Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Cereals

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Breeding

   • Essam Fathy El-Hashash, Karima Mohamed El-Absy

   Pages 1-45

3. Fonio (Digitaria spp.) Breeding

   • Suleiman Dangana Abdul, Afam I. O. Jideani

   Pages 47-81

4. Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gartn.) Breeding

   • Neelofar Mirza, Soma S. Marla

   Pages 83-132

5. Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica L.): Potential of Smaller Millet for Future Breeding

   • Mangesh Pradip Moharil, Krishnananda Pralhad Ingle, Pravin Vishwanath Jadhav, Dipti Chandrabhan Gawai, Vaibhav Chandrakant Khelurkar, Penna Suprasanna

   Pages 133-163

6. Breeding of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)

   • Ashita Bisht, Ashok Kumar, Rahul Dev Gautam, R. K. Arya

   Pages 165-221

7. Proso Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) Breeding: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities

   • Dipak K. Santra, Rituraj Khound, Saurav Das

   Pages 223-257

8. Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) Breeding

   • Luz Rayda Gomez-Pando, Enrique Aguilar-Castellanos, Martha Ibañez-Tremolada

   Pages 259-316

9. Molecular Breeding Strategies for Genetic Improvement in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

   • Ritu Mahajan, Nisha Kapoor

   Pages 317-341

10. Hybrid Breeding in Rye (Secale cereale L.)

    • Thomas Miedaner, Friedrich Laidig

    Pages 343-372

11. Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] Breeding

    • Solomon Chanyalew, Kebebew Assefa, Zerihun Tadele

    Pages 373-403

12. Triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack) Breeding

    • Mohamed Mergoum, Suraj Sapkota, Ahmed ElFatih A. ElDoliefy, Sepehr M. Naraghi, Seyed Pirseyedi, Mohammed S. Alamri et al.

    Pages 405-451

13. CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genetic Improvement

    • Soleyman Dayani, Mohammad R. Sabzalian, Maryam Mazaheri-Tirani

    Pages 453-469

14. Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) Breeding to Meet the Challenge of Climate Change

    • Pasquale De Vita, Francesca Taranto

    Pages 471-524

15. Spelt (Triticum spelta L.) In Vitro Androgenesis Breeding for Special Food Quality Parameters

    • János Pauk, Csaba Lantos, Katalin Ács, Gyöngyvér Gell, Sándor Tömösközi, Kornélia Hajdú Búza et al.

    Pages 525-557

16. Recent Advances in Wheat (Triticum spp.) Breeding

    • Amira M. I. Mourad, Dalia Z. Alomari, Ahmad M. Alqudah, Ahmed Sallam, Khaled F. M. Salem

    Pages 559-593

17. Back Matter

    Pages 595-603

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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 Volume 5, subtitled Cereals, focuses on advances in breeding strategies using both traditional and modern approaches for the improvement of individual crops. It addresses important staple food crops including barley, fonio, finger millet, foxtail millet, pearl millet, proso millet, quinoa, rice, rye, tef, triticale and spelt wheat. The volume is contributed by 53 internationally reputable scientists from 14 countries. Each chapter comprehensively reviews the modern literature on the subject and reflects the authors own experience.

• Biotechnology
• Genetic improvement
• Plant breeding
• Tissue culture
• Molecular biology

• 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

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. 

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