"Developing climate-smart crops is vital to securing food security around the world. This new volume, Climate-Resilient Agriculture: A Molecular Perspective, covers the current aspects of climate-resilient agriculture, including the crucial physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects of cultivated crops under stress conditions, which play a pivotal role in developing climate-smart crops. This book discusses the current state of climate change and its effect on crop diversity and germplasm. The primary focus of the volume is on advanced technologies and approaches in the development of crops that can withstand adverse climate scenarios. The volume explores breeding, omics, genetic engineering, bioengineering of metabolic pathways, and artificial intelligence. Each has been laid out with systematic approaches to developing abiotic stress-tolerant genotypes using biotechnological tools. Key features: Addresses the current and future challenges of climate changes on food security Details the impact of different biotic, abiotic stresses, their interaction, and effect on crop plants in climate-changing scenarios Gives a comprehensive account of molecular mechanisms associated with different stresses in crop plants Discusses advances in breeding and biotechnological techniques to tackle the different stresses in challenging climatic fluctuations Highlights various emerging approaches and technologies currently being used in developing climate-smart crops Provides success stories of crop improvement against the different stresses. This book covers the crucial advanced technologies that can help to mitigate plant abiotic stresses in cultivated crops and will familiarize readers with state-of-the-art advances in climate-resilience agriculture. The volume will benefit researchers, plant scientists, environmental biologists, faculty, and students in diverse fields of agriculture"--
Developing climate-smart crops is vital to securing food security around the world. This new volume, Climate-Resilient Agriculture: A Molecular Perspective, covers the current aspects of climate-resilient agriculture, including the crucial physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects of cultivated crops under stress conditions, which play a pivotal role in developing climate-smart crops. This book discusses the current state of climate change and its effect on crop diversity and germplasm. The primary focus of the volume is on advanced technologies and approaches in the development of crops that can withstand adverse climate scenarios. The volume explores breeding, omics, genetic engineering, bioengineering of metabolic pathways, and artificial intelligence. Each has been laid out with systematic approaches to developing abiotic stress-tolerant genotypes using biotechnological tools.
Key features:
- Addresses the current and future challenges of climate changes on food security
- Details the impact of different biotic, abiotic stresses, their interaction, and effect on crop plants in climate-changing scenarios
- Gives a comprehensive account of molecular mechanisms associated with different stresses in crop plants
- Discusses advances in breeding and biotechnological techniques to tackle the different stresses in challenging climatic fluctuations
- Highlights various emerging approaches and technologies currently being used in developing climate-smart crops
- Provides success stories of crop improvement against the different stresses.
This book covers the crucial advanced technologies that can help to mitigate plant abiotic stresses in cultivated crops and will familiarize readers with state-of-the-art advances in climate-resilience agriculture. The volume will benefit researchers, plant scientists, environmental biologists, faculty, and students in diverse fields of agriculture.
Discusses climate-resilient agriculture, including the crucial physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects of cultivated crops under stress conditions. It discusses the state of climate change and its effect on crop diversity and germplasm along with advanced technologies.
PART I: CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE: INTRODUCTION
1. Climate Change: Effects and Need of Climate-Resilient Agriculture
2. Effects of Climate Change on Plant Growth and Development
3. Impact of Climate Change on Disease Incidence of Crop Plants
4. Impact of Biotic and Abiotic Interaction on Crop Plants PART II: CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE: BREEDING AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES 5. Marker-Assisted Selection: Strategy for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
6. Breeding and Molecular Approaches for Heat-Resilient Crops
7. Breeding and Molecular Approaches for Drought-Resilient Crops
8. Pollen-Based Selection Strategy for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance
9. From Genetics to Genomics: Connecting Conventional to Modern Approaches for Designing Climate-Resilient Underutilized Orphan Crops PART III: CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 10. Speed Breeding: Rapid Generation Tool for Breeding Climate Smart Crops
11. Recent Advances in CRISPR-Cas for Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Cereals
12. Recent Advances in CRISPR/Cas9 for Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Vegetable Crops
13. Recent Advances in CRISPR-Cas for Climate-Resilient Horticulture in Fruits Crops PART IV: CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE: SUCCESS STORIES 14. Designing the Modern Crop Genome Architecture by Harnessing the Genes from Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs): A Population Genetics and Genomics Perspective
15. Breeding and Molecular Mechanism of Drought Stress in Maize
16. Next-Generation Breeding for Heat Stress Improvement in Maize
Ashutosh Singh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Advanced Studies on Climate Change at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Bihar, India. He has more than eight years of experience in different areas of plant biotechnology aspects, including plant stress biology, pollen-based selection, molecular marker studies, etc. Currently, he is working on transcriptomic profiling and the development of gene-based markers for pollen selection mediated reproductive stage heat stress tolerance in maize. He has published more than a dozen research papers in various journals of international repute, as well as book chapters and popular articles.
Saurabh Pandey, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Agriculture in Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India. He has eight years of experience in plant biotechnology aspects, such as plant stress biology, plant virus interactions, abiotic stresses, biofortification, molecular marker studies, and metabolism related to the tomato and rice crop. Currently, he is working on the introduction and biotic stress management of unconventional crops like banana and apple. He has published research papers in journals of international repute as well as articles in magazines and periodicals. Dr. Pandey has authored many book chapters on molecular markers, genomics, plant breeding, and plant molecular virology, catering to the needs of modern agriculture research.
