About this book
Trends in Insect Molecular Biology and Biotechnology provides an overview on the basics in insect molecular biology and presents the most recent developments in several fields such as insect genomics and proteomics, insect pathology and applications of insect derived compounds in modern research. The book aims to provide a common platform for the molecular entomologist to stimulate further research in insect molecular biology and biotechnology.
Insects are one of the most versatile groups of the animal kingdom. Due to their large population sizes and adaptability since long they attract researchers' interest as efficient resource for agricultural and biotechnological purposes. Several economically important insects such as Silkworms, Honey Bee, Lac and Drosophila or Termites were established as invertebrate model organisms. Starting with the era of genetic engineering, a broad range of molecular and genetic tools have been developed to study the molecular biology of these insects in detail and thus opened up a new horizon for multidisciplinary research. Nowadays, insect derived products are widely used in biomedical and biotechnology industries.
Trends in Insect Molecular Biology and Biotechnology targets researchers from both academia and industry, professors and graduate students working in molecular biology, biotechnology and entomology.
Contents
I. Insect Genomics and Proteomics
1. Molecular marker assisted selection breeding in silkworm, Bombyx mori: Muniraju E*, India
2. Innovative trends in genome editing of insects with CRISPR/Cas9: Dhiraj Kumar*, China
3. Molecular, Neuronal and behavioral mechanism of communication among insects species: Iswar Baitharu*, India
4. Monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (MAHs) induced toxicity in Drosophila: how far how close? Mahendra Pratap*, India
5. Tracing of evolution of Bombyx mori on the basis of molecular studies: Rajendra Mundkur*, India
6. Long non coding RNA: disclosing new horizon in molecular world of insects. Chengliang Gong*, China
7. Proteomics studies in insects with special reference to heat shock proteins: Rajesh Kundapur*, India
8. Proteomic analysis of immune proteins in different silkworm voltinism. V. Shyam Kumar*, India
II. Molecular Based Studies of Insect Pathology
9. Virology of honey bee: Rui Guo*, China
10. Recent advances in silkworm disease diagnosis: Prasad N. R.*, India
11. Research progress of insect origin fungus Cordycep: Zhonghua Pan*, China
12. Significance of insect derived baculovirus in research and therapeutics: Neeraj Kumar*, India
13. Insect RNAi : Integrating a new tool for crop protection: Leela Alamalakal, India
14. Current trends in histopathological techniques specific to silkworm: Prashanth N. Bavachikar*, India
15. Antiviral mechanism of serine protease against viral infection: Jyoti Verma*, India
16. Natural insect repellent: an alternative approach fighting against mosquitoes: Navneet Kishore*, South Africa
III. Function and Applications of Insect Derived Products
17. Analysis of viral lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase, fusolin, and its potential application to pest control: Wataru Mitsuhashi*, Japan
18. Application of recombinant insect products in modern research: Mohammad Shahid*, China
19. Insect chitinolytic enzymes: structure, regulation and potential applications: Nidhi Parekh*, India
20. Relevance of insects in forensic science: Zar Mian Sahib*, China
21. Application of nanoparticles in modern insect molecular biology: Rajesh Kumar*, China
22. Impact of nanotechnology in insect science: Prashant Singh*, India
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Biography
Dr Dhiraj Kumar completed his post-doctorate at the Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Biology and Basic Medical Science, Soochow University, China, and selected as a visiting scientist in the prestigious Talented Young Scientist Programme of the Chinese Government. He also worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Zoology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur (C.G.), India. Dr Kumar received a young scientist award and an outstanding paper award for his research contributions in biological science. He has published numerous research papers in renowned international journals including those from the Nature Publishing Group and has filed a patent for his new innovation. Presently Dr Kumar's research is focused on metagenomics, transgenic technology, and biomedical science.
Dr Chengliang Gong is currently serving at Soochow University, China, as a Professor and Dean of the Department of Applied Biology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Science. He is also Vice President of the Sericultural Society of Jiangsu Province, China. Prof. Gong has carried out over forty research projects as a PI funded by various research funding organizations of China and has published more than fifty research papers in international journals. He has also obtained ten patents as the first inventor. His major research interests are in the areas of genetic manipulation, molecular biology, biochemistry, and pathology of insects and aquatic animals.
