Table Of ContentJameel M. Al-Khayri · Shri Mohan Jain
Editors
Dennis V. Johnson
Advances in
Plant Breeding
Strategies: Breeding,
Biotechnology and
Molecular Tools
Volume 1
Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Breeding,
Biotechnology and Molecular Tools
Jameel M. Al-Khayri • Shri Mohan Jain
Dennis V. Johnson
Editors
Advances in Plant Breeding
Strategies: Breeding,
Biotechnology
and Molecular Tools
Volume 1
Editors
Jameel M. Al-Khayri Shri Mohan Jain
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology Department of Agricultural Sciences
King Faisal University University of Helsinki
Al-Hassa , Saudi Arabia Helsinki , Finland
Dennis V. Johnson
Cincinnati , OH , USA
ISBN 978-3-319-22520-3 ISBN 978-3-319-22521-0 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22521-0
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Pref ace
T hus far conventional plant breeding methods have been successfully used for sus-
tainable food production worldwide. Human population is increasing at an alarming
rate in developing countries, and food availability to feed the additional mouths
could gradually become a serious problem. Moreover, agriculture production is
being adversely affected as a result of environmental pollution, rapid industrializa-
tion, water scarcity, erosion of fertile topsoil, limited possibility of expanding arable
land, lack of improvement of local plant types, erosion of genetic diversity, and
dependence on a relatively few crop species for the world’s food supply. According
to FAO, 70 % more food must be produced over the next four decades to feed the
projected nine billion people by the year 2050. Only 30 plant species are used to
meet 95 % of the world’s food requirements, which are considered as the major
crops . The breeding programs of these crops have been very much dependent on the
ready availability of genetic variation, either spontaneous or induced. Plant breeders
and geneticists are under constant pressure to sustain and expand food production
by using innovative breeding strategies and introducing minor crops which are well
adapted to marginal lands and provide a source of nutrition as well as crops having
abiotic and biotic stress tolerances. In traditional breeding, introgression of one or a
few genes in a cultivar is carried out via backcrossing for several generations. Now,
new innovative additional plant breeding tools, including molecular breeding and
plant biotechnology, are available to plant breeders, which have a great potential to
be used along with the conventional breeding methods for sustainable agriculture.
With the development of new molecular tools such as genomics, molecular marker-
assisted backcrossing has made possible rapid introgression of transgenes, reduc-
tion of linkage drag, and manipulation of genetic variation for the development of
improved cultivars. For example, molecular breeding has great potential to become
a routine standard practice in the improvement of several crops. However, a multi-
disciplinary approach of traditional plant breeding, plant biotechnology, and molec-
ular biology would be strategically ideal for developing new improved crop varieties
worldwide to feed the world. This book highlights the recent progress in the devel-
opment of plant biotechnology, molecular tools, and their usage in plant breeding.
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The basic concept of this book is to examine the use of innovative methods aug-
menting traditional plant breeding toward the development of new crop varieties,
grown under different environmental conditions, to achieve sustainable food
production.
This book consists of two volumes: Volume 1 subtitled B reeding, Biotechnology
and Molecular Tools and Volume 2 subtitled Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress
Traits . This fi rst volume comprises 21 chapters separated into four parts: Part I,
Genetic Resource Utilization and Conservation; Part II, Breeding Strategies; Part
III, In Vitro Culture and Transgenic Approaches; and Part IV, Molecular Breeding.
Topics covered include plant domestication and germplasm utilization, conven-
tional breeding techniques, and the role of biotechnology. In addition, various
biotechnological applications in plant breeding including functional genomics,
mutations and methods of detection, and molecular markers are covered.
Moreover, in vitro techniques and their applications in plant breeding are dis-
cussed with emphasis on embryo rescue, somatic cell hybridization, and soma-
clonal variation. Other chapters cover haploid breeding, transgenics, cryogenics,
and bioinformatics.
E ach chapter begins with an introduction covering related background and pro-
vides in-depth discussion of the subject supported with high-quality color photos,
illustrations, and relevant data. The chapter concludes with prospects for future
research directions and a comprehensive list of pertinent references to facilitate fur-
ther reading.
The book is an excellent reference source for plant breeders and geneticists
engaged in breeding programs involving biotechnology and molecular tools together
with traditional breeding. It is suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate
students specializing in agriculture, biotechnology, and molecular breeding, as well
as for agricultural companies.
C hapters were written by internationally reputable scientists and subjected to a
review process to assure quality presentation and scientifi c accuracy. We greatly
appreciate all chapter authors for their contributions toward the success and quality
of this book. We are proud of this diverse collaborative undertaking, especially
since the two volumes represent the efforts of 105 scientists from 29 countries. We
are also grateful to Springer for giving us an opportunity to compile this book.
Al-Hassa , Saudi Arabia Jameel M. Al-Khayri
Helsinki , Finland Shri Mohan Jain
Cincinnati , OH , USA Dennis V. Johnson
Contents
Part I Genetic Resource Utilization and Conservation
1 Plant D omestication and Utilization:
The Case of the Pampa Biome ............................................................... 3
Mercedes Rivas and Federico Condón
2 Decentralized Collaborative Plant Breeding for Utilization
and Conservation of Neglected and Underutilized
Crop Genetic Resources ......................................................................... 25
Alberto Camacho-Henriquez , Friederike Kraemer ,
Gea Galluzzi , Stef de Haan , Matthias Jäger , and Anja Christinck
3 Plant Cryopreservation for Biotechnology and Breeding ................... 63
Elena Popova , Mukund Shukla , Haeng Hoon Kim ,
and Praveen K. Saxena
4 Mutants as a Genetic Resource for Future Crop Improvement ......... 95
Mohd Gulfi shan , Tariq Ahmad Bhat , and Mohammad Oves
Part II Breeding Strategies
5 Conventional Plant Breeding Principles and Techniques .................... 115
George Acquaah
6 Applying Epigenetics in Plant Breeding: Balancing
Genome Stability and Phenotypic Plasticity......................................... 159
Estelle Jaligot and Alain Rival
7 Progress and Perspectives of Distant Heterosis in Rice ....................... 193
Deming Jin and Tondi Yacouba Nassirou
8 Forward and Reverse Genetics in Crop Breeding ............................... 215
Joanna Jankowicz-Cieslak and Bradley J. Till
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9 Doubled Haploid Breeding in Cereals ................................................... 241
D. Gavin Humphreys and Ron E. Knox
Part III In Vitro Culture and Transgenic Approaches
10 Applications of In Vitro Techniques in Plant Breeding ....................... 293
Zul Zulkarnain , Tanya Tapingkae , and Acram Taji
11 Induced Mutations in Plant Breeding ................................................... 329
H. Dayton Wilde
12 Alternative to Transgenesis: Cisgenesis and Intragenesis ................... 345
Ankita Singh , Meenakshi Joshi , and E. Lamalakshmi Devi
13 Transgenic Pyramiding for Crop Improvement................................... 369
Bingliang Wan
14 RNAi Technology: A Potential Tool in Plant Breeding ........................ 397
Mohammad Abhary and Adel Rezk
Part IV Molecular Breeding
15 Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding:
A Plant Breeder’s Review ....................................................................... 431
Guo-Liang Jiang
16 Mutant-Based Reverse Genetics for Functional
Genomics of Non-model Crops .............................................................. 473
Toyoaki Anai
17 Prospects of Functional Genomics in Sugarcane ................................. 489
Ram Kushal Singh and Sujeet Pratap Singh
18 Potentials of Proteomics in Crop Breeding ........................................... 513
Aayudh Das , Bimal Paudel , and Jai S. Rohila
19 Utilization of Diverse Sequencing Panels for Future
Plant Breeding ......................................................................................... 539
Aysen Yumurtaci
20 Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Tools and Impact
in Plant Breeding ..................................................................................... 563
Vinay K. Singh , Anil K. Singh , Sakshi Singh ,
and Brahma D. Singh
21 Molecular Breeding for Genetic Improvement
of Cotton (G ossypium spp.) ..................................................................... 613
N. Manikanda Boopathi , Selvam Sathish , Ponnaikoundar Kavitha ,
Ponnusami Dachinamoorthy , and Rajasekar Ravikesavan
Index ................................................................................................................. 647
Contributors
Mohammad Abhary Department of Biology , Taibah University , Al-Madinah ,
Saudi Arabia
George Acquaah D epartment of Natural Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences,
Bowie State University , Bowie , MD , USA
Toyoaki Anai L aboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture,
Saga University , Saga , Japan
Tariq Ahmad Bhat Department of Education , Government of Jammu and
Kashmir , Jammu and Kashmir , India
N. Manikanda Boopathi D epartment of Plant Molecular Biology and
Bioinformatics , Tamil Nadu Agricultural University , Coimbatore , India
Department of Fruit Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute , Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University , Periyakulam , India
Alberto Camacho-Henriquez Rural Development and Agriculture , Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH , Bonn , Germany
Anja Christinck Seed4change–Research and Communication , Gersfeld , Germany
Federico Condón Germplasm Bank , National Agricultural Research Institute
(INIA) , Colonia , Uruguay
Ponnusami Dachinamoorthy Department of Plant Molecular Biology and
Bioinformatics , Tamil Nadu Agricultural University , Coimbatore , India
Aayudh Das Department of Biology & Microbiology, College of Agriculture and
Biological Sciences , South Dakota State University , Brookings , SD , USA
E. Lamalakshmi Devi Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding , College of
Agriculture , Tripura, Lembucherra , West Tripura , India
Gea Galluzzi Bioversity International , Maccarese (Fiumicino) , Italy
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