Mutation Breeding, Genetic Diversity and Crop Adaptation to Climate Change.

Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Section 1. Contribution of Crop Mutant Varieties to Food Security -- 1. World Food Supply: Problems and Prospects -- 2. Scandinavian Mutation Research During the Past 90 Years - a Historical Review -- 3. History of Mutation Breeding and Molecular Research Using Induced Mutations in Japan -- 4. Soybean Breeding Through Induced Mutation in Vietnam -- 5. New Mutation Techniques for Crop Improvement in China -- 6. High-yielding NERICA Mutant Rice for Upland Areas and Hope for Bangladeshi Farmers -- 7. Impact of Mutant Varieties in Malaysia: Challenges and Future Perspectives for Mutation Breeding -- 8. Application of Mutation Breeding Techniques in the Development of Green Crop Varieties in Sri Lanka: the Way Forward -- 9. Mutation Breeding in Rice for Sustainable Crop Production and Food Security in India -- Section 2. Mutation Breeding in Crop Improvement and Climate-Change Adaptation -- 10. Isolation and Characterization of Yellow Rust Resistant Mutants in Wheat -- 11. Identification of Rice Mutants Tolerant to Cold Stress at the Germination Stage by TILLING -- 12. Mutation Breeding of Sorghum to Support Climate-Smart Agriculture -- 13. Production of Haploid Embryos and Plants in Iranian Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Through Irradiated Pollen-induced Parthenogenesis -- 14. Application of Mutation Breeding to the Improvement of the Under-studied Crop Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) -- 15. Improving Sustainable Cotton Production Through Enhanced Resilience to Climate Change Using Mutation Breeding -- 16. Development of Climate-Adaptable/Resilient Crop Varieties Through Induced Mutation -- 17. Anthracnose Resistance Induction in Chilli by Electron Beam Irradiation.

18. Induced Mutagenesis for Improvement of Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Production in Bulgaria -- 19. Mutation Induction to Improve Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) Resistance to Downy Mildew (Peronospora variabilis) -- 20. Development of the First Kabuli Type Chickpea Mutant Variety in Bangladesh -- 21. Evaluation of Advanced Wheat Mutant Lines for Food and Feed Quality -- 22. Induced Variation for Post-Emergence Herbicide Tolerance in Lentil -- 23. Application of Mutation Techniques and Genotype × Environment Interaction for Grain Yield in Ion Beam Induced Mutant Rice Lines Tested in Multiple Locations in Malaysia -- 24. Impact of Mulch-Based Cropping Systems Using Green Mulch and Residues on the Performance of Advanced Mutant Lines of Maize (Zea mays (L.)) Under Infested Field with the Parasitic Weed Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze in Madagascar -- 25. Groundnut Mutants with End-of-season Drought Tolerance for the Marginal Dry Lands of North Kordofan State, Sudan -- 26. Induction of Variability for Yield Components in Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern &amp -- Coss) Under Acidic Soil Regime of Jharkhand -- Section 3. Mutation Induction Techniques for Enhanced Genetic Variation -- 27. The Barley chloroplast mutator (cpm) Mutant, an Extraordinary Source of Plastome Variability -- 28. Progress of Mutant Resource Development and TILLING on Starch Biosynthesis in Wheat -- 29. Gamma-rays in the Development of Rice Lines Tolerant to Aryloxyphenoxypropionate Herbicides -- 30. National Repository of EMS Induced Mutants of an Upland Rice Cultivar Nagina 22: Progress Update on Characterization and Utilization -- 31. Radiation-Induced Mutations in Genetic Enhancement and Development of New Crop Varieties in Black Gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) -- 32. Development of New Bread Wheat Resistant Mutants for Ug99 Rust Disease (Puccinia graminis f. sp. Tritici).

33. Determination of Radiosensitivity of Coffea arabica var. 'Venecia' Seeds to Gamma-ray Irradiation -- 34. Determination of the Optimal Conditions for Mutagenesis Induction in a Commercial Arabica Coffee Variety -- 35. Virulence Genes of New Population of Coffee Rust (Hemileia vastatrix) Affecting Coffee Variety 'Lempira', in Honduras -- Resistant and Susceptible Varieties -- 36. Mutagenesis of in vitro Explants of Coffea spp. to Induce Fungal Resistance -- Section 4. Mutation Breeding in Vegetatively Propagated and Ornamental Crops -- 37. Somaclonal Variation in Clonal Crops: Containing the Bad, Exploring the Good -- 38. Induced Mutations for Generating Bananas Resistant to Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race -- 39. Induction and Selection of Mandarin Mutants with Fruits Containing Low Number of Seeds -- 40. 60Co Gamma Irradiation-Induced Mutation in Vegetatively Propagated Philodendron erubescens 'Gold' -- Section 5. Induced Genetic Variation for Crop Improvement in the Genomic Era -- 41. The Power of Next-generation Sequencing and Machine Learning for Causal Gene Finding and Prediction of Phenotypes -- 42. Ion Beam Mutagenesis - an Innovative and Effective Method for Plant Breeding and Gene Discovery -- 43. Using Ionizing Radiation for Improving the Development and Yield of Agricultural Crops -- 44. Impact of Cross-breeding on the Metabolites of the Low Phytic Acid Rice Mutant Os-lpa-MH86- -- 45. In Search of Mutants for Gene Discovery and Functional Genomics for Multiple Stress Tolerance in Rice -- 46. Comparative Study of Mutations Induced by Carbon-Ion Beams and Gamma-ray Irradiations in Arabidopsis thaliana at the Genome-wide Scale -- 47. The Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and Emerging Biotechnologies.

48. Gamma-ray Induced Pedigreed Mutant Population of Tossa Jute (Corchorus olitorius L.): a Key Resource for Forward and Reverse Genetics -- 49. Effects of Light and UV-C Radiation on the Transcriptional Activity of COP1 and HY5 Gene Homologues in Barley -- Index -- Cabi -- Back.

International authors review achievements, new developments, trends and challenges in the field of plant mutation breeding, across the scientific community and the private sector. Chapters highlight specific challenges, such as emerging transboundary threats to crop production, and assess the overall importance of mutation breeding to food security.

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