Biodiversity and Crop Improvement

Plant breeding during its evolution has been utilizing biodiversity for producing better crops. Nowadays everyone is concerned about saving the biodiversity. Intensive agricultural practices, climate change and Industrialization are having a straight impact on biodiversity. Use of single new improved varieties of crops for large areas is a big threat for crop biodiversity. Modern breeding approaches are also suggesting going back towards the land races and farmer’s varieties for gene hunting for resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses. This book includes the description about biodiversity and crop improvement. It also addresses the utilization of plant genetic resources and crop wild relatives for crop improvement through application of traditional plant breeding techniques as well as molecular and genomic approaches.

Through this multi authored book an effort has been made to assimilate the most topical results about biodiversity and crop improvement with contemporary plant breeding approaches. Eleven chapters written by leading scientists involved in crop Improvement research worldwide provide sufficient coverage of the major factors impacting utilization of biodiversity for crop improvement.

Components of the Book:
  • FRONT MATTER
    • Biography
    • Preface
    • Contents at a Glance
    • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Assessment of Phylogenetic Relationships among Crops and Their Genetic Resources for Successful Crop Improvement Programs
    • 1.1. Introduction
    • 1.2. Plant Genetic Resources—The Link between Biodiversity and Crop Breeding
    • 1.3. Phylogeny Construction in Plants
    • 1.4. Molecular Tools for Phylogeny Construction in Plants
    • 1.5. Conclusion and Future Perspectives
    • References
  • Chapter 2. Biotechnology in the Preservation and Maintenance of Plant Genetic Diversity
    • 2.1. Introduction
    • 2.2. Genetic Diversity
    • 2.3. Conservation of Genetic Diversity
    • 2.4. Germplasm Conservation
    • 2.5. Conservation Methods
    • 2.6. Micropropagations and in Vitro Gene Bank
    • 2.7. Cryopreservation and Maintenance of Genetic Diversity
    • 2.8. DNA Bank
    • 2.9. Analysis of Genetic Diversity
    • 2.10. Conclusions and Recommendations
    • Acknowledgements
    • References
  • Chapter 3. The Allelic and Functional Diversity at Blast Resistance Loci in Rice Genome
    • 3.1. Abstract
    • 3.2. Introduction
    • 3.3. Architecture of R-Genes in Plants
    • 3.4. Distribution and Diversity of Blast Resistance Genes
    • 3.5. Sequence Variability at Blast R-Loci
    • 3.6. Conclusion and Future Perspective
    • References
  • Chapter 4. Biodiversity in Conservation of Genetic Resources: Key Factor in Crop Improvement
    • 4.1. Abstract
    • 4.2. Background
    • 4.3. Plant Genetic Resources and Their Database
    • 4.4. Plant Genetic Resources Their Documentation and Management
    • 4.5. Advantages of Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources
    • 4.6. Saving Biodiversity Means Saving Life
    • 4.7. Biodiversity and Global Warming
    • 4.8. Conclusions and Future Prospectus
    • References
  • Chapter 5. Wild Relatives as a Repository for Genes Related to Specialized Traits
    • 5.1. Abstract
    • 5.2. Introduction
    • 5.3. Genetic Resources from Wild Relatives
    • 5.4. Barriers and Approaches to Interspecific Gene Transfer
    • 5.5. Beneficial Traits from Wild Relatives Contributing to Crop Gene Pools
    • 5.6. Biotechnological Approaches to Enhance Utilization of Wild Relatives in Crop Improvement
    • 5.7. Use of Wild Relatives (Alien Genes) for Improvement of Major Food Crops
    • 5.8. Future Outlook
    • 5.9. Research Priorities
    • References
  • Chapter 6. Molecular Markers: Their Role in Plant Biodiversity
    • 6.1. Introduction
    • 6.2. Biodiversity and Genetic Diversity
    • 6.3. Molecular Methods and Diversity
    • 6.4. Protein Based Molecular Markers
    • 6.5. Hybridization Based Methods
    • 6.6. PCR Based Methods
    • 6.7. Conclusions
    • References
  • Chapter 7. Harnessing Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genetic Resources for Resilience to Biotic and Abiotic Stress
    • 7.1. Abstract
    • 7.2. Introduction
    • 7.3. Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): A Valuable Crop
    • 7.4. Major Constraints in Common Bean Production in India
    • 7.5. Harnessing Genetic Resources for Disease Resilience
    • 7.6. Harnessing Genetic Resources for Drought and Heat Stress
    • 7.7. Conclusion
    • Acknowledgements
    • References
  • Chapter 8. Rice Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture of Lateritic Region of West Bengal (India)
    • 8.1. Abstract
    • 8.2. Introduction
    • 8.3. Rice—An Essential Food Crops
    • 8.4. Rice Cultivation—A Global Scenario
    • 8.5. Landraces of Rice—Future of Sustainable Agriculture
    • 8.6. Agro-Climatic Zone of West Bengal
    • 8.7. Characteristics of Important Traditional Rice of Red and Lateritic Region of West Bengal
    • 8.8. Conclusion and Future Perspective
    • References
  • Chapter 9. Biodiversity in Oilseed Brassicas
    • 9.1. Abstract
    • 9.2. Introduction
    • 9.3. Taxanomy of the Tribe
    • 9.4. Geographic Origins and Genetic Evidence of Brassica
    • 9.5. Coenospecies of Brassica Species
    • 9.6. Recommended Future Lines of Research
    • References
  • Chapter 10. A Way towards Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Cereal Improvement with Special Reference to Indian Himalayas
    • 10.1. Abstract
    • 10.2. Introduction
    • 10.3. Barriers to the Use of PGR in Improvement of Crop Species
    • 10.4. Classical Methods of Using Genetic Resources in Plant Breeding
    • 10.5. Increased Awareness and Documentation
    • 10.6. Management of Plant Genetic Resources
    • 10.7. Impact of Genomics on PGR
    • 10.8. Plant Genetic Resource and Himalayan Region
    • 10.9. PGR Status and Utilization Patterns
    • 10.10. Genetic Structure and Diversity of Indigenous Rice (Oryza Sativa) Varieties in the Eastern Himalayan Region of Northeast India
    • 10.11. Uses of Local Plant Biodiversity among the Tribal Communities of Pangi Valley of District Chamba in Cold Desert Himalaya, India
    • 10.12. PGR as Sources of Genes
    • References
  • Chapter 11. The Wild Crops Relative—Zizania Species: Its Genetic and Genomic Resources
    • 11.1. Abstract
    • 11.2. Introduction
    • 11.3. Genetic Diversity
    • 11.4. Phylogeny and Phylogeography
    • 11.5. Epigenetics
    • 11.6. Transpositional Activation
    • 11.7. Transgressive Hybridization
    • 11.8. Microsatellite Markers
    • 11.9. Linkage Mapping
    • 11.10. Genetics and Molecular Breeding
    • 11.11. Cytogenetics
    • 11.12. Looking Ahead and Conclusion
    • References
Readership: Scientists, university students, researchers
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FRONT MATTER
Dr. Shabir H Wani
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Chapter 1. Assessment of Phylogenetic Relationships among Crops and Their Genetic Resources for Successful Crop Improvement Programs
Nadia Haider
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Chapter 2. Biotechnology in the Preservation and Maintenance of Plant Genetic Diversity
Malabika Roy Pathak
PDF (533 KB)
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Chapter 3. The Allelic and Functional Diversity at Blast Resistance Loci in Rice Genome
Asif Bashir Shikari, Gazala H. Khan, Z. A. Dar, S. Najeeb, Mehfuza Habib, Z. A. Bhat, Apurva Khanna, Muzaffar Bhat
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Chapter 4. Biodiversity in Conservation of Genetic Resources: Key Factor in Crop Improvement
Niraj Tripathi
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Chapter 5. Wild Relatives as a Repository for Genes Related to Specialized Traits
M. Habib, Z. A. Dar, Gul Zaffar, S. A. Dar, N. R. Sofi, A. B. Shikari, A. A. Lone, I. Abidi, G. Ali, Asif M. Iqbal, P. A. Sofi, S. M. Razvi, S. H. Wani
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Chapter 6. Molecular Markers: Their Role in Plant Biodiversity
Ritu Mahajan
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Chapter 7. Harnessing Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genetic Resources for Resilience to Biotic and Abiotic Stress
Parvaze A. Sofi, Iram Saba, R. R. Mir, Neeraj Choudary, Shafiq A. Wani, Bikram Singh
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Chapter 8. Rice Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture of Lateritic Region of West Bengal (India)
Anjan Kumar Sinha, P. K. Mishra
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Chapter 9. Biodiversity in Oilseed Brassicas
Asif M. Iqbal, G. A. Parray, Z. A. Dar, A. B. Shikari, N. R. Sofi, G. Ali, Ashaq Hussain, Mudasir S. Razvi, Shabir H. Wani
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Chapter 10. A Way towards Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Cereal Improvement with Special Reference to Indian Himalayas
Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh, Shabir Hussain Wani
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Chapter 11. The Wild Crops Relative—Zizania Species: Its Genetic and Genomic Resources
Senjam Jinus Singh, Kangjam Tilotama Devi, Shabir Hussain Wani
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Dr. Shabir H Wani , Shere-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Kashmir, India

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418pp. Published May 2015

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