Translational genomics for crop breeding : Volume II, Abiotic stress, yield and quality - Tuberosa, R. (Roberto); Varshney, R. K. (Rajeev K.), 1973- (Ames, Iowa : Wiley Blackwell, 2013)
Genomics applications in crop breeding for abiotic stress tolerance and quality traits: an introduction / Rajeev K. Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa -- Applying genomics tools for breeding submergence tolerance in rice / Endang M. Septiningsih [and others] -- Genomics applications to salinity tolerance breeding in rice / J. Damien Platten, Michael J. Thomson and Abdelbagi M. Ismail -- Marker-assisted introgression of major QTLs for grain yield under drought in rice / Arvind Kumar, Shalabh Dixit and Amelia Henry -- Molecular breeding for phosphorus-efficient rice / Sigrid Heuer [and others] -- Aluminum tolerance in sorghum and maize / Jurandir V. Magalhaes [and others] -- Freezing tolerance in the triticeae / Galiba Gabor [and 5 others] -- Molecular breeding for stay-green: progress and challenges in sorghum / Vincent Vadez [and others] -- Genetic improvement of grain quality in japonica rice / Kiyosumi Hori and Masahiro Yano -- Biofortified maize: a genetic avenue for nutritional security / Raman Babu, Natalia Palacios and BM Prasanna -- Marker assisted backcrossing selection for high O/L ratio in cultivated peanut / Padmalatha Koilkonda [and others] -- Genomics-assisted breeding for tomato fruit quality in the next-generation omics age / Matthew P. Kinkade and Majid R. Foolad -- Improvement of yield per se in sugarcane / M. Gouy [and others].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed October 31, 2013).
Keywords: Crop improvement; Crops -- Genetic engineering; Plant breeding; Plant genome mapping; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General; Crop improvement; Crops -- Genetic engineering; Plant breeding; Plant genome mapping; Electronic books