Overview
- Editors:
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Vijay Rani Rajpal
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Delhi University, Delhi, India
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S. Rama Rao
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Dept. of Biotech and Bioinformatics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
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S.N. Raina
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Amity University of Biotechnology, Noida, India
- Provides up to date comprehensive information on the utilization of genetic resources and strategies used in the genetic improvement of various crop species
- Is unique to combine biodiversity, genetics, cytogenetics, biosystematics, breeding and biotechnology
- Chapters written by world authorities of their subject
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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- Deepmala Sehgal, Richa Singh, Vijay Rani Rajpal
Pages 31-59
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- Sazda Abdi, Shashi, Anuj Dwivedi, Vishnu Bhat
Pages 79-99
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- Rahul Kumar, Kuldip, Paramvir Singh Ahuja, Ram Kumar Sharma
Pages 101-125
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- Santosh Kumar Sharma, Maki Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Mukai
Pages 127-148
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- Sapinder Bali, Shailendra Goel, Soom Nath Raina
Pages 149-169
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- Kumari Neelam, Kishor Kumar, Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal, Kuldeep Singh
Pages 171-202
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- Alan V. Stewart, Nicholas W. Ellison
Pages 203-211
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- A. K. Singh, S. Gopala Krishnan
Pages 213-230
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- N. Surya Prakash, Jeena Devasia, Y. Raghuramulu, Ramesh K. Aggarwal
Pages 231-268
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- Parveen Chhuneja, Satinder Kaur, H. S. Dhaliwal
Pages 269-324
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- Upendra Kumar, Priyanka, Sundip Kumar
Pages 325-342
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- Divya Mohanty, Atika Chandra, Rajesh Tandon
Pages 343-395
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- Susanne Dreisigacker, Sivakumar Sukumaran, Carlos Guzmán, Xinyao He, Caixa Lan, David Bonnett et al.
Pages 421-474
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Back Matter
Pages 475-478
About this book
The world population is estimated to reach to more than 10 billion by the year 2050. These projections pose a challenging situation for the agricultural scientists to increase crops productivity to meet the growing food demands. The unavailability and/or inaccessibility to appropriate gene pools with desired traits required to carry out genetic improvement of various crop species make this task formidable for the plant breeders. Incidentally, most of the desired genes reside in the wild genetic relatives of the crop species. Therefore, exploration and characterization of wild genetic resources of important crop species is vital for the efficient utilization of these gene pools for sustainable genetic improvements to assure food security. Further, understanding the myriad complexities of genic and genomic interactions among species, more particularly of wild relatives of crop species and/or phylogenetically distant germplasm, can provide the necessary inputs to increase the effectiveness of genetic improvement through traditional and/or genetic engineering methods.
This book provides comprehensive and latest insights on the evolutionary genesis of diversity, access and its utilization in the evolution of various crop species. A comprehensive account of various crops, origin, exploitation of the primary, secondary and tertiary gene pools through breeding, biosystematical, cytogenetical and molecular phylogenetical relationships, and genetic enhancement through biotechnological interventions among others have been provided as the necessary underpinnings to consolidate information on the effective and sustainable utilization of the related genetic resources. The book stresses upon the importance of wild germplasm exploration, characterization and exploitation in the assimilation of important crop species. The book is especially intended for students and scientists working on the genetic improvement of crop species. Plant Breeders, Geneticists, Taxonomists, Molecular Biologists and Plant Biotechnologists working on crop species are going to find this book very useful.
Editors and Affiliations
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Delhi University, Delhi, India
Vijay Rani Rajpal
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Dept. of Biotech and Bioinformatics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
S. Rama Rao
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Amity University of Biotechnology, Noida, India
S.N. Raina
About the editors
Raina’s quality research is evidenced by his publications in journals of international repute like Gene, AOB Plants, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Molecular Breeding, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Genome, Plant Breeding, Euphytica, Genetica, Heredity, Journal of Heredity, Cytogenetic and Genome Research, Methods in Cell Science, In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. – Plants, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Caryologia, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, Plant Cell Reports, Annals of Botany among others. He has 135 publications, including 111 research papers, and 20 book chapters. The impact factor of his published papers ranges from 0.5 to 4.5 and the citation index touches nearly 2000. Raina has given invited seminars and keynote addresses in scientific forums in many countries, and has chaired symposia, seminars and scientific sessions in national and international conferences. He is aFellow of National Academy of Sciences (F.N.A.Sc), India, and is credited with 17 M.Phil and 23 Ph.D. thesis
Dr Rani has published 20 research papers in international peer reviewed journals like Plant Cell Reports, Genome, Genetica, Plant Systematics and Evolution, In Vitro Cellular Developmental Biology (IVCDB) Plant , Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology . In addition, she has contributed five review papers in books published from Springer Verlag and Kluwer Acad. Publ. and CRC Press Ltd. Dr Rani has presented her research as an invited speaker in many national and international conferences. She is a member of International Society of Plant Morphologists and NewYork Academy of Sciences, USA
Rao's research activity has been published (and still is) in international renowned journals.
