Wheat Improvement : Food Security in a Changing Climate / edited by Matthew P. Reynolds, Hans-Joachim Braun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reynolds, Matthew P., Editor.

Contributor:

Reynolds, Matthew P., Editor.

Braun, H.-J. (Hans-Joachim), Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural genome mapping.

Agriculture.

Food science.

Medicine--Research.

Medicine.

Biology--Research.

Biology.

Agricultural Genetics.

Food Science.

Translational Research.

Local Subjects:

Agricultural Genetics.

Agriculture.

Food Science.

Translational Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (LII, 629 p. 133 illus., 110 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders whose expertise spans cutting-edge academic science all the way to impacts in farmers’ fields. The book’s themes and authors were selected to provide a didactic work that considers the background to wheat improvement, current mainstream breeding approaches, and translational research and avant garde technologies that enable new breakthroughs in science to impact productivity. While the volume provides an overview for professionals interested in wheat, many of the ideas and methods presented are equally relevant to small grain cereals and crop improvement in general. The book is affordable, and because it is open access, can be readily shared and translated -- in whole or in part -- to university classes, members of breeding teams (from directors to technicians), conference participants, extension agents and farmers. Given the challenges currently faced by academia, industry and national wheat programs to produce higher crop yields --- often with less inputs and under increasingly harsher climates -- this volume is a timely addition to their toolkit.

Contents:

Introduction

History of Wheat Breeding: A Personal View

Defining Target Wheat Breeding Environments

Global Trends in Wheat Production, Consumption and Trade

Breeding Methods: Line Development

Breeding Methods: Population Improvement and Selection Methods

Achieving Genetic Gains in Practice

Wheat Rusts: Current Status, Prospects of Genetic Control and Integrated Approaches to Enhance Resistance Durability

Globally Important Non-Rust Diseases of Wheat

Abiotic Stresses

Wheat Quality

Nutritionally Enhanced Wheat for Food and Nutrition Security

Experimental Design for Plant Improvement

Seed Systems to Support Rapid Adoption of Improved Varieties in Wheat

Crop Management for Breeding Trials

A Century of Cytogenetic and Genome Analysis: Impact on Wheat Crop Improvement

Conserving Wheat Genetic Resources

Exploring Untapped Wheat Genetic Resources to Boost Food Security

Disease Resistance

Insect Resistance

Yield Potential

Heat and Climate Change Mitigation

Drought

Micronutrient Toxicity and Deficiency

Pre-breeding Strategies

Translational Research Networks

High Throughput Field Phenotyping

Sequence-based marker assisted selection in wheat

Application of CRISPR-Cas-based Genome Editing for Precision Breeding in Wheat

Accelerating Breeding Cycles

Improving Wheat Production and Breeding Strategies Using Crop Models

Theory and Practice of Phenotypic and Genomic Selection Indices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-030-90673-6

OCLC:

1327845421