Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits

Part I. Sustainability, Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals

1. Sustainable Agriculture and Plant Breeding; Dinesh Narayan Bharadwaj

2. Breeding Crop Plants for Improved Human Nutrition through Biofortification: Progress and Prospects; Prakash I. Gangashetty et al

3. Role of Genomics in Enhancing Nutrition Content of Cereals; Mehanathan Muthamilarasan, Manoj Prasad

4. Molecular Farming using Transgenic Approaches; Ramandeep Kaur Jhinjer

Part II. Forage and Tree Traits

5. Forages: Ecology, Breeding Objectives and Procedures; Saeed Rauf

6. Breeding vis-à-vis Genomics of Tropical Tree Crops; Padmanabhan M. Priyadarshan

7. Coconut Breeding in India; Raman V. Nair et al

Part III. Abiotic Stress Tolerance

8. Molecular Breeding to Improve Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stresses; G.J.N. Rao et al

9. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Marker for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants; Ratan S. Telem et al

10. Transgenic Approach for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants; Shabir H. Wani et al

11. Breeding Strategies to Enhance Drought Tolerance in Crops; Saeed Rauf et al

12. Breeding Strategies for Enhanced Plant Tolerance to Heat Stress; Viola Devasirvatham et al

13. QTLs for Genetic Improvement under Global Climate Changes; Ramón Molina-Bravo, Alejandro Zamora-Meléndez

14. Genotype x Environment Interaction Implication: A Case Study of Durum Wheat Breeding in Iran; Reza Mohammadi, Ahmed Amri

Part IV. Biotic Stress Resistance

15. Breeding Strategies for Improving Plant Resistance to Diseases; Thomas Miedaner

16. Breeding and Genetics of Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Melon; Ali Oumouloud, José M. Álvarez

17. Viral, Fungal and Bacterial Disease Resistance in Transgenic Plants; Vinod Saharan et al

18. Current Status of Bacillus thuringiensis: Insecticidal Crystal Proteins and Transgenic Crops; Devendra Jain et al

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