Recent Developments in Plant Breeding: Volume 1

Singh, Dharm Veer (EDT); Kamaluddin (EDT); Sharma, Vijay (EDT); Nath, Shiva (EDT)

ISBN 10: 9358872756 / ISBN 13: 9789358872750

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Recent Developments in Plant Breeding: Volume 1
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9358872756
• ISBN 13: 9789358872750
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This edited volume presents a thorough compilation of the most recent advancements in plant breeding. It delves into a range of contemporary breeding and molecular techniques, detailing their importance, advantages, and drawbacks in the pursuit of increased crop production. This book is a valuable resource for educators, researchers, agricultural scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers who are seeking essential information. Moreover, graduate and undergraduate students studying agriculture and related disciplines can benefit from this book as a supplementary reading material.

About the Author

Dharm Veer Singh is in Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research work is focused on identification of heat tolerant lentil genotypes through biochemical and transcriptomic approach.

Kamaluddin is a Professor in the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India. He did his Ph. D. from Institute of Agriculture Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He has expertise in plant breeding, transgenic technology and molecular breeding. Dr. Kamaluddin has published original research articles, review articles, book chapters and abstracts in different journals of national and international reputes. Presently, he is involved in the development of heat and drought stress tolerant pulse cultivars using conventional and marker assisted selection. Further, he is also working on development of varieties especially in small millets. He has published Plant Biotechnology: Principles and Application (Springer), Transgenic Technology Based Value Addition in Plant Biotechnology (Elsevier) as Co-Editor and Technologies in Plant Biotechnology and Breeding of Field Crops (Springer) as Editor.

Vijay Sharma is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research work is focussed on development of varieties in sesame and wheat.

Shiva Nath is working as Associate Professor at Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj (Ayodhya), Uttar Pradesh, India. He is currently working on chickpea breeding.