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Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Industrial and Food Crops

Volume 6

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Editors:
  1. Jameel M. Al-Khayri

    1. Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia

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  2. Shri Mohan Jain

    1. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  3. Dennis V. Johnson

    1. Cincinnati, USA

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  • Reviews research advances in the genetic improvement of industrial and food crops

  • Combines conventional plant breeding and biotechnological approaches for the improvement of individual crops

  • Presents achievements and prospects of innovative molecular breeding tools

  • Addresses germplasm conservation, development and utilization in reference to the global climate change

  • Chapters are written by an assemblage of internationally reputed scientists ad illustrated with high quality figures and tabulated data

  • Provides appendixes of available genetic resources and concerned research institutes worldwide

  • Concepts are illustrated with high quality color photos and diagrams

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Industrial Crops

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Genetics and Breeding of Tropical Acacias for Forest Products: Acacia mangium, A. auriculiformis and A. crassicarpa

      • Arif Nirsatmanto, Sri Sunarti
      Pages 3-28

    3. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Breeding Strategies

      • Saeed Rauf, Muhammad Shehzad, Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Hafiz Muhammad Imran, Ijaz Rasool Noorka
      Pages 29-59

    4. CRISPR/Cas9: A New Genome Editing Tool to Accelerate Cotton (Gossypium spp.) Breeding

      • Muhammad N. Sattar, Zafar Iqbal, Sarbesh Das Dangol, Allah Bakhsh
      Pages 61-84

    5. Jute (Corchorus spp.) Breeding

      • Liwu Zhang, Aminu Kurawa Ibrahim, Sylvain Niyitanga, Liemei Zhang, Jianmin Qi
      Pages 85-113

    6. Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L. Gaud) Genetic Improvement

      • Pratik Satya, Sabyasachi Mitra, Deb Prasad Ray
      Pages 115-150

    7. Genetic Improvement of Guayule (Parthenium argentatum A. Gray): An Alternative Rubber Crop

      • Hussein Abdel-Haleem, Zinan Luo, Dennis Ray
      Pages 151-178

    8. Biotechnological Advances in Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) Breeding

      • Sankaran Sobha, Karumamkandathil Rekha, Thomas K. Uthup
      Pages 179-236

    9. Genetics and Breeding of Jojoba [Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneider]

      • Mohamed M. A. Khairi
      Pages 237-276

    10. Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) Genomics and Breeding

      • Frank M. You, Sylvie Cloutier, Khalid Y. Rashid, Scott D. Duguid
      Pages 277-317

    11. Breeding Strategies to Improve Production of Agave (Agave spp.)

      • Kelly M. Monja-Mio, Miguel A. Herrera-Alamillo, Lorenzo F. Sánchez-Teyer, Manuel L. Robert
      Pages 319-362

    12. Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.): Breeding and Genomics

      • Shriram J. Mirajkar, Rachayya M. Devarumath, Ashok A. Nikam, Kapil V. Sushir, Harinath Babu, Penna Suprasanna
      Pages 363-406

  3. Food Crops

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 407-407
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    2. Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Breeding

      • Frances Bekele, Wilbert Phillips-Mora
      Pages 409-487

    3. Oil Palm (Elaeis spp.) Breeding in Malaysia

      • Fadila Ahmad Malike, Mohd Din Amiruddin, Zulkifli Yaakub, Marhalil Marjuni, Norziha Abdullah, Nor Azwani Abu Bakar et al.
      Pages 489-535

    4. Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Breeding

      • Pooran Golkar, Somayeh Karimi
      Pages 537-575

    5. Advances in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Breeding

      • Swapan K. Tripathy, Jayashree Kar, Dibyabharati Sahu
      Pages 577-635

    6. Breeding Strategies for Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Genetic Improvement

      • Saeed Rauf
      Pages 637-673

    7. Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Breeding: Opportunities and Challenges

      • Majid Shokrpour
      Pages 675-706
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About this book

This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of new crop varieties under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors to achieve sustainable agricultural production, enhanced food security, in addition to providing raw materials for innovative industrial products and pharmaceuticals. This is Vol 6, subtitled Industrial and Food Crops, which consists of two parts. Included in Part I are 11 industrial plant species utilized as sources of raw materials for the production of industrial products including pulp and wood crops (acacia), fiber (cotton, jute and ramie), rubber (guayule and rubber tree), oil (jojoba and flax), biofuels and pharmaceutical  (agave) and sugar source (sugarcane). Part II covers 7 food plants selected for their utilization in food industries for the production of chocolate (cacao), cooking oil (oil palm, safflower, sesame and sunflower) and natural flavors and aroma (saffron and vanilla). This volume is contributed by 60 internationally reputable scientists from 14 countries. Each chapter comprehensively reviews the modern literature on the subject and reflects the authors own experience. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia

    Jameel M. Al-Khayri

  • University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Shri Mohan Jain

  • Cincinnati, USA

    Dennis V. Johnson

About the editors

Prof. Jameel M. Al-Khayri is a Professor of plant biotechnology affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988, and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas.

Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Prof. Dennis V. Johnson is a Consultant and Former University Professor. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles where he completed his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in geography, with specialization in agriculture and biogeography. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Industrial and Food Crops

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 6

  • Editors: Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23265-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23264-1Published: 01 November 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23267-2Published: 01 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23265-8Published: 14 October 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 744

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 118 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Plant Sciences

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