Molecular Breeding for Rice Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Quality

by Hossain, Mohammad Anwar; Hassan, Lutful; Iftekharuddaula, Khandakar Md.; Kumar, Arvind; Henry, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781119633112
• ISBN10: 1119633117
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2021-03-22
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Presents the latest knowledge of improving the stress tolerance, yield, and quality of rice crops

One of the most important cereal crops, rice provides food to more than half of the world population. Various abiotic stresses—currently impacting an estimated 60% of crop yields—are projected to increase in severity and frequency due to climate change. In light of the threat of global food grain insecurity, interest in molecular rice breeding has intensified in recent years. Progress has been made, but there remains an urgent need to develop stress-tolerant, bio-fortified rice varieties that provide consistent and high-quality yields under both stress and non-stress conditions.

Molecular Breeding for Rice Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Quality is the first book to provide comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of this critical topic, containing the physiological, biochemical, and molecular information required to develop effective engineering strategies for enhancing rice yield. Authoritative and in-depth chapters examine the molecular and genetic bases of abiotic stress tolerance, discuss yield and quality improvement of rice, and explore new approaches to better utilize natural resources through modern breeding. Topics Include rice adaptation to climate change, enriching rice yields under low phosphorus and light intensity, increasing iron, zinc, vitamin and antioxidant content, and improving tolerance to salinity, drought, heat, cold, submergence, heavy metals and Ultraviolet-B radiation. This important resource:

• Contains the latest scientific information on a wide range of topics central to molecular breeding for rice
• Provides timely coverage molecular breeding for improving abiotic stress tolerance, bioavailability of essential micronutrients, and crop productivity through biotechnological methods
• Features detailed chapters written by internationally-recognized experts in the field
• Discusses recent progress and future directions in molecular breeding strategies and research

Molecular Breeding for Rice Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Quality is required reading for rice researchers, agriculturists, and agribusiness professionals, and the ideal text for instructors and students in molecular plant breeding, abiotic stress tolerance, environmental science, and plant physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and biotechnology.

Author Biography

Dr Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Professor, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. 

Dr Lutful Hassan, Professor, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. 

Dr Khandakar Md. Iftekharuddaula, Chief Scientific Officer, Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Bangladesh. 

Dr Arvind Kumar, Director, International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi, India. 

Dr Robert Henry, Professor, Institute Director, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Australia. 

Table of Contents

1              Rice Adaptation to Climate Change: Opportunities and Priorities in Molecular Breeding    KK Vinod, Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110012, India, email: [e-mail]

2              Molecular Breeding for Improving Salinity Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Prospects

                Prasanta Subudhi, School of Plant, Environment and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA, email: [e-mail]

 

3              Molecular Breeding for Improving Drought Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives                Arvind Kumar, IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221106, India, email: [e-mail]

 

4              Molecular Breeding for Improving Flooding Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives   R. K. Sarkar, Division of Crop Physiology and Biochemistry, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack-753 006, India, email: [e-mail]

 

5              Molecular Breeding for Improving Heat Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives                Bui Chi Buu, High Agricultural Technology Research Institute for Mekong Delta (HATRI), Can Tho, Vietnam, email: [e-mail]

 

6              Molecular Breeding for Improving Cold Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives           Jian-Min Chen, Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, China, email: [e-mail]

7              Molecular Breeding for Lower Cadmium Accumulation in Rice Grain: Progress and Perspectives  Dongping Li,  Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Crop Sterile Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, P.R. China, email: [e-mail]

8              Molecular Breeding for Improving Arsenic Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives

                Nourollah Ahmadi, CIRAD, UMR AGAP, F-34398 Montpellier, France and AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France, email: [e-mail]

 

9              Molecular Breeding for Improving Ozone Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives                Michael Frei, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Katzenburgweg 5, 53115, Bonn, Germany, email: [e-mail]

10           Molecular Breeding Strategies for Enhancing Rice Yields Under Low Light Intensity

                Mayank Rai, School of Crop Improvement, College of PG studies in Agricultural Sciences, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Umiam, Meghalaya-793103, India, email: [e-mail]

 

11           Harnessing Tolerance to Low Phosphorus in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives

                Wricha Tyagi, School of Crop Improvement, College of PG studies in Agricultural Sciences, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Umiam, Meghalaya-793103, India, email: [e-mail]

 

12           Molecular Breeding for Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rice: Progress and Perspectives        C. N. Neeraja, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500030, email: [e-mail]

13           Dissecting the Molecular Basis of Drought-induced Oxidative Stress Tolerance in Rice        Bhaben Tanti, Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781014, Assam, India, email: [e-mail]

 

14           Manipulation of photosynthesis to increase rice yield potential   Saman Saneweera, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hanthana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka, email:  [e-mail]

 

15           Molecular Breeding for Improved β-carotene Synthesis in Golden Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives      Swapan K. Datta, University of Calcutta, Laboratory of Translational Research on Transgenic Crops, Annex Building II, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700019, India, email: [e-mail]

16           Increasing Grain Zinc Concentration in Rice

                Ryo Ishikawa, Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe. 657-8501, Japan, email: [e-mail]

17           Molecular breeding for Iron bio-fortification in rice grain: recent progress and future perspectives             Elssa Pandit, Crop Improvement Division, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack-753006, Odisha, India, email: [e-mail]

18           Aromatic Rices: Evolution, Genetics and Improvement Through Conventional Breeding and Biotechnological Methods             Lakshminarayana R Vemireddy, 1Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh, India, email: [e-mail]

19           Genetic Engineering for Increasing Antioxidant Content in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives                Qinlong Zhu, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China, email: [e-mail]

 

20           Molecular Breeding Approaches for Improvement and Development of Water Saving Aerobic Rice              Rahul Kumar Meena,Department of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, Haryana, India, email: [e-mail]

 

21           Targeting the ascorbate-glutathione pathway and the glyoxalase pathway for genetic engineering of abiotic stress-tolerance in rice   Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh, email:  [e-mail]