naa a22 4500 510788270 CHVBK 20180411083310.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12298-012-0147-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12298-012-0147-1 Limitations, progress and prospects of application of biotechnological tools in improvement of bamboo—a plant with extraordinary qualities [Elektronische Daten] [Sharbati Singh, Rohtas Singh, Sanjay Kalia, Sunita Dalal, A. Dhawan, Rajwant Kalia] Bamboos (family Poaceae) are the most beautiful and useful plants on the Earth, mainly found in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Bamboos are fast growing and early maturing, but lack of proper management of bamboo resources is leading to rapid reduction of the existing bamboosetum. Bamboo propagation through seeds is limited due to long flowering cycle of upto 120years, seed sterility and short seed viability. Infrequent and unpredictable flowering events coupled with peculiar monocarpic behaviour i.e. flowering once before culm death, and extensive genome polyploidization are additional challenges for this woody group. Similarly, vegetative propagation by cuttings, offsets and rhizomes are also inadequate to cope up with the demand of planting stock due to large propagule size, limited availability, seasonal dependence, low multiplication rate and rooting percentage. Therefore, attempts have been made to propagate bamboos through in vitro techniques. In vitro flowering has also been achieved successfully in some bamboo species. Classification systems proposed to date need further support, as taxonomic delineation at lower levels is still lacking sufficient resolution. Tremendous advancement in molecular markers holds the promise to address the needs of bamboo taxonomy (systematics and identification) and diversity studies. Successful application of molecular marker techniques has been achieved in several bamboo species although, more studies are required to understand the population structure and genetic diversity of bamboos in a better way. In addition, some efforts have also been made to clone important genes from bamboos and also for genetic transformation using Agrobacterium and particle bombardment methods. An overview of the recent developments made in improvement of bamboos through in vitro propagation, molecular marker technologies, cloning, and transformation and transgenics has been presented. The future potential of improvement of bamboos using modern biotechnological tools has also been discussed. Prof. H.S. Srivastava Foundation for Science and Society, 2012 Bamboos nationallicence Genetic fidelity nationallicence Micropropagation nationallicence Molecular markers nationallicence Phylogenetic relationships nationallicence Transformation and transgenics nationallicence Singh Sharbati Centre for Plant Biotechnology, CCS HAU New Campus, Hisar 125004, Haryana, India aut Singh Rohtas Centre for Plant Biotechnology, CCS HAU New Campus, Hisar 125004, Haryana, India aut Kalia Sanjay Department of Biotechnology, Block 2, 8th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, 110003, New Delhi, India aut Dalal Sunita Department of Biotechnology, Kurukshetra University, 136119, Kurukshetra, India aut Dhawan A. Centre for Plant Biotechnology, CCS HAU New Campus, Hisar 125004, Haryana, India aut Kalia Rajwant Centre for Plant Biotechnology, CCS HAU New Campus, Hisar 125004, Haryana, India aut Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants Springer-Verlag 19/1(2013-01-01), 21-41 0971-5894 19:1<21 2013 19 12298 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-012-0147-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-012-0147-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Singh Sharbati Centre for Plant Biotechnology, CCS HAU New Campus, Hisar 125004, Haryana, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Singh Rohtas Centre for Plant Biotechnology, CCS HAU New Campus, Hisar 125004, Haryana, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kalia Sanjay Department of Biotechnology, Block 2, 8th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, 110003, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dalal Sunita Department of Biotechnology, Kurukshetra University, 136119, Kurukshetra, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dhawan A. Centre for Plant Biotechnology, CCS HAU New Campus, Hisar 125004, Haryana, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kalia Rajwant Centre for Plant Biotechnology, CCS HAU New Campus, Hisar 125004, Haryana, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants Springer-Verlag 19/1(2013-01-01), 21-41 0971-5894 19:1<21 2013 19 12298 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer