Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops, 2013
Vol. 1 Concepts and Strategies

Climate change is expected to have a drastic impact on agronomic conditions including temperature, precipitation, soil nutrients, and the incidence of disease pests, to name a few. To face this looming threat, significant progress in developing new breeding strategies has been made over the last few decades.

The first volume of Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops presents the basic concepts and strategies for developing climate-resilient crop varieties. Topics covered include: conservation, evaluation and utilization of biodiversity; identification of traits, genes and crops of the future; genomic and molecular tools; genetic engineering; participatory and evolutionary breeding; bioinformatics tools to support breeding; funding and networking support; and intellectual property, regulatory issues, social and political dimensions.

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Introduction.- Conservation, Evaluation and Utilization of Biodiversity.- Identification of Traits, Genes and Crops of the Future.- Molecular Mapping and Breeding for Genes/QTLS Related to Climate Change.- Genomic Tools and Strategies for Breeding Climate Change Resilient Cereals.- Emerging Concepts and Strategies for Genomics and Breeding.- Genetic Engineering for Tolerance to Climate Change Related Traits.- Participatory Breeding for Climate Change Related Traits.- Evolutionary Breeding and Climate Change.- Bioinformatics Tools to Assist Breeding for Climate Change.- Facilitation of Future Research and Extension through Funding and Networking Support.- Climate change and intellectual property: Regulatory Issues.- The Social and Political Dimensions.

With contributions by 38 eminent researchers from 14 countries

Introduces new concepts and strategies

Provides relevant breeding methods