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Translational Root Genomics for Crop Improvement

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/6186/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118447093.ch13
 
Title Translational Root Genomics for Crop Improvement
 
Creator Mir, R R
Thudi, M
Chamarthi, S K
Krishnamurthy, L
Gaur, P M
Varshney, R K
 
Subject Genetics and Genomics
 
Description Breeding of crop plants in the 21st century needs consciousness and awareness of climate change. For instance, both biotic and abiotic stresses need attention of breeders in order to breed crops showing resistance/tolerance to these stresses in a changing climate scenario. In developing countries, drought is the major abiotic stress and is already limiting crop productivity in several species. This tendency is going to worsen the situation in the years to come (Varshney et al. 2011a). Enhancing crop productivity in resource-poor dry land conditions is a formidable challenge. Conserving resources through management practices and engineering plants for superior extraction of these resources coupled with an increased efficiency of resource utilization deserve emphasis. Though resource conservation through management practices are equally important, development of superior resource use efficiency as a seed-based technology always has greater acceptance and adaptability.
 
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 
Contributor Crespi, M
 
Date 2012
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6186/1/ch13.pdf
Mir, R R and Thudi, M and Chamarthi, S K and Krishnamurthy, L and Gaur, P M and Varshney, R K (2012) Translational Root Genomics for Crop Improvement. In: Root Genomics and Soil Interactions. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, pp. 249-264. ISBN 9781118447093