Climate change poses an existential threat to global food supplies, with even modest increases in global temperature potentially spelling disaster for crop productivity. Plant breeders have applied traditional methods and developed new crop varieties to maintain productivity under specific conditions, but there is an urgent need to go much further. We must harness the broadest possible range of genomic data and crop breeding practices to create the next generation of resilient food crops.
Custom-Designed Crop Breeding highlights the use of omics-based knowledge, precision genetics, and molecular techniques to breed new climate-resistant crops. Beginning with an overview of both present and future scenarios in which functional genomics is applied to crops, it moves through crop breeding techniques, design of crops for stress tolerance, and more. The result is an essential tool in the fight for a sustainable food supply.
Custom-Designed Crop Breeding: Volume 1 - Advanced Technologies offers a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge advancements driving modern crop improvement. This volume highlights innovative methodologies in genomics, climate-resilient breeding strategies, and the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in precision agriculture. Spanning diverse topics, including genomic tools, high-throughput phenotyping, bioinformatics integration, and next-gen AI-driven predictions, this book serves as an essential resource for researchers, breeders, and professionals seeking to revolutionize agricultural practices for sustainability and productivity.
Custom-Designed Crop Breeding: Volume 2 - Improved Traits delves into innovative strategies for engineering crops with enhanced traits to address global agricultural challenges. This volume is structured around three critical themes: abiotic stress tolerance, biotic stress resistance, and improved nutritional and pharmaceutical quality. Edited by leading experts, it offers a thorough exploration of advanced techniques like haplotype-based breeding, genomic selection, and root system optimization, along with the development of designer crops for resilience, sustainability, and functional applications.
Custom-Designed Crop Breeding readers will also find: - Designer crop solutions for abiotic and biotic stresses, including drought, salinity, insects, and fungal diseases. - Highlights on the development of crops tailored for functional foods, herbal, and aromatic applications. - Presents the latest methodologies, such as haplotype-based breeding, genomic selection, and root architecture optimization for improved yield and resilience.
Custom-Designed Crop Breeding is ideal for professionals and researchers interested in genetic improvements of crop plants based on innovative breeding technologies.
Table of Contents
Volume 1
Table of Contents
Part I
Genomics-based Precision Breeding
1
Innovative Approaches in Crop Design
Sudhir K Sopory and Rohit Joshi
2
Enhancing Drought Tolerance and Crop Adaptability: Genomic Advances for a Sustainable Agriculture
Jameel R. Al-Obaidi, Fatimah Azzahra Ahmad Rashid, Khalid H. Alobaidi, Sumaiyah Abdullah, and Siti Nahdatul Isnaini Said Hussin
3
Progress of Functional Genomics in Crop Plants
Rupali R. Taur and Shantanu Y. Chavan
4
Breeding by Design: Interaction of Linkage Maps and molecular markers in Major Oilseed Crops under abiotic stress
Mihaiela Cornea-Cipcigan and Rodica Mărgăoan
5
Stability Statistics in Multi-Environment Trials
Essam Fathy El-Hashash and Karima Mohamed El-Absy
Part II
Innovative Breeding Technologies
6
Crop Breeding for Climate Resilience: Integrating Genomics and Phenomics with Bioinformatics
Rukoo Chawla, Naresh, Amit Sharma, and Kajal Samantara
7
High Throughput Phenotyping of Traits Associated with Climate Resilience in Crop Plants
Sandeep Kumar Singh, Raj Kishore Sahoo, Kishore Pundlik Jeughale, and Kajal Samantara
8
Enroute to climate resilient crops: QTL mapping and beyond Rajkumar U. Zunjare, Thomas Lübberstedt, Ravikiran K.T., Firoz Hossain1, Vignesh Muthusamy, and Mukesh Choudhary
9
Crop biofortification for Food Security under the Era of climate Change
Waqas Liaqat, Muhammad Tanveer Altaf, Jaweria Iqbal, EhabMohamed Zayed, Amna Jamil, Muhammad Azhar Nadeem, Celaleddin Barutçular, Faheem Shehzad Baloch, and Muhammad Faheem Jan
Part III
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
10
Automated high-throughput plant phenotyping systems
Muhammad Fraz Ali1, Irsa Ejaz, Lijuan Ma, and Dong Wang
11
Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence in Plant Breeding
Hala M. Abdelmigid and Mohamed A. Abdein
12
Prediction of traits using artificial intelligence machine learning
Sneha-Priya Pappula-Reddy, Sudhir Kumar, Min-Hui Bi, Anupam Singh, Abhishek Kumar Shrivastav, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, and Bharadwaj Chellapilla
13
Smart Plant Breeding
Essam Fathy El-Hashash and Karima Mohamed El-Absy
14
Autonomous Field Phenotyping: Revolutionizing Crop Breeding with Artificial Intelligence
Mueen Alam Khan, Hafiz Ghulam Muhu-Din Ahmed, Tehreem Fatima, Nimra Khaliq, Muhammad Ahtasham Mushtaq, Ishtiaq Ahmad, and Beena Alam
15
Integration of machine learning in plant breeding
Mohamed Nejib El Melki and Amel yahyaoui
Volume 2
Table of Contents
Part I
Abiotic Stress Tolerance
1
Innovative Approaches in Crop Design
Sudhir K Sopory and Rohit Joshi
2
Genetics and Genomics of Root Architecture Traits in Response to Environmental Stress in Plants
Aneela Ulfat, Saima Ashraf, Sadaf Kayani, Syed Abidullah, Sidra Qayum and Sumaira Aziz
3
Physiological Tools for Drought Tolerant Crops Design
Amparo Roseroa and Jazmín Pérez-Pazosb
4
Customizing Crops for Salinity Tolerance: Towards Resilient Crop Production Systems
Aditi Tailor, Pooja Sharma, Anjali Joshi, Archana Kumari, and Mansi Gogna
5
Haplotype-based Breeding for Stress Tolerance in Plants
Krishnan P Abhijith, Uma Maheshwar Singh, Vikas Kumar Singh, and Pallavi Sinha
6
Designer crops: Optimal Root System Architecture for Nutrient Acquisition
Tiago Benedito Dos Santos, Silvia Graciele Hülse de Souza, Ilara Gabriela Frasson Budzinski, and Fernanda Freitas de Oliveira
7
Genetic gains in crop yield through genomic selection under drought stress
Emad Hamdy Khedr and Nagwa Khedr
Part II
Biotic Stress Tolerance
8
Designer Crops for Biotic Stress Tolerance: Technologies and Applications
Varsha Toppo, Akash Shaikh, Wudali Narasimha Sudheer, Chrisbel P, Jameel M. Al-Khayri, and Praveen Nagella
9
Designer Crops Developed Against Insect Pests
Ambreen Gul, Sana Shakoor, Nouman Nazik, Abdul Qayyum Rao, Ruhangiz Mammadova, Sarbesh Das Dangol, and Allah Bakhsh
10
Leveraging Cutting-Edge Techniques to Mitigate Drought Stress in Plants
Emad Hamdy Khedr, and Nagwa Khedr
11
Designer Crops for Fungal Disease Resistance
Nawreen Mir and Danish Mushtaq
Part III
Enhanced Quality
12
Designer Crops and Functional Foods
Jaspreet Kaur, Piyush Agrawal, Prasad Rasane, Jyoti Singh, Sawinder Kaur, and Vikas Kumar
13
Designer Crops of Pharmaceutical Plants
Faiza Ramzan
14
Designed Crops: Herbal and Aromatic Plants
Asma Abid, Nour Elhouda Mekhadmi, and Randa Mlik
