Advances in agri-food biotechnology. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tilak Raj Sharma, Rupesh Deshmukh, Humira Sonah, editors.
• Editors: Sharma, Tilak Raj; Deshmukh, Rupesh; Sonah, Humira
• Contents: Intro -- Contents -- About the Editors -- 1: Global Perspectives on Agriculture: Food Security and Nutrition -- 1.1 Introduction to Agriculture -- 1.1.1 Effects of Global Hunger and Nutrition Demands on Agriculture -- 1.2 Challenges in Agriculture -- 1.3 Work Done During the Past Few Decades -- 1.3.1 Successful Strategies -- 1.3.1.1 Improvement in Agricultural Produce and Utilization by Consumers -- 1.3.1.2 Development and Adoption of Efficient Agricultural Practices -- 1.3.1.3 Storage of Agricultural Produce -- 1.3.1.4 Efficient Distribution of Agricultural Products 1.3.1.5 Waste Management -- 1.3.1.6 Models and Metrics for Measuring Global Food and Nutritional Security -- 1.4 Steps to Achieve Global Food and Nutritional Food Security -- 1.4.1 Research on Improving Crop Varieties, Techniques, Improvement in Agricultural Practices -- 1.4.2 Adequate Distribution of Food After Production, Effective Management of Financial Resources -- 1.4.3 International Climate Change Policies and Effect on Agriculture, Multinational Efforts to Manage Agricultural Products T... -- 1.4.4 Skill Development for Production and Management of Agricultural Crops and Practices 1.4.5 Integrated Public and Private Sector Initiatives -- 1.4.6 Awareness Drives Among Producers (Farmers) and Consumers -- References -- 2: Advanced Approaches for Biofortification -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Biofortification Pathway Includes Several Approaches -- 2.3 Biofortification Through Agronomic Practices -- 2.4 Biofortification Through Conventional Breeding -- 2.5 Biofortification Through Transgenes -- 2.6 Genome Editing Methods Utilized for Biofortification -- 2.7 Advantages of Genome Editing Approaches for Biofortification -- 2.8 Challenges of Using Genome Editing Technology 2.9 Biofortified Crops/Plants by Genome Editing -- 2.9.1 Soybean -- 2.9.2 Rice (Oryza sativa) -- 2.9.3 Potato (Solanum tuberosum) -- 2.9.4 Maize (Zea mays) -- 2.9.5 Barley (Hordeum vulgare) -- 2.9.6 Sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) -- 2.9.7 Flax (Camelina sativa) -- 2.10 Production of Biopharmaceuticals in Plants -- 2.11 Challenges for the Adoption of Biotech Biofortified Crops -- 2.12 Conclusions -- References -- 3: Biofortification for Nutrient Content and Aroma Enrichment in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Rice -- 3.1.2 Importance of Micronutrients 3.1.3 Weapons to Fight against Hidden Hunger and Micronutrients Malnutrition -- 3.1.3.1 Biofortification -- 3.1.4 Need for Biofortification in Rice -- 3.1.5 Indian Scenario of Malnutrition -- 3.2 Criteria for Biofortification -- 3.3 Approaches Used for Biofortification in Rice -- 3.3.1 Non-Transgenic Approaches -- 3.3.1.1 Agronomic Biofortification -- 3.3.1.2 Conventional and Marker Assisted Plant Breeding -- 3.3.2 Transgenic Approach -- 3.3.2.1 Genetic Engineering Via Overexpression of Genes, RNAi, CRISPR/Cas9 -- 3.4 Biofortification in Rice -- 3.4.1 Protein -- 3.4.2 Minerals -- 3.4.2.1 Zinc -- 3.4.2.2 Iron
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (449 pages)
• Subjects: 630; Agricultural biotechnology; Food -- Biotechnology; Agriculture; Food Microbiology; Plant Physiology; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811528743; 9811528748
• Related ISBNs: 981152873X; 9789811528736
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 15, 2020).
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