasing production and productivity of spices. In manyspices, viable micropropagation technologies are available for commercial production and generation of disease - free planting material. Somaclonal variation is important in crops where natural variability is low and a few useful somaclonal variants have been identified in ginger, turmeric and vanilla. Protoplast technology is also available for capsicum, black pepper, fennel, fenugreek, garlic, saffron and peppermint. In vitro cryopreservation, Synseed and Micro-rhizome technologies are available for safe propagation, conservation, movement, and exchange of spices germplasm. Studies are in progress for in vitro production of flavour and colouring compounds like capsaicin, vanillin, anethole, crocin, picrocrocin, saff'ranal, etc. using immobilized and transformed cell cultures. Use of molecular markers for crop profiling, fingerprinting, molecular taxonomy, identification of duplicate hybrids, estimation of genetic fidelity and tagging of genes for marker aided selection (MAS) is gaining importance. Isolation of important and useful genes and development of transgenics is in the preliminary stage.K V PeterK Nirmal BabuD Minoo .Society for Promotion of Horticulture - Indian Institute of Horticultural Researcharticlespice cropsmicropropagationsomaclonal variationdna fingerprintinsecondary metabolitesPlant cultureSB1-1110ENJournal of Horticultural Sciences, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2006)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic spice crops
micropropagation
somaclonal variation
dna fingerprintin
secondary metabolites
Plant culture
SB1-1110
spellingShingle spice crops
micropropagation
somaclonal variation
dna fingerprintin
secondary metabolites
Plant culture
SB1-1110
K V Peter
K Nirmal Babu
D Minoo .
Spices biotechnology
description In recent times, biotechnological tools have supplemented various conventional approaches in conservation,characterization, improvement and utilization for increasing production and productivity of spices. In manyspices, viable micropropagation technologies are available for commercial production and generation of disease - free planting material. Somaclonal variation is important in crops where natural variability is low and a few useful somaclonal variants have been identified in ginger, turmeric and vanilla. Protoplast technology is also available for capsicum, black pepper, fennel, fenugreek, garlic, saffron and peppermint. In vitro cryopreservation, Synseed and Micro-rhizome technologies are available for safe propagation, conservation, movement, and exchange of spices germplasm. Studies are in progress for in vitro production of flavour and colouring compounds like capsaicin, vanillin, anethole, crocin, picrocrocin, saff'ranal, etc. using immobilized and transformed cell cultures. Use of molecular markers for crop profiling, fingerprinting, molecular taxonomy, identification of duplicate hybrids, estimation of genetic fidelity and tagging of genes for marker aided selection (MAS) is gaining importance. Isolation of important and useful genes and development of transgenics is in the preliminary stage.
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author K V Peter
K Nirmal Babu
D Minoo .
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