Amaranthus Origins to Optimization
Auteurs : Bhargava Atul, Srivastava Shilpi
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 ?silent hunger? 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.
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
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.
- Provides a systematic and comprehensive review of Amaranthus
- Traces the crop from its origin to latest research findings
- Highlights production optimization for use from food to pharmaceutical purposes
Date de parution : 10-2024
Ouvrage de 300 p.
19x23.3 cm
