Plant Mutagenesis and Crop Improvement

ISBN-13: 9781032492629 / Twarda / 2024 / 328 str.

Opis

This volume brings together all the important and relevant literature in the field. It provides a complete account of the mutation breeding of crops, presenting conclusions about the value of the method, its possibilities.

Spis treści

1          Mutagenesis as a Tool in Plant Genetics, Functional Genomics, and Breeding

2          Epigenetic Architecture of Complex Traits in Plants

3          Induced mutagenesis for gene pool expansion with special attention on pulse crops

4          Transposon mutagenesis for functional genomics in cereals

5          Application of Nuclear Techniques in crop improvement:  A review

6          Applications of DNA marker techniques in plant mutation research

7          Cryptic Genetic Variation in Evolution and Crop Improvement

8          Mutagenesis in Plant Tissue Culture

9          Genetic Improvement using Induced Mutagenesis with Special Reference to Pulses: A Review

10        Variants of CRISPR/Cas technology and their role in rice genetic improvement

O autorze

Dr. Nitish Kumar is a Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India for the last 12 years. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the CSIR-Council of Scientific & Industrial Research–Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has a wide area of research experience in the field of crop improvement using Plant biotechnology and mutation breeding techniques. He has published more than 70 research articles in leading international and national journals, more than 20 book chapters, and 7 books with Springer and Taylor &Francis. Dr. Kumar is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in 2014 He has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various prestigious Indian government organizations like CSIR, DBT, ICAR and SERB-DST, BRNS-BARC, among others. He is a reviewer for various International Journals and serves as an associate editor of the journal Gene (Elsevier).