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

By Chittaranjan Kole

Book Overview

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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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642370446
• ISBN13: 9783642370441
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"