Technologies in Plant Biotechnology and Breeding of Field Crops [E-Book]

Chapter 1. Conventional Plant Breeding to Modern Biotechnological Approaches in Crop Improvement -- Chapter 2. Marker Assisted Selection for Value Addition in Crop Plants -- Chapter 3. Application of Gene Mining and Editing Technologies for Agricultural Research and Breeding -- Chapter 4. Germplasm Conservation for Biotechnology and Plant Breeding -- Chapter 5.Recent Advances in Rice Breeding Using Biotechnological and Genomics Tools -- Chapter 6. Application of Genomics and Breeding Technologies to Increase Yield and Nutritional Qualities of Rapeseed-Mustard and Sunflower -- Chapter 7. Accelerated in vitro propagation of sweetpotato clones (Ipomoea batatas L.) -- Chapter 8. Emerging Technologies in Plant Breeding for fiber Crops, Cotton and Sunn hemp -- Chapter 9. Recent Advances in Omics Approaches for Mungbean Improvement -- Chapter 10. Genomics Assisted Breeding Approaches in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) -- Chapter 11. Transgenic and Molecular Approaches for Pigeon pea and Chick pea Improvement -- Chapter 12. Intellectual Property Rights in Plant Biotechnology and Breeding. .

This edited book is a comprehensive compilation of principles, conventional and molecular approaches used to develop improved varieties and hybrids of major crops in light of their origin, evolution, taxonomy, production and productivity and need by human civilization. The book covers breeding prospects of all important food and commercial crops. It highlights the importance of breeding tools and techniques in ensuring food security. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, agriculture scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, soil science, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists and policymakers will find this book useful.