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In a world where food security and sustainable agriculture face unprecedented challenges, the cultivated peanut emerges as an important food crop. Representing an essential quality oil and food legume crop grown across over 100 countries, peanuts provide vital nutrition and economic stability. Peanut Genomics and Biotechnology: Status and Prospects for Sustainability delves into the fascinating journey of peanuts, from their evolutionary origins as a natural tetraploid hybrid to their critical roles in addressing global food and oil demands amidst changing climates.
Advances in peanut genomics and biotechnology have transformed the possibilities for sustainable production. This book is a comprehensive guide to these breakthroughs, offering insights into peanut genome sequencing, breeding programs, and the innovative biotechnological tools that are driving progress. From decoding the complexities of the peanut genome to addressing abiotic and biotic stresses, this resource provides actionable solutions to develop resilient cultivars with superior yields and nutritional content.
Peanut Genomics and Biotechnology: Status and Prospects for Sustainability is useful to students, researchers, and practitioners, bringing together knowledge on genome editing technologies, omics, and bioinformatics applications. By providing a single, consolidated source of systemic information, it empowers scientists and agricultural professionals to revolutionize peanut breeding programs and contribute to sustainable agriculture.
Contents
1. An introduction to peanut importance, genomics, and biotechnology: past, present, and future outlooks
2. Peanut genetic resources: Status, Challenges and Use in Peanut Genetic Improvement
3. Recent advances in conventional and molecular cytogenetics in peanut
4. Fine structure and organization of peanut genome
5. Advances in peanut genomics, origin, evolution, and domestication
6. Gene-bank genomics and genomic diversity in peanut
7. Development of Molecular Markers and Its Application in Peanut Breeding
8. Functional genomics research advancement in peanut
9. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Peanut Growth, Development, and Stress Tolerance
10. Genomics-assisted breeding in peanut: recent advances and future perceptions
11. Developments in Omics Research on the Tolerance and Response to Biotic Stresses in Peanut
12. Omics advancement in improving abiotic stress tolerance in peanut
13. Potential of modern biotechnological tools in conferring abiotic stress tolerance in peanut
14. Potential of Modern Biotechnological Tools for Enhancing Resistance to Major Biotic Stresses in Peanut
15. The Key Largo Hypothesis: Recent Advances in Understanding Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanut with Omics and Biotechnology
16. Mitigating peanut Aflatoxin contamination: current advances and future perspectives
17. Bacterial Wilt in Peanut: Genetic Diversity, Mechanism, Enhancement and Application in Disease Management
18. Potential of CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing for peanut improvement
19. Potential of bioinformatics in peanut breeding programs
20. Peanut databases: source and possible applications
21. Moving beyond conventional to modern breeding: an overview of fast breeding concepts in peanut
