Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Al-Khayri, Jameel M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Jain, Shri Mohan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Johnson, Dennis V. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

Plant breeders and geneticists are under constant pressure to sustain food production by using innovative breeding strategies and introducing minor crops which are well adapted to marginal lands, provide a source of nutrition, and have abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, to feed an ever-increasing...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I. Sustainability, Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals
• 1. Sustainable Agriculture and Plant Breeding
• 2. Breeding Crop Plants for Improved Human Nutrition through Biofortification: Progress and Prospects
• 3. Role of Genomics in Enhancing Nutrition Content of Cereals
• 4. Molecular Farming using Transgenic Approaches
• Part II. Forage and Tree Traits
• 5. Forages: Ecology, Breeding Objectives and Procedures
• 6. Breeding vis-à-vis Genomics of Tropical Tree Crops
• 7. Coconut Breeding in India
• Part III. Abiotic Stress Tolerance
• 8. Molecular Breeding to Improve Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stresses
• 9. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Marker for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
• 10. Transgenic Approach for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
• 11. Breeding Strategies to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Crops
• 12. Breeding Strategies for Enhanced Plant Tolerance to Heat Stress
• 13. QTLs for Genetic Improvement under Global Climate Changes
• 14. Genotype x Environment Interaction Implication: A Case Study of Durum Wheat Breeding in Iran
• Part IV. Biotic Stress Resistance
• 15. Breeding Strategies for Improving Plant Resistance to Diseases
• 16. Breeding and Genetics of Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Melon
• 17. Viral, Fungal and Bacterial Disease Resistance in Transgenic Plants
• 18. Current Status of Bacillus thuringiensis:Insecticidal Crystal Proteins and Transgenic Crops
• Index.