Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops: Vol. 1 Concepts and Strategies

✍ Scribed by Michael T. Abberton (auth.), Chittaranjan Kole (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 555
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xliv
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Conservation, Evaluation, and Utilization of Biodiversity....Pages 9-26
Identification of Traits, Genes, and Crops of the Future....Pages 27-177
Molecular Mapping and Breeding for Genes/QTLS Related to Climate Change....Pages 179-212
Genomic Tools and Strategies for Breeding Climate Resilient Cereals....Pages 213-239
Emerging Concepts and Strategies for Genomics and Breeding....Pages 241-283
Genetic Engineering for Tolerance to Climate Change-Related Traits....Pages 285-330
Participatory Breeding for Climate Change-Related Traits....Pages 331-376
Evolutionary Breeding and Climate Change....Pages 377-389
Bioinformatics Tools to Assist Breeding for Climate Change....Pages 391-414
Facilitation of Future Research and Extension Through Funding and Networking Support....Pages 415-432
Climate Change and Intellectual Property: Regulatory Issues....Pages 433-459
JOINING UP: The Social and Political Dimensions....Pages 461-501
Back Matter....Pages 503-517

✦ Subjects

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Climate Change Impacts; Agriculture; Plant Genetics & Genomics