Wheat Landraces / edited by Nusret Zencirci, Faheem S. Baloch, Ephrem Habyarimana, Gyuhwa Chung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zencirci, Nusret, editor.

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture.

Nutrition.

Plant propagation.

Agricultural genome mapping.

Bioclimatology.

Plant Domestication.

Agricultural Genetics.

Climate Change Ecology.

Local Subjects:

Agriculture.

Nutrition.

Plant Domestication.

Agricultural Genetics.

Climate Change Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

Summary:

Landraces possess a very large genetic base in population structure and are dynamic populations of cultivated plants with historical origin, distinct identity, and without any formal crop improvement. They are often genetically diverse, locally adapted, and associated with traditional farming systems. Resistance genes to biotic and abiotic stress factors, which are especially diversified in landraces, are of great interest to plant breeders, faced with global climate challenge. In addition, gene pools made of different landraces grown in different ecological conditions can be used for wheat breeding to enhance quality; yield and other desirable agricultural parameters. An estimated 75% of the genetic diversity of crop plants was lost in the last century due to the replacement of high yielding modern varieties. There is, thus, an urgent need to preserve existing species, not only for posterity but also as a means to secure food supply for a rising world population. In this book, we provide an overview of wheat landraces with special attention to genetic diversities, conservation, and utilization. .

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Wheat Landraces in Mesopotamia

Chapter 3 Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources

Chapter 4 Characterization of Genetic Diversity in Wheat Landraces

Chapter 5 Macro-Micro Elements in Wheat Landraces and their use in breeding

Chapter 6 Nutritional and Technological Properties of Wheat Landraces

Chapter 7 Total Economic Value of Wheat Landraces

Chapter 8 Chemical contents of wheat landraces and their contribution to human health

Chapter 9: Climate change and global warming effect on wheat landraces: a general approach

Chapter 10 Wheat Landraces Versus Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic stresses

Chapter 11- Contribution of landraces in wheat breeding

Index.

ISBN:

3-030-77388-4

OCLC:

1268360197