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Brassica Improvement - Molecular, Genetics and Genomic Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Brassica Improvement - Molecular, Genetics and Genomic Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Global population is mounting at an alarming stride to surpass 9.3
billion by 2050, whereas simultaneously the agricultural
productivity is gravely affected by climate changes resulting in
increased biotic and abiotic stresses. The genus Brassica belongs
to the mustard family whose members are known as cruciferous
vegetables, cabbages or mustard plants. Rapeseed-mustard is world's
third most important source of edible oil after soybean and oil
palm. It has worldwide acceptance owing to its rare combination of
health promoting factors. It has very low levels of saturated fatty
acids which make it the healthiest edible oil that is commonly
available. Apart from this, it is rich in antioxidants by virtue of
tocopherols and phytosterols presence in the oil. The high omega 3
content reduces the risk of atherosclerosis/heart attack.
Conventional breeding methods have met with limited success in
Brassica because yield and stress resilience are polygenic traits
and are greatly influenced by environment. Therefore, it is
imperative to accelerate the efforts to unravel the biochemical,
physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying yield, quality
and tolerance towards biotic and abiotic stresses in Brassica. To
exploit its fullest potential, systematic efforts are needed to
unlock the genetic information for new germplasms that tolerate
initial and terminal state heat coupled with moisture stress. For
instance, wild relatives may be exploited in developing
introgressed and resynthesized lines with desirable attributes.
Exploitation of heterosis is another important area which can be
achieved by introducing transgenics to raise stable CMS lines.
Doubled haploid breeding and marker assisted selection should be
employed along with conventional breeding. Breeding programmes aim
at enhancing resource use efficiency, especially nutrient and water
as well as adoption to aberrant environmental changes should also
be considered. Biotechnological interventions are essential for
altering the biosynthetic pathways for developing high oleic and
low linolenic lines. Accordingly, tools such as microspore and
ovule culture, embryo rescue, isolation of trait specific genes
especially for aphid, Sclerotinia and alternaria blight resistance,
etc. along with identification of potential lines based on genetic
diversity can assist ongoing breeding programmes. In this book, we
highlight the recent molecular, genetic and genomic interventions
made to achieve crop improvement in terms of yield increase,
quality and stress tolerance in Brassica, with a special emphasis
in Rapeseed-mustard.
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