Advances in Plant & Microbial Biotechnology

Dr. Rita Kundu is a Professor at the University of Calcutta’s Department of Botany. With a specialization in Cell Biology and Genetics, she has been engaged in cancer biology research. She has explored cell death through apoptosis /autophagy /any other way in cervical cancer cell lines using traditional medicinal plants and other organic sources (marine/ freshwater algal compounds, microbial compounds, synthetic organic compounds) to regulate cell proliferation. Currently, her main interest is in identifying metal-resistant crop (rice) varieties in southern West Bengal and studying their stress responses. She is the author of numerous papers.Dr. Rajiv Narula received his Bachelor’s Degree in Botany from the esteemed Presidency College (now Presidency University), Calcutta. He went on to complete a Master’s in Biotechnology at GGD University, Chhattisgarh, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. After completing his doctoral thesis on Pathogen Reduction and Recycling of Bedding Materials on Dairy Farms (May 2011), he joined the State University of New York, Canton in 2011, and is currently a member of its Environmental Science and Chemistry Department.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: Dilute Acid Pretreatment Efficiency on Various Solid Loadings and Effect of Different Neutralizing Agents on Xylulosic Ethanol Production.- Chapter 2: Effect of BGA Biofertilizers Using Different Carrier Materials on Rice Crop.- Chapter 3: Identification of Differentially Expressed Terminal Heat Stress Associated Proteins in Developing Grains in Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.).- Chapter 4: The genetic toxicity potential of heavy metals (Zn, Cu) on Vigna radiata, Triticum aestivum and Cicer arietinum.- Chapter 5: Production, Optimization, and Charaterization of Siderophore by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (C3) Isolated From Rhizospheric Soil.- Chapter 6: Development of Marker in the Soft Gold Mushroom Cordyceps Sp. For Strain Improvement.- Chapter 7: Optimization of Microwave Assisted Pretreatment of Rice Straw with Fecl3 in Combination with H3po4 for Improving Enzymatic Hydrolysis.- Chapter 8: Profiling Indolic Auxins Produced by the Strains of Aspergillus Using Novel HPTLC Technique.- Chapter 9: Comparative Analysis of Cytotoxic Potential of Crude Extracts and Fractionated Isolates from Moringa Oleifera Lam.- Chapter 10: Hydroxy Fatty Acid from Camelina Sativa Seed Oil for Industrial Application.- Chapter 11: Comparison of Different Planting Methods to Determine the Precision of Phenotyping Wheat in Field Experiments.- Chapter 12: Effect of extraction temperature and different carrier agents on the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of spray dried Murraya koenigii (Linn.) leaf extract.- Chapter 13: Isolation and characterization of microbial Asparaginase to mitigate Acrylamide formation in food.- Chapter 14: Small Colony Variant Selection, Biofilm Induction and Interspecies Interactions of Ocular Clinical  Pseudomonas aeruginosa.- Chapter 15: Comparative analysis of phytochemicals of healthy and symptomatic Clerodendrum inerme.- Chapter 16: Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticle of Aqueous extract of Allium Fistulosum and Its Efficiency against Bacterial Contaminants from Industrial waste water and its Photocatalytic potential.- Chapter 16: Exploration of biocontrol and growth promoting activity of bacterial strains isolated from the sugarcane crop.