Full Description
This book is the first attempt for in-depth compilation of current knowledge on cisgenic crops and their potential prospects as a sustainable substitute for the controversial genetically modified crops. Innovative methodologies for the development of cisgenic crops for disease resistance, improved nutritional contents, suitability for organic farming, survival under climate change, and their role in conservation of plant genetic resources have been highlighted. Combined with molecular markers and genome editing, an advanced approach for crop improvement is reported. The book has 14 chapters authored by globally leading experts on the subject. This book is useful to the students, teachers, researchers and policy planners working across the disciplines of classical plant breeding up to the recent genetically modified and genome edited crops.
Contents
The origin of cisgenesis, and its evolving definition.- Cisgenesis: enabling an innovative green agriculture by deploying genes from the breeders' gene pool.- Cisgenesis and Intragenesis: innovative tool for crop improvement.- Cis Genesis of Crops.- Cisgenesis and plant breeding: A Review.- Opportunities for generic cisgenic crops.- Cisgenesis and Organic Farming.- Cisgenic Crops and Disease Resistance.- Cisgenesis and intragenesis as a biotechnological tool to improve abiotic stress tolerance in commercial crops.- DNA markers: an essential tool for cis-genic improvement of rice.- Cisgenic crops: major strategies to create cisgenic plants based on genome editing.- Cisgenesis in the era of genome editing and modern plant biotechnology.- The application of the bioinformatic, biotechnological, agronomic, and genetic improvement tools can help to develop plant species in less time, and with better characteristics.
