Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies. Industrial and food crops / Volume 6, (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Industrial and food crops
• Further Information: Note: Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson, editors.
• Other Names: Al-Khayri, Jameel M; Jain, S. Mohan; Johnson, Dennis Victor, 1937-
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Editors and Contributors; Part I: Industrial Crops; Chapter 1: Genetics and Breeding of Tropical Acacias for Forest Products: Acacia mangium, A. auriculiformis and A. crassicarpa; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Silviculture and Conventional Breeding; 1.2.1 Current Cultivation Practices; 1.2.2 Current Problems and Challenges; 1.2.3 Improvement Strategy; 1.2.4 Traditional Breeding Methodologies and Limitations; 1.2.5 Role of Biotechnology; 1.3 Germplasm Biodiversity and Conservation; 1.3.1 Germplasm Diversity; 1.3.2 Species Characterization and Phylogeny 1.3.3 Genetic Resources Conservation Approaches1.4 Hybridization; 1.5 Conclusion and Prospects; Appendices; Appendix I: Research Institutes Relevant to Acacias; Appendix II: Genetic Resources of Acacias; References; Chapter 2: Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Breeding Strategies; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Cotton Sustainable Production; 2.3 Cotton Genetic Resources and Conservation; 2.3.1 Cytogenetics and Evolution; 2.3.2 World Cotton Germplasm Collections; 2.3.3 Utilization of Wild Germplasm; 2.3.4 Colored Cotton; 2.4 Traditional Cotton Breeding Programs; 2.5 Genomic Database; 2.6 Mutation Breeding 2.7 In Vitro Applications2.8 Transgenic Cotton; 2.9 Improvement of Cotton Against Abiotic Stresses; 2.10 Improvement of Cotton Against Biotic Stresses; 2.11 New Emerging Technologies; 2.12 Conclusions and Prospects; Appendices; Appendix I: Research Institutes Relevant to Cotton Breeding and Biotechnology; Appendix II: Cotton Genetic Resources; References; Chapter 3: CRISPR/Cas9: A New Genome Editing Tool to Accelerate Cotton (Gossypium spp.) Breeding; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Different Versions of CRISPR/Cas Systems and Their Applications 3.3 Functional Genomics and Limitations in Cotton Breeding3.4 Difference Between Genome Editing and Classical Breeding of Cotton; 3.5 Layout Plan of CRISPR/Cas-Based Genome Editing; 3.5.1 Data Mining and Single Guide RNA (sgRNA) Designing for Target Sequence; 3.5.2 Choice of CRISPR/Cas System; 3.5.3 Delivering CRISPR/Cas Cassettes into Cotton Genome; 3.5.4 Manipulation of Targeted Mutagenesis Through In Vitro Regeneration and Screening of Transgenic Plants; 3.5.5 Detection and Confirmation of Successful Genome Modification 3.6 Potential Applications of CRISPR/Cas in the Post-Genomic Era of Cotton Breeding3.7 Multiplexed Gene Stacking Using CRISPR/Cas9; 3.8 Countering Off-targets During Genome Editing; 3.9 Production of Transgene-Free Cotton; 3.10 Genome Editing Bottlenecks in Polyploid Cotton; 3.11 Conclusions and Prospects; Appendix I: Some Research Institutes Relevant to Cotton Molecular Breeding; References; Chapter 4: Jute (Corchorus spp.) Breeding; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Germplasm Conservation, Biodiversity and Utilization; 4.2.1 Germplasm Conservation; 4.2.2 Taxonomy and Germplasm Classification
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (749 pages)
• Subjects: 631.5/2; Plant breeding; Plant breeding; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030232658; 3030232654
• Related ISBNs: 9783030232641
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