Gene Editing in Plants

short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated proteins (Cas) [CRISPR-Cas] - an emering technique in plant disease detection and management.- Chapter 23-Application of genome editing for improving nematode resistance in plants: How far we progressed?.-  Chapter 24-CRISPR-based Genetic Control Strategies for Insect Pests to Mitigate Classical Insecticidal Approaches.- Chapter 25-CRISPR-Based Approach: A Way Forward to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).- Chapter 26-CRISPR/Cas Technology: A Climate Saviour or a Genetic Pandora's Box?.- Chapter 27-An Analysis of Global Policies and Regulation on Genome Editing in Plants.- Chapter 28-CRISPR/Cas Mediated multiplex gene editing in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.).- Chapter 29-CRISPR-Cas System and its Role in Quorum Sensing Processes of Bacteria and Fungi.- Chapter 30- Genome editing tool CRISPR-Cas:  Legal and Ethical Considerations for Life Science.

Dr. Ashwani Kumar Born (1946) received BSc at Agra University and MSc (Botany) at University of Rajasthan. He was awarded Gold Medal for standing first in order of merit. His PhD (1971) was under supervision of Professor H.C. Arya and post-doctoral with Professor Dr. K-H. Neumann, and later on with Professor Dr. Sven Schubert at Justus Liebig Universitat, Giessen, Germany, with Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. His botanist father Professor Swami Dayal Tewari (MSc in Botany) was his first teacher. Professor Ashwani Kumar was also selected in Indian Administrative Services (IAS: IPS) (1972), but he opted a career in Botany being his family subject. His wife Dr. Vijay R. Kumar is also Professor of Botany. He was appointed as Assistant Professor in 1969, Associate Professor in 1985, and Full Professor from 1986 to 2007. Then he was Adjunct Professor until 2016. During this period, he held many important administrative andresearch positions such as Head of Department of Botany and Coordinator SAP (1995-1998), Director, Life Sciences, 2001-2004, Director of Central Library and Information Science (2000-2005), Member Senate, Research Board, Convener Board of Studies Botany and Biotechnology, VC nominee for the Academic Council of MDS University, Ajmer and VC nominee for governing body of Subodh PG College Jaipur. Member governing body Academic Staff College, University of Rajasthan Jaipur, Member Board of studies and Academic Council of several Universities, Advisory committee on Biotechnology, and Medicinal Plant Board Government of Rajasthan, member selection committees of Rajasthan and Himachal Public Service Commissions. He along with members of COC introduced Integrated Biotechnology 5 year course in Rajasthan. In recognition of his research contributions, Dr. Kumar was awarded Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for 1977-1979, with several resumption of fellowships until 2017, British Council Visitorship, UK (1986); Visiting Professorship at Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University in Japan (1999-2000); Toyama Prefectural University Japan (2011); and INSA-DFG Visiting Professorship at Germany, 1997. He holds diploma in German language and has certificate in French language. His area of research include photosynthesis in vitro and in vivo, biotic and abiotic resistance, ethno botany, bioenergy and presently understanding salinity resistance in maize. He has also carried out research projects granted by UGC, USDAICAR, MNES, CSIR, DST, DBT, and FACT. He has active interactions with scientists at University of California and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, University of Laval, Canada, and Wageningen University, Netherlands. He visited various universities in UK, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, and Portugal for scientific interactions. He attended large number of national and international conferences as invited speaker and served as chair or co-chair inInternational Botanical Conference, Berlin and EU Biomass conferences. He has published 220 research papers in national and international journals and 23 books, of which 10 books are authored and 13 edited from reputed publishers such as Springer and IK. He is member of editorial board of Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy. He has guided 39 research students to PhD at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. He is an elected Fellow of Botanical Society, Fellow of Psychopathological Society, Fellow of Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Fellow of Mendelian Association, Fellow of Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacology, and Fellow of Indian Fern Society. He has also published a total of 16 books including Plant Cell and Tissue Culture--A Tool in Biotechnology: Basics and Application and edited a book Working with Ferns: Issues and Applications with Helena Fernandez and Maria Angeles Revilla both by Springer. He also has 14 books mainly in the field of biotechnolo