In this article we will discuss about the bio-farming of carbohydrates. Plants synthesize wide array of carbohydrate. Several of these are commercially important. Plant produces some of the most commercially available carbohydrates are cellulose and the starch. Cellulose is widely used for manufacture paper from trees, fibres from cotton in the manufacture of industrially important polymers. Starch is extensively used [...]
In this article we will discuss about the biosynthesis of carotenoid for antioxidant. Carotenoids are natural pigments, act as colouring agent and predominantly distributed among bacteria, plants and fungi including animals. Over 600 different carotenoids types are known to exist in nature. Their colour range from yellow to red with variations of brown and purple. The typical colours of flowers, [...]
In this article we will discuss about the transgenic strategy of stress in plants. In Arabidopsis, overexpression of cDNA encoding DREB1 and DREB2 triggered expression of many stress tolerance genes under normal growing conditions. Thus, transgenic strategy resulted in increased tolerance to drought, salinity and cold stress. Researchers from Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Science (JIRCAS) identified 12 stress-inducible [...]