Plant DNA Fingerprinting and Barcoding: Methods and Protocols

1. A Taxonomist's View on Genomic Authentication

Bernard R. Baum

2. DNA Fingerprinting, DNA Barcoding and Next Generation Sequencing Technology in Plants

Nikolaus J. Sucher, James Hennell, and Maria C. Carles

3. Challenges in the DNA Barcoding of Plant Material

Robyn S. Cowan and Michael F. Fay

4. Plant Genetics for Forensic Applications

David N. Zaya and Mary V. Ashley

5. DNA Purification from Multiple Sources in Plant Research with Homemade Silica Resins

Jian-Feng Li and Jen Sheen

6. Random Amplified Marker Technique for Plants Rich in Polyphenols

Tripta Jhang and Ajit Kumar Shasany

7. Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) - an Invaluable Fingerprinting Technique for Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Epigenetic Studies

Ovidiu Paun and Peter Schönswetter

8. Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) of the 5S-rRNA-NTS Region: A Rapid and Precise Method for Plant Identification

Cinzia Margherita Bertea and Giorgio Gnavi

9. ISSR: A Reliable and Cost-Effective Technique for Detection of DNA Polymorphism

Maryam Sarwat

10. Development of Sequence Characterized Amplified Region (SCAR) from RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA) Amplicons

Kalpana Joshi and Preeti Chavan

11. Plant DNA Barcoding using Plastid Markers

Aron J. Fazekas, Maria L. Kuzmina, Steven G. Newmaster, Peter M. Hollingsworth, David L. Erickson, and W. John Kress

12. Authentication of Medicinal Plants by SNP-Based Multiplex PCR

Ok Ran Lee, Min-Kyeoung Kim, and Deok-Chun Yang

13. Multiplex PCR Method to Discriminate Artemisia Iwayomogi from other Artemisia Plants

Seung-Eun Oh

14. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) for the Detection of Plant Pathogens

Lisa I. Ward and Scott J. Harper

15. Genomic DNA Extraction and Barcoding of Endophytic Fungi

Patricia L. Diaz, James Hennell, and Nikolaus J. Sucher

16. Using GenBank® for Genomic Authentication: A Tutorial

James R. Hennell, Paul M. D'agostino, Samiuela Lee, Cheang S. Khoo, and Nikolaus J. Sucher