Tools & Techniques of Plant Molecular Farming

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.