Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book contains 20 chapters, divided into two sections: (i) Quantitative Genetics: Plant Breeding, Bioinformatics, Genome Editing and G×E Interaction (Chapters 2-12) and (ii) Intersection of Breeding, Genetics and Genomics: Crop Examples (Chapter 13-20). Section 1 emphasizes the application of genomics, and genome and epigenome editing techniques, in plant breeding, bioinformatics, quantitative trait loci mapping, and the latest approaches of examining and exploiting genotype-environment interactions. Section 2 describes the use of cutting-edge molecular breeding and quantitative genetics techniques applied to wheat, rice, maize, root and tuber crops and pearl millet. Overall, the book focuses on using genomic information to help evaluate traits that can combat biotic/abiotic stresses, genome-wide association mapping, high-throughput genotyping/phenotyping, biofortification, use of big data, orphan crops, and gene editing techniques.

Vignettes of the History of Genetics / George P. R�edei -- Food and Health: The Role of Plant Breeding / Salvatore Ceccarelli -- The Importance of Plant Pan-genomes in Breeding / Soodeh Tirnaz, David Edwards and Jacqueline Batley -- Genome Editing Technologies for Crop Improvement / Michael Pillay -- Epigenome Editing in Crop Improvement / Gurbachan S. Miglani and Rajveer Singh -- Bioinformatics and Plant Breeding / Robyn Anderson, Cassandria Tay Fernandez, Monica F. Danilevicz and David Edwards -- Bioinformatics Approaches for Pathway Reconstruction in Orphan Crops - A New Paradigm / Dyfed Lloyd Evans and Shailesh Vinay Joshi -- Advances in QTL Mapping and Cloning / Dharminder Bhatia and Darshan S. Brar -- Genotype-Environment Interaction and Stability Analyses: An Update / Manjit S. Kang -- Biplot Analysis of Multi-environment Trial Data / Weikai Yan and L.A. Hunt -- Design and Analysis of Multi-year Field Trials for Annual Crops / Vivi N. Arief, Ian H. DeLacy and Kaye E. Basford -- Advances in the Definition of Adaptation Strategies and Yield-stability Targets in Plant Breeding / Paolo Annicchiarico -- Prediction with Big Data in the Genomic and High-throughput Phenotyping Era: A Case Study with Wheat Data / Paulino P�erez-Rodr�iguez, Juan Burgue�no, Osval A. Montesinos-L�opez, Ravi P. Singh, Philomin Juliana, Suchismita Mondal and Jos�e Crossa -- Quantitative Genetics in Improving Root and Tuber Crops / Hern�an Ceballos -- Genomic Selection in Rice: Empirical Results and Implications for Breeding / Nourollah Ahmadi, J�er�ome Bartholom�e, Tuong-Vi Cao and C�ecile Grenier -- Novel Breeding Approaches for Developing Climate-resilient Rice / Sandeep Chapagain, Lovepreet Singh and Prasanta K. Subudhi -- Quantitative Genetics, Molecular Techniques and Agronomic Performance of Provitamin A Maize in Sub-Saharan Africa / Baffour Badu-Apraku, M.A.B. Fakorede, A.O. Talabi, E. Obeng-Bio, S.G.N. Tchala and S.A. Oyekale -- Developments in Genomics Relative to Abiotic Stress-tolerance Breeding in Maize During the Past Decade / M.T. Labuschagne -- Exploiting Alien Genetic Variation for Germplasm Enhancement in Brassica Oilseeds / Mehak Gupta and S.S. Banga -- Biofortified earl Millet Cultivars Offer Potential Solution to Tackle Malnutrition in India / Mahalingam Govindaraj, Parminder S. Virk, Anand Kanatti, Binu Cherian, K.N. Rai, Meike S. Anderson and Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer.

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