Genomic Designing of Climate-Smart Oilseed Crops

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Approaches, Applicability, and Challenges for Development of Climate-Smart Soybean

   • Juhi Chaudhary, SM Shivaraj, Praveen Khatri, Heng Ye, Lijuan Zhou, Mariola Klepadlo et al.

   Pages 1-74

3. Genetic Solutions to Improve Resilience of Canola to Climate Change

   • Harsh Raman, Rajneet Kaur Uppal, Rosy Raman

   Pages 75-131

4. Climate-Smart Groundnuts for Achieving High Productivity and Improved Quality: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

   • Sunil S. Gangurde, Rakesh Kumar, Arun K. Pandey, Mark Burow, Haydee E. Laza, Spurthi N. Nayak et al.

   Pages 133-172

5. Sunflower and Climate Change: Possibilities of Adaptation Through Breeding and Genomic Selection

   • Dragana Miladinović, Nada Hladni, Aleksandra Radanović, Siniša Jocić, Sandra Cvejić

   Pages 173-238

6. Progress Toward Development of Climate-Smart Flax: A Perspective on Omics-Assisted Breeding

   • S. M. Shivaraj, Priyanka Dhakate, Humira Sonah, Tri Vuong, Henry T. Nguyen, Rupesh Deshmukh

   Pages 239-274

7. Breeding Brassica juncea and B. rapa for Sustainable Oilseed Production in the Changing Climate: Progress and Prospects

   • Priya Panjabi, Satish Kumar Yadava, Nitin Kumar, Rajkumar Bangkim, Nirala Ramchiary

   Pages 275-369

8. Potential for Adaptation to Climate Change Through Genomic Breeding in Sesame

   • Haiyang Zhang, Hongmei Miao, Ming Ju

   Pages 371-440

9. Breeding for Climate Resilience in Castor: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

   • Xuegui Yin, Jiannong Lu, Kwadwo Gyapong Agyenim-Boateng, Shuai Liu

   Pages 441-498

This book highlights modern strategies and methods to improve oilseed crops in the era of climate change, presenting the latest advances in plant molecular breeding and genomics-driven breeding.

Spectacular achievements in the fields of molecular breeding, transgenics and genomics in the last three decades have facilitated revolutionary changes in oilseed- crop-improvement strategies and techniques. Since the genome sequencing of rice, as the first crop plant, in 2002, the genomes of about one dozen oilseed crops have been sequenced and more are to follow. This has made it possible to decipher the exact nucleotide sequence and chromosomal positions of agroeconomic genes. Most importantly, comparative genomics and genotyping-by-sequencing have opened up new vistas for exploring available biodiversity, particularly of wild crop relatives, for identifying useful donor genes.

• global warming
• adaptation
• climate-smart genes
• abiotic stress
• genomics-assisted breeding
• molecular breeding
• allele mining
• soybean
• sunflower
• peanut
• oilseed rape
• flax
• castor bean
• climate change

• ICAR-National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

  Chittaranjan Kole

Prof. Chittaranjan Kole is an internationally reputed scientist with an illustrious professional career spanning over thirty-four years with original contributions in the fields of plant genetics, genomics, and molecular breeding leading to the publication of more than 140 research articles. He has edited over 90 books for leading publishers of the world including Springer Nature, Wiley-Blackwell and Taylor and Francis Group. His works and editing acumen have been appreciated worldwide by several pioneering scientists, including seven Nobel Laureates, for their impact on science and society. Prof. Kole is also the group leader of the International Climate-Resilient Crop Genomics Consortium and the International Consortium on Phytomedomics and Nutriomics.

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