Genomics Data Analysis for Crop Improvement

Chapter 1. Statistical and Biological Data Analysis using Programming Languages.- Chapter 2. Python for Biologists.- Chapter 3. Assembly, Annotation and Visualization of NGS Data.- Chapter 4. Statistical and Quantitative Genetics Studies.- Chapter 5. Mapping of Quantitative Traits Loci: Harnessing Genomics Revolution for Dissecting Complex Traits.- Chapter 6. Trait Based Association Mapping in Plants.- Chapter 7. META-Analysis of Mapping Studies: Integrating QTLs Towards Candidate Gene Discovery.- Chapter 8. Role of Databases and Bioinformatics Tools in Crop Improvement.- Chapter 9. Overview of the Bioinformatics Databases and Tools for Genome Research and Crop Improvement.- Chapter 10. Public Domain Databases - A Gold Mine for Identification and Genome Reconstruction of Plant Viruses and Viroids.- Chapter 11. Tree Genome Databases: A New Era in the Development of Cyber-infrastructures for Forest Trees.- Chapter 12. Development of Biological Databases for Genomic Research.- Chapter 13. Artificial Intelligence in Genomic Studies.- Chapter 14. Basics of the Molecular Biology: From Genes to its Function.

Priyanka Anjoy is Assistant Director at the Indian Statistical Service in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the Government of India. Earlier, she was appointed as Scientist at the Agricultural Research Service in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, the Government of India. Her research interests include diverse areas of methodological and applied problems in statistics, particularly survey design and estimation methods, small-area estimation, spatial models for survey data, time series analysis, statistical and biological methods for improvements in agriculture, and national accounts and inflation. She has received the Indian Agricultural Research Institute Merit Medal for her PhD and MSc degrees, respectively, and is honored with the Freedom Fighter Purnendu Sekhar Guha Memorial Gold Medal in her BSc degree. She is also awarded Dr. RT Doshi Prize from the Agricultural Economics Research Association, India. She has published more than 20 research papers in various respected journals.

Kuldeep Kumar is Scientist at the ICAR-Indian Institute for Pulses Research, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. His areas of research include sequencing-based mapping, GWAS, QTL-seq, QTL-mapping, transcriptomics and genomics. He has published more than 30 research papers in various reputed national and international journals. Presently, he is working on delineating the molecular mechanism of salinity tolerance in black gram by using advanced genomics approaches like GWAS, QTL-mapping and transcriptomics.

Girish Chandra is Associate Professor at the Department of Statistics, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. Before joining the University of Allahabad, in April 2022, he worked as Scientist at the Division of Forestry Statistics, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), and at the Central Agricultural