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

By Chittaranjan Kole (eds.) , Michael T. Abberton (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2013
ISBN
978-3-642-37044-1, 978-3-642-37045-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-37045-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4284736 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
520\555
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Climate Change Impac

Description

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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