Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Cereals
Volume 5
Editors: Al-Khayri, Jameel M, Jain, S. Mohan, Johnson, Dennis V. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Reviews research advances in the genetic improvement of cereal 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
- Provides appendixes of available genetic resources and concerned research institutes worldwide
- Chapters are written by an assemblage of internationally reputed scientists ad illustrated with high quality figures and tabulated data
- Concepts are illustrated with high quality color photographs and diagrams
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Breeding
Pages 1-45
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Fonio (Digitaria spp.) Breeding
Pages 47-81
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Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gartn.) Breeding
Pages 83-132
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Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica L.): Potential of Smaller Millet for Future Breeding
Pages 133-163
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Breeding of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)
Pages 165-221
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Cereals
- Book Subtitle
- Volume 5
- Editors
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- Jameel M Al-Khayri
- S. Mohan Jain
- Dennis V. Johnson
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-23108-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-23108-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-23107-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-23110-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 603
- Number of Illustrations
- 13 b/w illustrations, 86 illustrations in colour
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