This edited book is an in-depth compilation of recent tools and techniques, concepts and strategies used globally in plant molecular farming (PMF) for the cost-effective bulk production of recombinant proteins, secondary metabolites, and other biomolecules. The book presents an overview of success stories of PMF applications from developing countries to address poverty, achieve zero hunger, good health and well-being, thus achieving the UN SDGs 1, 2, and 3.The book deep dives into recent extraction and downstream processing methodologies, its co-existence with conventional agriculture, global governance and finally opportunities, challenges, and future perspectives in plant molecular farming.

It focuses on plastid/chloroplast transformation (transplastomics) and its application in plant molecular farming. The books highlight recent advances in genome editing, synthetic biology, glycosylation and glyco-engineering for improved plant molecular farming by marker-free and tissue-specific systems via cisgenic and transgenic crops. In depth discussions on biosafety issues and bio-containment strategies have also been included.

The book has 15 chapters authored by globally leading experts on the subject, presenting opportunities & challenges for bio-industrial researchers and entrepreneurs. It is useful to researchers, industrialists, entrepreneurs, policy planners, academician, and students across the disciplines.

Autorentext

Prof. Chittaranjan Kole is an internationally reputed scientist with an illustrious professional career spanning over thirty-eight years and original contributions in the fields of plant genomics, biotechnology and molecular breeding

Dr. Anurag Chaurasia, a biotechnologist working with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Government of India,

Prof. Kathleen L. Hefferonreceived her PhD from the University of Toronto, and is currently a Faculty in the Department of Microbiology, Cornell University.

Prof. (Dr.) Jogeswar Panigrahi completed his PhD degree from Utkal University, and presently working as Professor and Head of PG Department of Biotechnology, Berhampur University.