Overview
- 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)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Genomics Assisted Breeding of Crops for Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Vol. II
Editors: Vijay Rani Rajpal, Deepmala Sehgal, Avinash Kumar, S.N. Raina
Series Title: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99573-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99572-4Published: 10 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99573-1Published: 01 July 2019
Series ISSN: 2352-474X
Series E-ISSN: 2352-4758
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 260
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Evolutionary Biology