Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding
2nd Edition
Published on 1. April 2020
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-1-78924-021-4 (ISBN)
Description
Since the first edition of this book was published in 2002, the field of quantitative genetics, genomics and breeding has changed markedly. In response, only four chapters have been updated for this new edition, and the remaining 16 chapters are entirely new. This book presents state-of-the-art, authoritative chapters on contemporary issues in the broad areas of quantitative genetics, genomics and plant breeding. Section 1 (Chapters 2 to 12) emphasizes the application of genomics, and genome and epigenome editing techniques, in plant breeding; bioinformatics; quantitative trait loci mapping; and the latest approaches of examining and exploiting genotype-environment interactions. Section 2 (Chapters 13 to 20) represents the intersection of breeding, genetics and genomics. This section describes the use of cutting-edge molecular breeding and quantitative genetics techniques in wheat, rice, maize, root and tuber crops and pearl millet. Overall, the book focuses on using genomic information to help evaluate traits that can combat biotic/abiotic stresses, genome-wide association mapping, high-throughput genotyping/phenotyping, biofortification, use of big data, orphan crops, and gene editing techniques. The examples featured are taken from across crop science research and cover a wide geographical base. This book contains: chapters by expert authors from six continents; state-of-the-art information on topical areas relative to crop improvement; coverage of genome-editing techniques.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1420 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78924-021-4 (9781789240214)
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04/2020
2nd Edition
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Persons
Professor Miglani is Ex-Adjunct/Visiting Professor; School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
Editor
Kansas State University, USA
Contributions
Centre de cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD), France
HarvestPlus, USA
The University of Western Australia
Research Centre for Animal Production and Aquaculture (CREA), Italy
The University of Queensland, Australia
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria
ICAR-National ProfessorPunjab Agricultural University, India
Centre de cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD), France
The University of Queensland, Australia
Content
1: Vignettes of the History of Genetics Section I: Quantitative Genetics: Plant Breeding, Bioinformatics, Genome Editing and G x E Interaction 2: Food and Health: The Role of Plant Breeding 3: The Importance of Plant Pan-genomes in Breeding 4: Genome Editing Technologies for Crop Improvement 5: Epigenome Editing in Crop Improvement 6: Bioinformatics and Plant Breeding 7: Bioinformatics Approaches for Pathway Reconstruction in Orphan Crops - A New Paradigm 8: Advances in QTL Mapping and Cloning 9: Genotype-Environment Interaction and Stability Analyses: An Update 10: Biplot Analysis of Multi-environment Trial Data 11: Design and Analysis of Multi-year Field Trials for Annual Crops 12: Advances in the Definition of Adaptation Strategies and Yield-stability Targets in Plant Breeding Section II: Intersection of Breeding, Genetics and Genomics: Crop Examples 13: Prediction with Big Data in the Genomic and High-throughput Phenotyping Era: A Case Study with Wheat Data 14: Quantitative Genetics in Improving Root and Tuber Crops 15: Genomic Selection in Rice: Empirical Results and Implications for Breeding 16: Novel Breeding Approaches for Developing Climate-resilient Rice 17: Quantitative Genetics, Molecular Techniques and Agronomic Performance of Provitamin-A Maize in Sub-Saharan Africa 18: Developments in Genomics Relative to Abiotic Stress-tolerance Breeding in Maize During the Past Decade 19: Exploiting Alien Genetic Variation for Germplasm Enhancement in Brassica Oilseeds 20: Biofortified Pearl Millet Cultivars Offer Potential Solution to Tackle Malnutrition in India