Overview
- Presents crop-wise compilation of advanced genetic and genomic techniques employed for crop improvement
- Includes comprehensive review on crop improvement of 8 important oilseed crops
- Chapters authored by eminent scientists in this field
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This book presents deliberations on molecular and genomic mechanisms underlying the interactions of crop plants to the abiotic stresses caused by heat, cold, drought, flooding, submergence, salinity, acidity, etc., important to develop resistant crop varieties. Knowledge on the advanced genetic and genomic crop improvement strategies including molecular breeding, transgenics, genomic-assisted breeding, and the recently emerging genome editing for developing resistant varieties in oilseed crops is imperative for addressing FHNEE (food, health, nutrition, energy, and environment) security. Whole genome sequencing of these crops followed by genotyping-by-sequencing has provided precise information regarding the genes conferring resistance useful for gene discovery, allele mining, and shuttle breeding which in turn opened up the scope for 'designing' crop genomes with resistance to abiotic stresses.
The eight chapters each dedicated to a oilseed crop in this volume elucidate ondifferent types of abiotic stresses and their effects on and interaction with the crop; enumerate on the available genetic diversity with regard to abiotic stress resistance among available cultivars; illuminate on the potential gene pools for utilization in interspecific gene transfer; present brief on classical genetics of stress resistance and traditional breeding for transferring them to their cultivated counterparts; depict the success stories of genetic engineering for developing abiotic stress-resistant crop varieties; discuss on molecular mapping of genes and QTLs underlying stress resistance and their marker-assisted introgression into elite varieties; enunciate on different genomics-aided techniques including genomic selection, allele mining, gene discovery, and gene pyramiding for developing adaptive crop varieties with higher quantity and quality of yields, and also elaborate some case studies on genome editing focusing on specific genes for generating abiotic stress-resistant crops.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Prof. Chittaranjan Kole is an internationally reputed scientist with an illustrious professional career spanning over thirty-seven years and original contributions in the fields of plant genomics and biotechnology leading to the publication of more than 150 research articles in globally leading journals. He has edited over 150 books for the leading publishers of the world including Springer Nature, Wiley-Blackwell and Taylor & Francis Group. His works and editing acumen have been appreciated by seven Nobel Laureates including Profs. Norman Borlaug, Arthur Kornberg, Werner Arber, Phillip Sharp, Günter Blobel, Lee Hartwell and Roger Kornberg. Previously he was a Visiting Professor in The Pennsylvania State University and Clemson University. He also served as the Vice-Chancellor of the BC Agricultural University in India. He is also the President and former Principal Coordinator of the International Climate-Resilient Crop Genomics Consortium (ICRCGC) and International Consortium for Phytomedomics and Nutriomics (ICPN)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Resistant Oilseed Crops
Editors: Chittaranjan Kole
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90044-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90043-4Published: 07 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90046-5Published: 08 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-90044-1Published: 05 April 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 283
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Sciences, Genetics and Genomics, Biotechnology, Agriculture