Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Ashutosh Singh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Advanced Studies on Climate Change at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Bihar, India. He has more than eight years of experience in different areas of plant biotechnology aspects, including plant stress biology, pollen-based selection, molecular marker studies, etc. Currently, he is working on transcriptomic profiling and the development of gene-based markers for pollen selection mediated reproductive stage heat stress tolerance in maize. He has published more than a dozen research papers in various journals of international repute, as well as book chapters and popular articles. Saurabh Pandey, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Agriculture in Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India. He has eight years of experience in plant biotechnology aspects, such as plant stress biology, plant virus interactions, abiotic stresses, biofortification, molecular marker studies, and metabolism related to the tomato and rice crop. Currently, he is working on the introduction and biotic stress management of unconventional crops like banana and apple. He has published research papers in journals of international repute as well as articles in magazines and periodicals. Dr. Pandey has authored many book chapters on molecular markers, genomics, plant breeding, and plant molecular virology, catering to the needs of modern agriculture research.

PART I: CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE: INTRODUCTION 1. Climate Change: Effects and Need of Climate-Resilient Agriculture 2. Effects of Climate Change on Plant Growth and Development 3. Impact of Climate Change on Disease Incidence of Crop Plants 4. Impact of Biotic and Abiotic Interaction on Crop Plants PART II: CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE: BREEDING AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES 5. Marker-Assisted Selection: Strategy for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants 6. Breeding and Molecular Approaches for Heat-Resilient Crops 7. Breeding and Molecular Approaches for Drought-Resilient Crops 8. Pollen-Based Selection Strategy for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance 9. From Genetics to Genomics: Connecting Conventional to Modern Approaches for Designing Climate-Resilient Underutilized Orphan Crops PART III: CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 10. Speed Breeding: Rapid Generation Tool for Breeding Climate Smart Crops 11. Recent Advances in CRISPR-Cas for Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Cereals 12. Recent Advances in CRISPR/Cas9 for Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Vegetable Crops 13. Recent Advances in CRISPR-Cas for Climate-Resilient Horticulture in Fruits Crops PART IV: CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURE: SUCCESS STORIES 14. Designing the Modern Crop Genome Architecture by Harnessing the Genes from Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs): A Population Genetics and Genomics Perspective 15. Breeding and Molecular Mechanism of Drought Stress in Maize 16. Next-Generation Breeding for Heat Stress Improvement in Maize