Molecular Plant Breeding: Principles and Practices
Contents: 1. Molecular Plant Breeding: Principles and Practices/S.N. Sharma and Manju Kumari Choudhary. 2. Biotechnology and Advancement in Agriculture/Gunnjeet Kaur and Prateek Sharma. 3. Role of Biotechnology in Advancing Agriculture/Asha Kumari, Vikas Sharma and A. K. Sharma. 4. Future of Agriculture: Biotechnological Innovations/R. S. Sharma. 5. Role of Biotechnology in Crop Improvement/M. L. Jakhar and Varsha Kumari. 6. Advanced Plant Biotechnological Strategies to Enhance Food Quality and Nutrition/Vineet Kaswan, Manish Sharma and Shailaja Punetha. 7. Role of Improved Varieties and Advancement of Agriculture Sustaining Food Security in Indian Climate Changing Scenario/P. K. Dashora and P. Kumar. 8. Role of Biotechnology in Mitigating Climate Change/S. R. Maloo and R. S. Sharma. 9. Innovations in Food Legumes for Nutritional Security and Sustainable Agriculture/O. P. Khedar and Vijay Prakash. 10. Role of Superior Crop Varieties and Advanced Practices in Food Security/S.N. Sharma and Subhash Chand Sharma. 11. Spontaneous Mutations for Novel Alleles in Grain Legumes: A Review/Meenakshi Dheer, S. S. Rajput and S. S. Punia. 12. Pivotal Role of Improved Crop Varieties and Agricultural Technologies for Food Security in India/S. N. Sharma. 13. Applications of Micro-Propagation Techniques in Rare and Endangered Plant Conservation/Aparna Tripathi. 14. Genomics in Plant Breeding/E. V. Divakara Sastry and D. K. Garg. 15. Genome Editing: A Novel Approach for Sustainable Agriculture/Vineet Kaswan, Shailaja Punetha and Manish Sharma. 16. Advanced Technologies in Plant Breeding: From Genome Editing to Machine Learning/Deepak Gupta and Teena Verma. 17. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering/Vijay Prakash and Manju Kumari Choudhary. 18. Gene Cloning for Crop Improvement/Varsha Kumari, Ashok Kumar Meena and B. L. Kumhar. 19. Phenotyping Technologies/N. K. Gupta and Shivani Yadav. 20. Bridge RNA System: A Novel Mechanism for Gene Editing/Manju Kumari Choudhary and Manvendra Singh. 21. Integrating Omics Approaches/K. Ram Krishna and Deepak Sharma. 22. Marker Assisted Selection: An Approach for Crop Improvement/Manju Sharma, Preeti Nair and Manju Kumari Choudhary. 23. Marker-Assisted Selection: A Key Technology for Organic Plant Breeding/Sunidhi Tiwari. 24. Crispr/Cas9: A Leading Technology for Crop Improvement/Manvendra Singh and Manju Kumari Choudhary. 25. Bioinformatics and Data Management/Arpita Sharma and Mahaveer Kumar Sain. 26. Molecular Plant Breeding: Case Studies/R.S. Sain and Varsha Kumari.
Molecular Plant Breeding: Principles and Practices addresses the pressing challenges of food security, climate change, and population growth through the lens of molecular plant breeding. This comprehensive volume explores innovative techniques and strategies that are reshaping crop improvement and agricultural sustainability.
The book opens with foundational concepts in biotechnology and its role in advancing agriculture, discussing topics like The Future of Agriculture: Biotechnological Innovations and Role of Biotechnology in Crop Improvement. It emphasizes the potential of modern biotechnological tools to enhance crop yields and resilience while also focusing on nutritional quality through chapters such as Advanced Plant Biotechnological Strategies to Enhance Food Quality and Nutrition and Innovations in Food Legumes for Nutritional Security and Sustainable Agriculture.
Attention is given to the importance of environmental adaptability, with insights on producing crop varieties suited for changing climates in chapters like Role of Improved Varieties and Advancement of Agriculture Sustaining Food Security in Indian Climate Changing Scenario and Role of Biotechnology in Mitigating Climate Change.
The book also covers cutting-edge technologies, including Genome Editing, Marker-Assisted Selection, and Crispr/Cas9, which are critical to developing next-generation crop varieties. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of biodiversity conservation with topics like Applications of Micro-Propagation Techniques in Rare and Endangered Plant Conservation.
Finally, Molecular Plant Breeding presents compelling case studies that showcase real-world applications and successes in the field. This volume serves as an essential resource for researchers, students, and practitioners, aiming to deepen their understanding of molecular breeding while inspiring innovation in addressing today's agricultural challenges. Readers are encouraged to engage with the knowledge presented, igniting their passion for sustainable and resilient agricultural practices.
