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Himalayan Medicinal Plants
Advances in Botany, Production & Research
1st Edition - January 20, 2021
Editors: Nikhil Malhotra, Mohar Singh
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 1 5 1 - 7
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 4 3 0 - 3
The Himalayan Region is a mega hot spot for biological diversity. It supports over 1,748 plants species of known medicinal value. This title focuses on origin and distribution of… Read more
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The Himalayan Region is a mega hot spot for biological diversity. It supports over 1,748 plants species of known medicinal value. This title focuses on origin and distribution of Himalayan herbs, their medicinal potential, industrial significance, and research advancements pertaining to molecular breeding and omics-based approaches.
- Discusses evolved secondary biochemical pathways often in response to specific environmental stimuli
- Reviews conservation efforts
- Presents an in-depth analysis of 12 key species
Plant researchers, pharmacologists and students interested in medicinal plants
1. Introduction
2. Aconitum heterophyllum
3. Arnebia euchroma
4. Dactylorhiza hatagirea
5. Fritillaria roylei
6. Picrorhiza kurroa
7. Podophyllum hexandrum
8. Rauwolfia serpentina
9. Rhodiola imbricata
10. Saussurea lappa
11. Stevia rebaudiana
12. Swertia chirayita
13. Trillium govanianum
14. Valeriana jatamansi
15. Withania somnifera
16. Zanthoxylum armatum
- No. of pages: 434
- Language: English
- Published: January 20, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128231517
- eBook ISBN: 9780128234303
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Nikhil Malhotra
Dr. Nikhil Malhotra is an experienced molecular biologist having ~9 years of designing and performing experiments related to genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics of high-value plant species with proven medicinal and nutraceutical potential. Owing to profound interest in Agricultural sciences, he also has been working on OMICS-assisted promotion of pseudocereals to recuperate global food security. He has utilized comparative genomics, metabolic & nutritional profiling along with NGS analysis to provide first time insights into molecular aspects of secondary metabolites biosynthesis and nutritional assessment of plethora of NW Himalayan plant species. In short research tenure, he has published several research articles in reputed international journals viz. Phytochemistry, Planta, Scientific Reports, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 3Biotech, PLoS ONE, Molecular Biology Reports, Applied Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, and Plant Breeding.
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Researcher, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources Regional Station, Shimla, IndiaMS
Mohar Singh
Dr Mohar Singh has made an outstanding contribution in the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in India. His research interest reflects a continuum of high quality basic and strategic research in pulses. He has developed 3 core sets, 2 reference sets, registered 4 genetic stocks, 25 gene sequences, 06 farmer varieties and 2 lentil varieties developed through distant hybridization for rainfed areas of north-western Indian himalaya. Conducted 10 explorations on crop wild relatives (CWRs) and explored >900 wild germplasm of cereals, oilseeds and pulses. He is instrumental to initiate pre-breeding in chickpea and lentil in India for securing national nutritional demand. His pioneer research work on understanding the population structure and diversity assessment of global wild species of lentil and chickpea is very well known. This has led to the identification of most target gene sources in the secondary and tertiary gene pool of chickpea and lentil for biofortification of cultivated varieties including several yield and major biotic and abiotic stress related traits were successfully incorporated in cultivated backgrounds of these two important pulse crops. Successful deployment of marker assisted breeding for introgression of two most promising superior haplotypes with high seed weight and high pod number from cultivated and wild species into high yielding varieties of chickpea for improving their overall yield and productivity. Dr Singh has a distinguished record of high quality peer research publications to his credit including scientific reports, DNA Research, Plant Science, Frontiers in Plant Science, PLOS ONE, Plant Breeding, Crop Science, Euphytica, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, Journal of Experimental Biology, Plant Genetic Resources of Cambridge, Journal of Genetics, Journal of Environmental Biology, Advances in Hort Science, Journal of Genetics and Breeding, and Indian J. Genet. He is recipient of Harbhajan Memorial Award.
Affiliations and expertise
Principal Scientist, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources Regional Station, Shimla, India