Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits / edited by Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Al-Khayri, Jameel M., editor.

Jain, S. Mohan, editor.

Johnson, Dennis Victor, 1937- editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture.

Plant breeding.

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

Local Subjects:

Agriculture.

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 707 pages) : 66 illustrations, 53 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2016.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Plant breeders and geneticists are under constant pressure to sustain food production by using innovative breeding strategies and introducing minor crops which are well adapted to marginal lands, provide a source of nutrition, and have abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, to feed an ever-increasing human population. The basic concept of this book is to examine the use of innovative methods augmenting traditional plant breeding towards the development of new crop varieties under different environmental conditions to achieve sustainable food production. The book consists of two volumes. This is volume 2 which contains 18 chapters highlighting breeding strategies for specific plant traits including improved nutritional and pharmaceutical properties as well as enhanced tolerance to insects, diseases, drought, salinity and temperature extremes expected under predicted global climate change. Chapters addressing these topics are grouped into four parts: Part I, Sustainability, Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals; Part II, Forage and Tree Traits; Part III, Abiotic Stress Tolerance; and Part IV, Biotic Stress Resistance. The book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, scientists, commercial producers and seed companies as well as consultants and policymakers interested in agriculture, particularly in modern breeding technologies.

Contents:

Part I. Sustainability, Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals

1. Sustainable Agriculture and Plant Breeding

2. Breeding Crop Plants for Improved Human Nutrition through Biofortification: Progress and Prospects

3. Role of Genomics in Enhancing Nutrition Content of Cereals

4. Molecular Farming using Transgenic Approaches

Part II. Forage and Tree Traits

5. Forages: Ecology, Breeding Objectives and Procedures

6. Breeding vis-à-vis Genomics of Tropical Tree Crops

7. Coconut Breeding in India

Part III. Abiotic Stress Tolerance

8. Molecular Breeding to Improve Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stresses

9. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Marker for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants

10. Transgenic Approach for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants

11. Breeding Strategies to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Crops

12. Breeding Strategies for Enhanced Plant Tolerance to Heat Stress

13. QTLs for Genetic Improvement under Global Climate Changes

14. Genotype x Environment Interaction Implication: A Case Study of Durum Wheat Breeding in Iran

Part IV. Biotic Stress Resistance

15. Breeding Strategies for Improving Plant Resistance to Diseases

16. Breeding and Genetics of Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Melon

17. Viral, Fungal and Bacterial Disease Resistance in Transgenic Plants

18. Current Status of Bacillus thuringiensis:Insecticidal Crystal Proteins and Transgenic Crops

Index.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-319-22518-0

9783319225180

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