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Next generation crop improvement for agricultural sustainability and food security
"Sustainability and food security have become major global issues in the face of increasing population and climate change. This book will be a comprehensive compilation of current knowledge on integrated approaches and strategies of crop improvement for Sustainable crop improvement and food Security. It encompasses a broad spectrum of subjects, including the latest developments and understandings in diverse stress management techniques for sustainable crop enhancement, accelerated breeding, and genome editing technologies. It also delves into the creation of next-generation crop varieties through genomic selection to ensure food and nutritional security, the exploration of underutilized vegetable crops, innovative methods in cryopreservation, and advancements in plasma technology aimed at boosting crop resilience against environmental stressors. The purpose of this book is to provide inclusive coverage of various holistic approaches and strategies aimed at promoting agricultural sustainability and ensuring food security through crop improvement. This book is a unified compilation of information from international experts. The book aims to educate readers, whether they are policymakers, researchers, or students, about the importance of adopting holistic approaches to plant breeding to address the challenges facing agriculture and food security in today's world"-- Provided by publisher.
1. Recent advancements and insights on various stress management techniques in cereals -- 2. Advancements in genome editing technologies for enhancing crop improvement -- 3. Accelerated breeding approaches for enabling sustainable rice farming -- 4. Navigating the development of next-generation crop varieties using genomic selection for food and nutritional security -- 5. Genetic innovations in wheat for sustainable agriculture and global food security -- 6. Improvement strategies addressing malnutrition: augmenting bioavailability and biofortification in food crops -- 7. Millet: an emerging and promising climate-resilient nutri-cereal of the globe -- 8. Underutilized vegetable crops for food and nutritional security -- 9. Grafting innovations in vegetable crops to enhance nutritional quality for food security -- 10. Advancements in plasma technology for enhancing crop resilience to environmental stressors -- 11. Bioengineering of starch and amylose-lipid complex: newfangled in food and nonfood sectors -- 12. High-throughput phenotyping tools for sustainable agriculture -- 13. Utilizing bioinformatics tools and machine learning techniques to advance sustainable crop improvement.
editors, Belaghihalli N Gnanesh, Chittaranjan Kole.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Current plant science: novel concepts and innovative strategies