Overview

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. This book consists of two volumes: Volume 1 subtitled Breeding, Biotechnology and Molecular Tools and Volume 2 subtitled Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits. This is Volume 1 which consists of 21 chapters covering domestication and germplasm utilization, conventional breeding techniques and the role of biotechnology. In addition to various biotechnological applications in plant breeding, it includes functional genomics, mutations and methods of detection, and molecular markers. In vitro techniques and their applications in plant breeding are discussed with an emphasis on embryo rescue, somatic cell hybridization and somaclonal variation. Other chapters cover haploid breeding, transgenics, cryogenics and bioinformatics.

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Author:   Jameel M. Al-Khayri ,  Shri Mohan Jain ,  Dennis V. Johnson
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.277kg
ISBN:  

9783319225203

ISBN 10:   3319225200
Pages:   656
Publication Date:   12 February 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part I. Genetic Resource Utilization and Conservation.- 1. Plant Domestication and Utilization: The Case of the Pampa Biome.- 2. Decentralized Collaborative Plant Breeding for Utilization and Conservation of Neglected and Underutilized Crop Genetic Resources.- 3. Plant Cryopreservation for Biotechnology and Breeding.- 4. Mutants as a Genetic Resource for Future Crop Improvement.- Part II. Breeding Strategies.- 5. Conventional Plant Breeding Principles and Techniques.- 6. Applying Epigenetics in Plant Breeding: Balancing Genome Stability and Phenotypic Plasticity.- 7. Progress and Perspectives of Distant Heterosis in Rice.- 8. Forward and Reverse Genetics in Crop Breeding.- 9. Doubled Haploid Breeding in Cereals.- Part III. In Vitro Culture and Transgenic Approaches.- 10. Applications of In Vitro Techniques in Plant Breeding.- 11. Induced Mutations in Plant Breeding.- 12. Alternative to Transgenesis: Cisgenesis and Intragenesis.- 13. Transgenic Pyramiding for Crop Improvement.- 14. RNAi Technology: A Potential Tool in Plant Breeding.- Part IV. Molecular Breeding.- 15. Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding: A Plant Breeder’s Review.- 16. Mutant-Based Reverse Genetics for Functional Genomics of Non-Model Crops.- 17. Prospects of Functional Genomics in Sugarcane.- 18. Potentials of Proteomics in Crop Breeding.- 19. Utilization of Diverse Sequencing Panels for Future Plant Breeding.- 20. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Tools and Impact in Plant Breeding.- 21. Molecular Breeding for Genetic Improvement of Cotton (Gossypium spp.).- Index.

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