
Advancement in Crop Improvement Techniques
Description
Key Features
- Reviews techniques used for crop improvement, from selection and crossing over, to microorganismal approaches
- Explores the role of conventional biotechnology in crop improvement
- Summarizes the combined approaches of cytogenetics and biotechnology for crop improvement, including the importance of molecular techniques in this process
- Focuses on the emerging role of bioinformatics for crop improvement
Readership
Researchers and academics focused on plant science, precision agriculture and crop science
Table of Contents
1. Combination of DNA markers and eQTL information for introgression of multiple salt tolerance traits in rice
2. The scope of transformation and genome editing for quantitative trait improvements in rice
3. Tweaking MicroRNA mediated gene regulation for crop improvement
4. Modern tools used in improving rice production
5. Genome Editing in the context of Seed research: How these novel biotechnology tools can change the future face of agricultural crop development
6. Molecular aspects of seed priming as means of progress in crop improvement
7. Plant Histidine kinases: targets for crop improvement
8. Recent developments on improving rice yield under drought using genomic technologies
9. Advances in genomics and molecular breeding for legume improvement
10. Advancement in plant disease control strategies
11. How Crisp is CRISPR? CRISPR-Cas mediated crop improvement with special focus on nutritional traits
12. Targeted genome editing using Crisp-Cas9: applications in fruit quality and stress resilience
13. Systems biology of crop improvement: drought tolerance as a model to integrate molecular biology, physiology, and breeding
14. The microbial symbionts: Potential for the crop improvement in changing environments
15. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) management in engineered plants for abiotic stress tolerance
16. Metabolomics assisted crop improvement
17. Improving medicinal crops through phytochemical perspective
18. Approaches for Conservation and Improvement of Himalayan Plant Genetic Resources
19. Molecular Markers as tools in Date-palm Improvement
20. Transgenic approach in crops improvement
21. In-plant transformation: a smart way of crops improvement
22. Fibre crop, Jute improvemnet by using genomics and genetic engineering
23. Harnessing protein post-translational modifications for plant improvement
Product details
- No. of pages: 442
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2020
- Published: June 13, 2020
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780128185827
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128185810
About the Editors
Narendra Tuteja
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Renu Tuteja
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Nishat Passricha
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Shabnam Saifi
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