Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits

Al-Khayri, Jameel M.; Jain, Shri Mohan; Johnson, Dennis V.

The basic concept of this book is to examine the use of innovative methods augmenting traditional plant breeding towards the development of new crop varieties under different environmental conditions to achieve sustainable food production. This book consists of two volumes: Volume 1 subtitled Breeding, Biotechnology and Molecular Tools and Volume 2 subtitled Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits. This is volume 2 which contains 18 chapters highlighting breeding strategies for specific plant traits including improved nutritional and pharmaceutical properties as well as enhanced tolerance to insects, diseases, drought, salinity and temperature extremes expected under predicted global climate change.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2016-04-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319225173

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22518-0

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 707.0