Overview
- Pioneering book on participatory plant breeding
- Presents extensive case studies on diverse crops to illustrate the techniques used
- Brings together the latest information on participatory plant breeding
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About this book
This book explores the potential of PPB in the coming decades. The topic is more relevant since international breeding efforts for major crops are aimed at decentralizing local breeding methods to better incorporate the perspective of end users into the varietal development process. The first book incorporating the upcoming research on this novel breeding approach, it reviews the important tools and applications of PPB in an easy-to-read, succinct format, with illustrations to clarify these complex topics. It provides readers with a basic idea of participatory plant breeding as well as advances in the field and insights into the future to facilitate the successful integration of farmers into breeding programmes.
This book is a valuable reference resource for agriculturists, agricultural advisers, policy makers, NGOs, post-doctoral students and scientists in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and botany.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Atul Bhargava completed his PhD at the Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (CSIR-NBRI), Lucknow in 2005 on the topic ‘Genetic Divergence and Cytological studies in Chenopodium spp.’. He then joined the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cytogenetics, University of Delhi as a Research Associate. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow Campus). Dr. Atul Bhargava has more than 18 years of research experience in the field of breeding crops like Chenopodium, Amaranthus, Aegle marmelos, Linum usitattisimum and Moringa oleifera. His work has been published in numerous high impact journals (46 publications). He has also authored a number books published by reputed publishers like CABI, CRC and Nova Sci. Pub.
Dr. Shilpi Srivastava completed her PhD in Biotechnology (Specialization: Nanobiotechnology) in 2013 and is currently an Assistant Professor (Biotechnology) at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow Campus). An expert in agro-biotechnology with more than 13 years of research and teaching experience she has published 3 books, numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, and several book chapters. She has also presented her research work at various national and international conferences. Her interests include teaching plant science, plant biotechnology, economic botany and nanobiotechnology to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Participatory Plant Breeding: Concept and Applications
Authors: Atul Bhargava, Shilpi Srivastava
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7119-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7118-9Published: 26 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7119-6Published: 13 April 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 247
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Biodiversity