Provides thorough coverage of genomic applications for crop breeding against abiotic stress and quality and yield improvement Looks at the latest genome-based advances in crop breeding Focuses on abiotic stressors, quality improvement and improving yields Complementary coverage to Volume 1 on biotic stressors .
Genomic Applications for Crop Breeding: Abiotic Stress, Quality and Yield Improvement is the second of two volumes looking at the latest advances in genomic applications to crop breeding. This volume focuses on advances improving crop resistance to abiotic stresses such as extreme heat, drought, flooding as well as advances made in quality and yield improvement. Chapters examine advances in such key crops as rice, maize, and sugarcane, among others. Genomic Applications for Crop Breeding: Abiotic Stress, Quality and Yield Improvement complements the earlier volume on biotic stressors and will be an essential purchase for those interested in crop science and food production.
Foreword vii
Preface ix
Chapter 1 Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding: Abiotic Stress
Tolerance, Yield, and Quality, An Introduction 1
Rajeev K. Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa
Chapter 2 Applying Genomics Tools for Breeding Submergence Tolerance in Rice
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Endang M. Septiningsih, Bertrand C. Y. Collard, Sigrid Heuer, Julia
Bailey-Serres, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, and David J. Mackill
Chapter 3 Genomics Applications to Salinity Tolerance Breeding in Rice 31
J. Damien Platten, Michael J. Thomson, and Abdelbagi M. Ismail
Chapter 4 Marker-Assisted Introgression of Major QTLs for Grain Yield Under
Drought in Rice 47
Arvind Kumar, Shalabh Dixit, and Amelia Henry
Chapter 5 Molecular Breeding for Phosphorus-efficient Rice 65
Sigrid Heuer, J.H. Chin, R. Gamuyao, S.M. Haefele, and M. Wissuwa
Chapter 6 Aluminum Tolerance in Sorghum and Maize 83
Jurandir V. Magalhaes, Lyza G. Maron, Miguel A. Pińeros, Claudia T.
Guimarćes, and Leon V. Kochian
Chapter 7 Freezing Tolerance in the Triticeae 99
Galiba Gabor, Eric J. Stockinger, Enrico Francia, Justyna Milc, Gabor Kocsy,
and Nicola Pecchioni
Chapter 8 Molecular Breeding for Stay-Green: Progress and Challenges in
Sorghum 125
Vincent Vadez, Santosh Deshpande, Jana Kholova, Punna Ramu and C. Tom Hash
Chapter 9 Genetic Improvement of Grain Quality in Japonica Rice 143
Kiyosumi Hori and Masahiro Yano
Chapter 10 Biofortified Maize A Genetic Avenue for Nutritional Security
161
Raman Babu, Natalia Palacios, and BM Prasanna
Chapter 11 Marker-Assisted Backcrossing Selection for High O/L Ratio in
Cultivated Peanut 177
Padmalatha Koilkonda, Chikara Kuwata, Masanobu Fukami, Kenta Shirasawa, Koh
Aoki, Satoshi Tabata, Makoto Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kiyoshima, Shigeru Suzuki,
Shigemi Sasamoto, Atsushi Kurabayashi, Hisano Tsuruoka, Tsuyuko Wada, and
Sachiko Isobe
Chapter 12 Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Tomato Fruit Quality in the
Next-Generation Omics Age 193
Matthew P. Kinkade and Majid R. Foolad
Chapter 13 Improvement of Yield per se in Sugarcane 211
M. Gouy, S. Nibouche, J.Y. Hoarau, and L. Costet
Appendix I Contributors 239
Appendix II Reviewers 243
Index 245
Rajeev K. Varshney is a Principal Scientist (Applied Genomics), Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Research Programme Director- Grain Legumes at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad (India), and an adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia.
Roberto Tuberosa is a Professor in Biotechnology Applied to Plant Breeding in the Department of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy.
