Molecular Breeding for Sustainable Crop Improvement : Volume 2

著者名：Rajpal, Vijay Rani (EDT)/Rao, S. Rama (EDT)/Raina, S.N. (EDT)

Springer（2016/02/02発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9783319270883
• eISBN：9783319270906

Description

The world population is estimated to reach to more than 10 billion by the year 2050.  These projections pose a challenging situation for the agricultural scientists   to increase crops productivity to meet the growing food demands. The unavailability and/or inaccessibility to   appropriate gene pools with desired traits required to carry out   genetic improvement of various crop species make this task formidable for the plant breeders. Incidentally, most of the desired genes reside in the wild genetic relatives of the crop species. Therefore, exploration and characterization of wild genetic resources of important crop species is vital for the efficient utilization of these gene pools for sustainable genetic improvements to assure food security. Further, understanding the myriad complexities of genic and genomic interactions among species, more particularly of wild relatives of crop species and/or phylogenetically distant germplasm, can provide the necessary inputs to increase the effectiveness of genetic improvement through traditional and/or genetic engineering methods.This book provides comprehensive and latest insights on the evolutionary genesis of diversity, access and its utilization in the evolution of various crop species.   A comprehensive account of various crops,  origin, exploitation of the primary, secondary and tertiary gene pools through breeding, biosystematical,  cytogenetical and molecular phylogenetical relationships,   and genetic  enhancement  through biotechnological interventions  among others have been  provided as the necessary underpinnings to consolidate information on  the effective and sustainable utilization of  the related genetic resources. The book stresses upon the importance of wild germplasm exploration, characterization and exploitation in the assimilation of important crop species. The book is especially intended for students and scientists working on the genetic improvement of crop species. Plant Breeders, Geneticists, Taxonomists, Molecular Biologists and Plant Biotechnologists working on crop species are going to find this book very useful.

Table of Contents

Preface.- 1. Use of alien genetic variation for wheatimprovement; P.K. Gupta.- 2.Quantitative trait loci mapping in plants: concepts and approaches; D. Sehgal.- 3. Developing and deployingabiotic stress tolerant maize varieties in the tropics: challenges andopportunities; B.M. Prasanna.- 4.Harnessing apomixes for heterosis breeding in crop improvement; V. Bhat.- 5. Status and opportunities ofmolecular breeding approaches for genetic improvement of tea; R. Kumar Sharma.- 6. Molecularcytogenetic approaches in exploration of important chromosomal landmarks inplants; Y. Mukai.- 7. Technologicaladvances in studying gene pool diversity and its exploitation; S. Goel.- 8. Introgression andexploitation of QTL for yield and yield components from related wild speciesinto rice cultivars; K. Neelam.- 9. Amolecular phylogenetic framework for Timothy (Phleum pratense L.) improvement; A. Stewart.- 10. Genetic improvement of basmati rice – The journeyfrom conventional to molecular breeding; A.K.Singh.- 11. Genetic diversity andcoffee (Coffea sps) improvement inIndia; R.K. Aggarwal.- 12.Introgression and exploitation of biotic stress tolerance from related wildspecies in wheat cultivars; P. Chhuneja.- 13. Genetic improvement ofsugarcane through conventional and molecular approaches; S. Kumar.- 14. Germlinetransformation for crop improvement; R.Tandon.- 15. Advances in molecular breeding of pearl millet; D. Sehgal.- 16. Molecular marker-basedselection tools in spring bread wheat improvement: CIMMYT experience andprospects; S. Dreisigacker.- Index.