Crop Improvement New Approaches and Modern Techniques [Hardcover]

The improvement of crop species has been a basic pursuit since cultivation began thousands of years ago. To feed an ever increasing world population will require a great increase in food production. Wheat, corn, rice, potato and few others are expected to lead as the most important crops in the world. Enormous efforts are made all over the world to document as well as use these resources. Everybody knows that the introgression of genes in wheat provided the foundation for the Green Revolution. Later also demonstrated the great impact that genetic resources have on production. Several factors are contributing to high plant performance under different environmental conditions, therefore an effective and complementary use of all available technological tools and resources is needed to meet the challenge.This book offers a comprehensive approach to understanding crop improvement. It explores the role of fertilizer in improving crop yield, disease resistance, and nitrogen absorption.

Chapter 1. Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Transformation and Its Biotechnological Applications in Crops.- Chapter 2. Bioinformatic Tools in Crop Improvement.- Chapter 3. Crop Improvement Through Plant Tissue Culture.- Chapter 4. Mutagenesis  A Potential Approach for Crop Improvement.- Chapter 5. Role of Bio-fertilizers in Crop Improvement.- Chapter 6. Plant-Microorganism Interactions: Effects on the Tolerance of Plants to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses.- Chapter 7. Biotic Stress and Crop Improvement: A Wheat Focus Around Novel Strategies.- Chapter 8. Variability in Fusarium Species Causing Wilt Disease in Crops: A Transcriptomic Approach to Characterize Dialogue Between Host and Pathogen.- l#•