Quality Breeding in Field Crops

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Qureshi, Asif M. Iqbal (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dar, Zahoor Ahmad (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Wani, Shabir Hussain (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Plant genetics.; Nutrition .; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.; Nutrition.

Development of superior crops that have consistent performance in quality and in quantity has not received the same emphasis in the field of genetics and breeding as merited. Specialty trait requires special focus to propagate. Yet basic germplasm and breeding methodologies optimized to improve crop...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Foreword
• 1. Biofortification of Staple Food crops: An overview
• 2. Marker assisted Breeding for improving the cooking and eating quality of rice
• 3. Improving the nutritional value of potatoes by conventional breeding and genetic modification
• 4. Conventional and molecular breeding approaches for biofortification of pearl millet
• 5. Genetic approaches to improve common bean nutritional quality: current knowledge and future perspectives
• 6. Marker assisted breeding for Beta carotene rich Maize Hybrids
• 7. Recent Advances in Breeding for Modified Fatty Acid Profile in Soybean Oil
• 8. Breeding dry beans with improved cooking and canning quality traits
• 9. Genomic approaches for Biofortification of wheat grain with iron and zinc
• 10. Current Breeding Approaches for Developing Rice with Improved Grain and Nutritional Qualities
• 11. Quality Protein Maize for Nutritional Security
• 12. Genetic improvement for end use quality in wheat
• 13. The use of modern molecular biology and biotechnology tools for improving the Quality value of oilseed Brassicas
• Index.