Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops: Vol. 1 Concepts and Strategies
Chittaranjan Kole, "Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops: Vol. 1 Concepts and Strategies"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 3642370446, 3642440967 | PDF | pages: 564 | 4.0 mb
English | 2013 | ISBN: 3642370446, 3642440967 | PDF | pages: 564 | 4.0 mb
Climate change is expected to have a drastic impact on agronomic conditions including temperature, precipitation, soil nutrients, and the incidence of disease pests, to name a few. To face this looming threat, significant progress in developing new breeding strategies has been made over the last few decades.
The first volume of Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops presents the basic concepts and strategies for developing climate-resilient crop varieties. Topics covered include: conservation, evaluation and utilization of biodiversity; identification of traits, genes and crops of the future; genomic and molecular tools; genetic engineering; participatory and evolutionary breeding; bioinformatics tools to support breeding; funding and networking support; and intellectual property, regulatory issues, social and political dimensions.