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Title
Rice improvement : physiological, molecular breeding and genetic perspectives / Jauhar Ali, Shabir Hussain Wani, editors.
ISBN
9783030665302 (electronic bk.)
3030665305 (electronic bk.)
9783030665296 (print)
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 498 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-66530-2 doi
Call Number
SB191.R5
Dewey Decimal Classification
633.1/8
Summary
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. By 2050, human population is expected to reach 9.7 billion. The demand for increased food production needs to be met from ever reducing resources of land, water and other environmental constraints. Rice remains the staple food source for a majority of the global populations, but especially in Asia where ninety percent of rice is grown and consumed. Climate change continues to impose abiotic and biotic stresses that curtail rice quality and yields. Researchers have been challenged to provide innovative solutions to maintain, or even increase, rice production. Amongst them, the 'green super rice' breeding strategy has been successful for leading the development and release of multiple abiotic and biotic stress tolerant rice varieties. Recent advances in plant molecular biology and biotechnologies have led to the identification of stress responsive genes and signaling pathways, which open up new paradigms to augment rice productivity. Accordingly, transcription factors, protein kinases and enzymes for generating protective metabolites and proteins all contribute to an intricate network of events that guard and maintain cellular integrity. In addition, various quantitative trait loci associated with elevated stress tolerance have been cloned, resulting in the detection of novel genes for biotic and abiotic stress resistance. Mechanistic understanding of the genetic basis of traits, such as N and P use, is allowing rice researchers to engineer nutrient-efficient rice varieties, which would result in higher yields with lower inputs. Likewise, the research in micronutrients biosynthesis opens doors to genetic engineering of metabolic pathways to enhance micronutrients production. With third generation sequencing techniques on the horizon, exciting progress can be expected to vastly improve molecular markers for gene-trait associations forecast with increasing accuracy. This book emphasizes on the areas of rice science that attempt to overcome the foremost limitations in rice production. Our intention is to highlight research advances in the fields of physiology, molecular breeding and genetics, with a special focus on increasing productivity, improving biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and nutritional quality of rice.
Note
Includes index.
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Open access.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 14, 2021).
Advances in Genetics and Breeding of Rice: An Overview
Strategies for Engineering Photosynthesis for Enhanced Plant Biomass Production
Green super rice (GSR) traits: Breeding and genetics for multiple biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in rice
Advances in two-line heterosis breeding in rice via the temperature-sensitive genetic male sterility system
Growing rice with less water: improving productivity by decreasing water demand
Crop establishment in direct-seeded rice: traits, physiology and genetics
Genetics and Breeding of Heat Tolerance in Rice
Genetics and Breeding of Low-temperature stress tolerance in rice
Arsenic stress responses and accumulation in rice
Molecular approaches for Disease Resistance in Rice
Molecular approaches for insect pest management in rice
Doubled Haploids in Rice improvement: Approaches, Applications and Future prospects
Zinc-biofortified rice: a sustainable food-based product for fighting zinc malnutrition
Biofortification of Rice Grains for Increased Iron Content.
