Quality and Quantum Improvement in Field Crops
Contents: 1. Biotechnological advances to overcome drought stress in wheat/Vijay Prakash, Niraj Tripathi and Sharad Tiwari. 2. Farmer participatory approaches for varietal improvement/Asif M. Iqbal, S. Najeeb, A. B. Shikari, Ashaq H., M.A. Ganai, A. Mutaba, Najeeb M, Z.A Dar, AA. Lone, G. Ali, I. Abidi, Sabeena N, Shaeen A.N and Shabir H. Wani. 3. Recent advances in breeding for resistance to stem rust of wheat/Fayaz A. Sheikh and Shabir H. Wani. 4. RNAi in crop improvement/Ritesh Kaur and C.P. Malik. 5. Marker assisted selection: a feasible tool in crop improvement/R Mahajan and N Kapoor. 6. Recent genomic approaches for sugarcane improvement: opportunities and challenges/Gulzar S Sanghera, Rupinder Pal Singh, Vikrant Tyagi and K S Thind. 7. Building Drought Tolerance by Integrating Root Architecture and above Ground Physiology: Case Study of Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)/Parvaze A. Sofi. 8. Molecular basis of predicting heterosis in crop plants/Waseem Madni, Zahoor A. Dar, Shabir H. Wani, Ajaz. A. Lone, I. Abidi, Gowhar Ali, Javeed A. Lone, Asif M. Iqbal and Ritu Mahajan. 9. Physiological functions of auxin amid molecular mechanisms of auxin response factors/Hemantaranjan, Ajaya Kumar Trivedi and A. Nishant Bhanu. 10. Saffron improvement improvised methods/Salwee Yasmin, F. A. Nehvi, J. K. Dhar, Sabina Naseer, Shahina A Nagoo, Gowhar Ali and Asif A. Qureshi. 11. Strategies to improve crop salt and drought tolerance: success and limitations/Zafar Ullah Zafar, Hamid Manzoor, Sumaira Rasul, Sibgha Noreen, Qasim Ali, Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Javed, Hafiza Saima Gul, Zara Ahmad, Faisal Shahzad, Chukwuma C. Ogbaga, Habib-ur-Rehman Athar and M. Ashraf. 12. Proteomics approaches for abiotic stress tolerance in plants/Roshni Vijayan Shabir H Wani. Subject Index.
Each chapter is detailed by experts in the area of their specialization. We are confident that the book will cater to the needs of postgraduate students specializing in plant breeding, genetics, plant physiology, crop breeding, biotechnology, etc. It will serve a definite purpose for agriculture scientists dealing with Quality and Quantum in Improvement of Field Crops.
