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Genomics Assisted Breeding of Crops for Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Vol. II

  • Provides up to date comprehensive information on the applications of genomics assisted breeding for tolerance to abiotic stresses in many important major crop species
  • Is unique to combine the responses triggered in plants by various abiotic stresses, stress resistance mechanisms, changes in gene expression, regulation of stress tolerance mechanisms, generation of genomic resources and their utilization for QTL and association mapping, marker assisted and genomic selection, among others, for developing abiotic stress-tolerant crop varieties
  • Chapters written on major crop species by world authorities

Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity (SDEB, volume 21)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Genetics and Genomics of Stomatal Traits for Improvement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Cereals

    • Fahimeh Shahinnia, Penny J. Tricker, Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei, Zhonghua Chen
    Pages 1-20
  3. Genomics and Molecular Breeding for Improving Tolerance to Abiotic Stress in Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.)

    • Andrea Visioni, Ayed Al-Abdallat, Jamal Abu Elenien, Ramesh Pal Singh Verma, Sanjaya Gyawali, Michael Baum
    Pages 49-68
  4. Innovative Role of DH Breeding in Genomics Assisted-Crop Improvement: Focus on Drought Tolerance in Wheat

    • H. K. Chaudhary, A. Badiyal, W. Hussain, N. S. Jamwal, N. Kumar, P. Sharma et al.
    Pages 69-90
  5. Genomics Assisted Approaches for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Forage Grasses

    • Leif Skøt, Rhys Kelly, Mike W. Humphreys
    Pages 91-103
  6. Molecular Responses to Cold Stress in Temperate Fruit Crops with Focus on Rosaceae Family

    • Arghavan Alisoltani, Marziyeh Karimi, Rudabeh Ravash, Hossein Fallahi, Behrouz Shiran
    Pages 105-130
  7. Strategies to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Peanut and Molecular Markers for Crop Improvement

    • M. Jyostna Devi, Thomas R. Sinclair, Vincent Vadez, Avat Shekoofa, Naveen Puppala
    Pages 131-143
  8. Genetics of Drought Tolerance, Mapping QTLs, Candidate Genes and Their Utilization in Rice Improvement

    • K. K. Vinod, S. Gopala Krishnan, R. Thribhuvan, Ashok K. Singh
    Pages 145-186
  9. Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Drought Tolerance in Cowpea

    • Siva K. Chamarthi, Nouhoun Belko, Abou Togola, Christian A. Fatokun, Ousmane Boukar
    Pages 187-209
  10. Hybrid Wheat and Abiotic Stress

    • Takashi Okada, Ryan Whitford
    Pages 211-224
  11. Genomic Landscapes of Abiotic Stress Responses in Sugarcane

    • R. M. Devarumath, S. J. Mirajkar, A. S. Thorat, F. J. Farsangi, P. Suprasanna
    Pages 225-240
  12. Genomics Assisted Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Millets

    • C. Tara Satyavathi, R. K. Solanki, R. K. Kakani, C. Bharadwaj, Tripti Singhal, Jasdeep Padaria et al.
    Pages 241-255
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 257-260

About this book

The abiotic stresses like drought, temperature, cold, salinity, heavy metals etc. affect a great deal on the yield performance of the agricultural crops. To cope up with these challenges, plant breeding programs world-wide are focussing on the development of stress tolerant varieties in all crop species.

Significant genomic advances have been made for abiotic stress tolerance in various crop species in terms of availability of molecular markers, QTL mapping, genome-wide association studies (GWAS), genomic selection (GS) strategies, and transcriptome profiling. The broad-range of articles involving genomics and breeding approaches deepens our existing knowledge about complex traits. The chapters are written by authorities in their respective fields. This book provides comprehensive and consolidated account  on the applications of the most recent findings and the progress made in  genomics assisted breeding for tolerance to abiotic stresses in many important major crop species with a focus on applications of modern strategies  for sustainable agriculture. The book is especially intended for students, molecular breeders and scientists working on the genomics-assisted genetic improvement of crop species for abiotic stress tolerance.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Botany, Delhi University, Delhi, India

    Vijay Rani Rajpal

  • CIMMYT Headquarters, El Batán, Mexico

    Deepmala Sehgal

  • Department of Botany, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, India

    Avinash Kumar

  • Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India

    S.N. Raina

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eBook USD 84.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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