Amaranthus

Auteur
Dr. Atul Bhargava is currently working as Associate Professor, Department of Botany at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India. He completed his PhD in 2005 from National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow and postdoctoral studies from University of Delhi. Dr. Atul Bhargava specializes in genetic improvement of crop plants, phytoremediation and nanobiotechnology. He has over 15 years of teaching experience in plant genetics and is known for his pioneer research work on 'Quinoa' from the Indian subcontinent. Dr. Bhargava has about 55 research papers in reputed journals, 5 books and 25 book chapters to his credit. He also has more than 3500 citations to his work. He has also been an expositor in several International Conferences. Dr. Atul Bhargava is also serving as an editorial board member of several international journals of repute. Dr. Shilpi Srivastava completed her Ph.D in Biotechnology (Specialization: Nanotechnology) in the year 2013. She is currently serving as Assistant Professor (Biotechnology) at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, Lucknow. Dr. Srivastava has about 14 years of research and teaching experience in biotechnology. She specializes in nanobiotechnology, fungal microbiology and bioremediation. She has published 5 books, numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, many book chapters, and has over 1400 citations and an h index of 13 in Google Scholar. Dr. Srivastava has also attended and presented her research work in several national and international conferences.

Texte du rabat
Amaranthus: Origins to Optimization is the first comprehensive work on this important ancient crop, tracing Amaranthus from its origin to up-to-date information. It has been cultivated for centuries in Asia and the Americas as an important food and medicinal crop. From a position of prominence in the Maya and Aztec civilizations, to relegation in the Middle Ages, and resurgence in modern times, this crop has seen great transformation in usage across continents. Amaranthus is nutritionally important due to the high protein content in the seeds and the abundance of essential amino acids, vitamins, carbohydrates, minerals and natural antioxidants. The highly proteinaceous grain and leaf of Amaranthus can help to make diets more balanced in many parts of the world and can play an important role in combating âEUR silent hungerâEUR(TM) among several populations who have little access to protein-rich diet. The seed, flour, leaf and oil of the plant are in great demand by pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food and beverage industries.

Contenu

1. Amaranthus: an introduction
   
   2. Origin, History and Domestication
   3. Taxonomy and Phylogeny
   4. Cytogenetics and Genome size
   5. Botany
   6. Agronomy
   7. Chemistry
   8. Economics: Uses, Market and Valorisation
   9. Medicinal Uses: Traditional and Ethnobotanical
   10. Pharmacological Studies
   11. Stress Tolerance
   12. Genetic Resources
   13. Breeding: Conventional Approaches
   14. Breeding: Molecular Approaches
   15. Allelopathy
   16. The Future of Amaranth