This book collates a wide spectrum of topics relevant to contemporary research achievement in sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources and conservation of plant genetic diversity within the framework of different crop systems. It introduces the status of crop genetic diversity and provides prospects for conservation of crop genetic diversity for sustainable agriculture. Plant genetic diversity is crucial for food security and agro-ecosystem maintenance paving ways to achieve sustainable agriculture development. This necessitates, consciously and judiciously, the conservation of all existing plant genetic resources for sustainable use in a variety of applications for human welfare. The wild and traditional landraces have generated an increased interest as a repertoire of valuable traits for breeding and improvement of cultivated germplasm. Internationally, concerted actions and policies toward for the conservation and management of plant genetic diversity are mounting, fromthe organization levels to national policies as deemed appropriate for the sustainable development goals. This needs an understanding of genetic diversity of different crops, ecological drivers and the structural changes within genetic diversity due to climate change. It is also equally important to evolve knowledge on what, how and where to conserve the existing plant genetic resources for present and future use. Assessment of the genetic diversity presents in a wild and traditional agro-ecosystem is another step towards effective utilization. In the past few years, advanced breeding tools have been developed which have offered great promise for efficient modification of targeted traits. This book consolidates current knowledge in the above core areas of plant genetic diversity and conservation. It is an essential reference for professionals, researchers, policy makers and commercial entrepreneurs concerned with plant genetic diversity and breeding to achieve enhanced agricultural productivity and sustainability of food resources to ensure food security. The book is also invaluable for graduate students involved in agriculture research.
Chapter 1_Plant Biodiversity in the Context of Food Security under
Climate Change.
Chapter 2_Biodiversity of Cereal Crops and Utilization in
Food and Nutritional Security. -Chapter 3_Genetic Diversity of Grain Legumes
for Food and Nutritional Security.
Chapter 4_Genetic Diversity of Food
Legumes and OMICS Prospective to Ensure Nutritional Security.
Chapter
5_Biodiversity of Fruit Crops and Utilization in Food and Nutritional
Security.
Chapter 6_Genetic Diversity of Vegetable Crops and Utilization in
Food and Nutritional Security.
Chapter 7_Utilization of Millet Varieties in
Food and Nutritional Security.
Chapter 8_Innovations in Artificial Induction
of Plant Genetic Diversity.
Chapter 9_Innovations in Assessment Approaches
of Plant Genetic Diversity.
Chapter 10_Application of Genomics in supporting
Efficient Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources.
Chapter
11_Genetic Diversity Assessment in Cereal Crops.
Chapter 12_Genetic
Diversity Assessment in Grain Legumes.
Chapter 13_Ge. netic Diversity in
Brazilian Fruits: Mangaba, Jenipapo and Cambuí.
Chapter 14_Genetic Diversity
Assessment in Vegetable Crops. -Chapter 15_Sustainable Utilization of Plant
Genetic Resources: A Case Study from Serbia.
Chapter
16. Sustainable
Utilization of Wild Germplasm Resources._Chapter
17. Systematics, Taxonomy,
and Sustainable Management of Some Critical Vascular Plant Groups in Central
Apennines, Italy._
Chapter
18. Machine Learning-Enhanced Utilization of Plant
Genetic Resources.
Chapter
19. Conservation Approaches of Plant Genetic
Resources.- Chatper
20. Micropropagation Applications in Conservation of
Horticultural Crops.
Chapter
21. Biotechnological Tools for Conservation of
Plant Genetic Diversity.
Chapter
22. Plant Gene Banks: Conservation of
Genetic Resources.
Chapter
23. Evaluation and Documentation of Genetic
Resources Collections.
Chapter
24. Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources
in Brazil. -Chapter 25 Conservation of Plant Genetic Resourcesin China.-
Chapter
26. Biodiversity and Conservation of Tropical Fruits in India.-
Chapter
27. Conservation of plant genetic resources in Italy.
Chapter
28.
Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources with Reference to the Pacific Island
Countries.
Chapter
29. Diversity and Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources
in Saudi Arabia.
Chapter
30. Fruit Trees Genetic Resources in Tunisia:
Biodiversity, Challenges and Adapted Strategies for Conservation and
Improvement.
Professor Jameel M. Al-Khayri is affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988, and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas. He is the National Correspondent of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. Al-Khayri has authored 110 research articles, 60 chapters and edited several journal special issues. In addition, he edited 25 reference books on plant biotechnology, genetic resources, breeding, genomics and nanotechnology. In addition to teaching, advising and research, he held administrative responsibilities as the Assistant Director of Date Palm Research Center, Head of Department of Plant Biotechnology and Vice Dean for Development and Quality Assurance. Al-Khayri served as a Member of Majlis Ash Shura (Saudi Legislative Council) for the 2009-2012 term. He is interested in agricultural innovations and sustainability.
Professor S. Mohan Jain (Adjunct) is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He served as a Technical Officer, Plant Breeding, and Genetics, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, 1999-2005 when the agency was awarded Nobel Peace Prize, 2005. He is on the Editorial Board of Euphytica, In Vitro, Propagation of Ornamental Plants; a reviewer in Plant cell and organ culture, Plant cell reports, and Plants, His publications are more than 175 peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings, and edited 70 books; invited speaker and acted as a Chairperson in several international conferences worldwide. He is a former consultant to the IAEA, the European Union, The Government of Grenada, the IranianPrivate Company, and the Egyptian Government.
Professor Suprasanna Penna, Ph.D. in Genetics, is formerly, Head of Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, and currently a professor & Director at the Amity Institute of Nuclear Biotechnology, Amity University of Maharashtra, Mumbai. He made significant contributions to plant science covering plant biotechnology, mutation breeding, stress tolerance and radiation depolymerized oligo-chitosan which has been successfully used in enhancing plant productivity in crop plants and vegetables. He has conducted research on plant abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants and salinity-adaptive mechanisms in halophytes. He is on the editorial board of several international journals and, published over 350 publications and has edited books on plant mutation breeding, salinity tolerance, genome editing and plant-metal interactions. He is the Guest Editor of special issues in Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Physiologia Plantarum (Wiley), Current Plant Biology (Elsevier) and, Physiology & Molecular Biology of Plants (Springer).
