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Rice Improvement : Physiological, Molecular Breeding and Genetic Perspectives.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ali, Jauhar.
Other Authors: Wani, Shabir Hussain.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Advances in Genetics and Breeding of Rice: An Overview
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 First Breakthrough: The Green Revolution
  • 3 Second Breakthrough: Hybrid Rice Technology
  • 4 Next Breakthrough: Strategies
  • 4.1 Enrichment of the Rice Gene Pool
  • 4.2 Discovery and Stacking of Yield Genes Hidden in Wild/Weedy Species
  • 4.3 Designing of Plant Architecture or Ideotype Breeding
  • 4.4 Designing of Shoot and Panicle Architecture
  • 4.5 Modification of Root Architecture
  • 4.6 Green Super Rice for Sustainable Performance
  • 4.7 Physiological Breeding Approaches
  • 4.8 Defending Against Biophysical Stresses
  • 4.9 Selective Modification of Traits by Gene Editing
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Strategies for Engineering Photosynthesis for Enhanced Plant Biomass Production
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Improving Rubisco Performance
  • 2.1 Rubisco Kinetics
  • 2.2 Photorespiration Bypass
  • 3 Improving Thermotolerance of Rubisco Activase
  • 4 Increasing CO2 Concentration Around Rubisco
  • 5 Enhancing Activity of Calvin-Benson-Cycle Enzymes
  • 6 Enhancing Electron Transport Rate in Thylakoid Membranes
  • 7 Improving Photosynthetic Performance Under Fluctuating Light in Natural Environments
  • 7.1 Electron Transport
  • 7.2 Activation of Calvin-Cycle Enzymes, Especially Rubisco
  • 7.3 CO2 Diffusion into the Chloroplast
  • 8 Future Prospects
  • References
  • Green Super Rice (GSR) Traits: Breeding and Genetics for Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Green Super Rice
  • 2.1 GSR Breeding and Population Development
  • 3 Genetics of Green Traits
  • 3.1 Drought Tolerance
  • 3.2 Salinity Tolerance
  • 3.3 Submergence Tolerance
  • 3.4 Nutrient-Use Efficiency
  • 3.5 Weed-Competitive Ability Traits
  • 3.6 Low-Temperature Stress Tolerance at Different Crop Growth Stages
  • 3.7 Grain Quality.
  • 3.8 Biotic Stress Tolerance
  • 4 Molecular Genetics and Breeding Strategies to Combine Multiple Stresses
  • 4.1 Dissecting the Stress-Regulated Mechanisms for Multiple Stress Tolerance
  • 4.2 Breeding Products Combining Tolerance of Multiple Stresses
  • 4.3 Development of Rice Hybrids with Multiple-Stress Tolerance
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Advances in Two-Line Heterosis Breeding in Rice via the Temperature-Sensitive Genetic Male Sterility System
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Emergence of Two-Line Hybrid Rice Technology with a Historical Perspective
  • 3 Advantages and Disadvantages of the TGMS System in the Tropics
  • 4 Physiological Characterization of the TGMS Trait
  • 4.1 Determination of CSTP and CFTP
  • 4.1.1 Characterization Under Controlled-Temperature Screening Conditions
  • 4.1.2 Field Screening Through Sequential Seeding
  • 4.2 Determination of the Critical Stage for Fertility-Sterility Alteration
  • 4.3 Evaluation of TGMS Lines for Sterility-Fertility Alteration in Different Environments
  • 4.4 Improvement of Outcrossing Traits in TGMS and Pollen Parental Lines
  • 5 Genetics of TGMS Lines
  • 5.1 Identification of Genes Governing the TGMS Trait
  • 5.2 Molecular Mechanisms of the TGMS Trait
  • 6 Breeding of TGMS and Pollen Parental Lines
  • 6.1 Different Available Approaches to Breed TGMS Lines
  • 6.1.1 Mutation Breeding for the Identification of TGMS Mutants
  • 6.1.2 Pedigree Breeding
  • 6.1.3 Transfer from a Known TGMS Gene Source to Elite Lines
  • 6.1.4 Pyramiding TGMS Genes for Better Stability
  • 6.2 Rapid Fixation of Segregating TGMS Lines
  • 6.3 Breeding Pollen Parents
  • 6.4 Two-Line indica/japonica Hybrids
  • 7 Breeding Two-Line Hybrids
  • 7.1 Combining Ability Nurseries
  • 7.2 Breeding Trials
  • 7.3 Insect Pest and Disease Resistance
  • 7.4 Grain Quality Considerations Addressing Market Needs
  • 8 Seed Production Challenges.
  • 8.1 Identification of Ideal Locations for Self-Seed Multiplication of TGMS and Hybrid Rice Seed Production
  • 9 Wide-Scale Adoption and Use of Two-Line Hybrid Rice Technology
  • 10 Future Directions and Conclusions
  • References
  • Growing Rice with Less Water: Improving Productivity by Decreasing Water Demand
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Current Rice Cultivars/Varieties Grown Under Water-Limiting Conditions
  • 3 Existing Rice Cultivation Practices Under Water-Deficit Conditions
  • 3.1 Plant-Based Strategies
  • 3.1.1 Selection of Cultivars/Varieties
  • 3.1.2 Date of Planting
  • 3.1.3 Decreased Stand Density
  • 3.2 Soil- and Irrigation-Based Strategies
  • 3.2.1 Alternate Wetting and Drying
  • 3.2.2 Saturated Soil Culture
  • 3.2.3 Aerobic Rice Development
  • 3.2.4 Decreasing Non-beneficial Water Depletions and Water Outflows
  • 3.2.5 System of Rice Intensification
  • 3.2.6 Sprinkler Irrigation
  • 4 Molecular Breeding for Rice Improvement
  • 4.1 QTL Mapping
  • 4.2 Marker-Assisted Selection
  • 4.3 Marker-Assisted Backcrossing
  • 4.4 Marker-Assisted Pyramiding
  • 4.5 Marker-Assisted Recurrent Selection
  • 4.6 Genomic Selection
  • 5 Transgenic Strategies
  • 6 Future Prospects
  • References
  • Crop Establishment in Direct-Seeded Rice: Traits, Physiology, and Genetics
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Climate Change and Water Scarcity
  • 3 Rice Establishment Methods
  • 3.1 Puddled Transplanted Rice
  • 3.2 Direct-Seeded Rice
  • 4 Traits, Physiology, Genetics, and Breeding
  • 4.1 Anaerobic Germination
  • 4.1.1 Physiology and Molecular Mechanisms of AG
  • 4.1.2 Genetic Factors Underlying the AG Trait
  • 4.2 Seed Longevity
  • 4.2.1 Physiology and Molecular Mechanisms Affecting Seed Longevity
  • 4.2.2 Genetic Factors Affecting Seed Longevity
  • 4.3 Early Seedling Vigor
  • 4.3.1 Physiology and Molecular Mechanisms of Early Seedling Vigor.
  • 4.3.2 Genetic Factors Affecting Early Seedling Vigor
  • 4.4 Breeding Rice with Improved Germination
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Genetics and Breeding of Heat Tolerance in Rice
  • 1 Climate Change and Global Warming
  • 2 Rice Production and Heat Damage
  • 3 Heat Tolerance of Rice
  • 4 Heat-Tolerant Rice Genetic Resources
  • 5 Physiology of Heat Tolerance in Rice
  • 6 Genetics of Heat Tolerance in Rice
  • 7 Breeding of Heat Tolerance in Rice
  • 8 Future Prospects
  • References
  • Genetics and Breeding of Low-Temperature Stress Tolerance in Rice
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Phenological, Physiological, and Biochemical Indicators of LTS Tolerance at Different Developmental Stages
  • 3 Genes/QTLs Underlying LTS in Rice Detected by Linkage Mapping and GWAS
  • 3.1 Germination Stage
  • 3.2 Seedling Stage
  • 3.3 Booting/Flowering Stage
  • 4 Molecular Mechanisms of LTS Tolerance
  • 4.1 Signaling Pathways Leading to LTS Tolerance from the Cloned Genes
  • 4.2 Genome-Wide Association Studies for LTS Tolerance
  • 4.3 Transcriptomics Related to LTS Tolerance
  • 4.4 Proteomics Related to LTS Tolerance
  • 4.5 Metabolomics Related to LTS Tolerance
  • 5 Breeding Approaches for LTS Tolerance in Rice
  • 5.1 Improving LTS Tolerance by Conventional Breeding Approaches
  • 5.2 Improving LTS Tolerance by Selective Introgression
  • 5.3 Improving LTS Tolerance by Genetic Transformation
  • 5.4 Improving LTS Tolerance by Genome Editing
  • 6 Conclusions and Future Prospects
  • References
  • Arsenic Stress Responses and Accumulation in Rice
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Heavy Metal Contamination
  • 2.1 Heavy Metal Interaction with the Biological System
  • 2.2 Chronic Arsenic Exposure and Its Adverse Effects on Human Health
  • 3 Arsenic Contamination in Paddy Soil
  • 3.1 Arsenic Contamination in Rice
  • 3.2 Arsenic Speciation in the Rice Ecosystem.
  • 3.3 Inorganic Arsenic Interaction with Essential Plant Nutrients
  • 4 Arsenic-Induced Toxicity Symptoms During Different Growth Stages of Rice
  • 4.1 Germination Stage
  • 4.2 Vegetative Growth
  • 4.3 Reproductive Growth
  • 5 Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Arsenic Stress Tolerance in Rice
  • 6 Arsenic Uptake in Rice
  • 6.1 Arsenite Uptake
  • 6.2 Arsenate Uptake
  • 7 Arsenic Translocation in Rice
  • 7.1 Arsenite Translocation
  • 7.2 Arsenate Translocation
  • 8 Arsenic Detoxification and Stress Responses in Rice
  • 8.1 The Oxidative Stress Response in Rice
  • 8.2 Root Plaque Formation as a Scavenger for Arsenic Stress
  • 9 State of Knowledge Gaps for Arsenic Accumulation in Rice
  • 10 Possible Mitigation Strategies for Arsenic Accumulation in Rice
  • 11 Future Directions and Conclusions
  • References
  • Molecular Approaches for Disease Resistance in Rice
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Phenotypic Screening Techniques for Major Diseases of Rice: Pathogen Inoculum, Plant Infection Assays, and Disease Scoring
  • 2.1 Bacterial Blight
  • 2.2 Blast Disease
  • 2.3 Sheath Blight
  • 2.4 Sheath Rot of Rice
  • 2.5 False Smut
  • 2.6 Tungro Disease of Rice
  • 2.7 Bacterial Leaf Streak
  • 3 Genetics of Disease Resistance
  • 4 Breeding for Disease Resistance
  • 4.1 MAS/MABB Foreground/Background Selection
  • 4.2 Pyramiding Disease-Resistance Genes
  • 4.3 Varieties Improved and Developed
  • 4.4 Multiple Disease-Resistance Breeding Strategies
  • 5 Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Resistance
  • 5.1 Resistance to Bacterial Blight
  • 5.2 Resistance to Bacterial Leaf Streak
  • 5.3 Resistance to Rice Blast
  • 5.4 Resistance to Sheath Blight
  • 5.5 Broad-Spectrum Resistance Genes
  • 6 Impact of Major Nutrient Fertilizers on Biotic Disease Resistance in Rice
  • 7 Genome-Editing Tools for Improving Disease Resistance
  • 7.1 Site-Specific Mutagenesis: The Path So Far.
  • 7.1.1 Meganucleases.

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