OMICs-based Techniques for Global Food Security

Sajid Fiaz, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Haripur, Pakistan. Professor Fiaz obtained his PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, in 2019. Channapatna S. Prakash, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Tuskegee University, Kenney Hall, Tuskegee, USA. Professor Prakash has served on the USDA’s Agricultural Biotechnology Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Department of Biotechnology for the Government of India.

List of Contributors xv Preface xxiii

1 Crop Genome Sequencing and their Application for Crop Improvement 1
Hafiz Ghulam Muhu-Din Ahmed, Yawen Zeng, Xiaomeng Yang, Noor Fatima, and Anns Faisal

2 Functional Characterization of Cereal Genomics 27
Muhammad Aslam, Usman Ahmad, Ramala Masood Ahmad, and Ayesha Aslam

3 Role of OMICS-Based Technologies in Plant Sciences 45
Shumaila Ijaz, Javed Iqbal, Banzeer A. Abbasi, Tabassum Yaseen, Shazia Rehman, Mohsin Kazi, Lubna Ansari, and Tariq Mahmood

4 OMICS-Based Knowledge for Achieving Food and Nutritional Security 67
Shanza Nasar, Murad Muhammad, Ejaz Hussain Siddiqi, Muhammad Majeed, Nimrah Ameen, Shahid Ullah, Shazia Kousar, and Muhammad Abdullah

5 Utilization of Multi-Omics Approaches for Crop Improvement 91
Aiman Hina, Asim Abbasi, Muhammad Arshad, Safa Imtiaz, Sehar Shahid, Iqra Bibi, Hayssam M. Ali, and Nader R. Abdelsalam

6 Genomic Databases and Genetic Resources of Cereals 123
Rashid M. Rana, Azeem I. Khan, Munir Ahmad, Fahad M. Wattoo, Mohammad U. Ijaz, and Muhammad Hammad

7 Speed Breeding for Rapid Crop Improvement 139
Fahad M. Wattoo, Taimoor Khalid, Rashid M. Rana, and Farooq Ahmad

8 CRISPR System Discovery, History, and Future Perspective 159
Faizan Ali, Akhtar Hameed, Abdul Rehman, Sohaib Sarfraz, Nasir A. Rajput, and Muhammad Atiq

9 The Evolution of Genome-Editing Technologies 171
Hafiz I. Ahmad, Noreena Bibi, and Abdul Jabbar

10 CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Biotic Stress Resistance in Cereals for Achieving Zero Hunger 189
Asim Abbasi, Aiman Hina, Amna Chaudhry, Tasmeya Ishfaq, Wafa A. H. Alkherb, Asad Aslam, Nishat Ishfaq Abbasi, and Hayssam M. Ali

11 CRISPR/Cas System for Achieving Abiotic Stress Tolerance 213
Afifa Younas, Nadia Riaz, Madiha Rashid, Aasma Tufail, Sajjad Hyder, and Zahra Noreen

12 Technological Innovations for Abiotic Stress Resistance in Horticultural Crops 233
Yumna Ahmad, Zubaria Haakim, Javed Iqbal, Banzeer A. Abbasi, Tariq Mahmood, and Mohsin Kazi

13 Novel CRISPR-Based Genome Editing Systems for Crop Improvement 245
Eesha A. Khaliq, Naila Perveen, Daima Hamid, Mariam Hameed, Muhammad Asif, and Muhammad Arif

14 Precise Genome Editing of Plants Through Base and Prime Editor 269
Saif Alharbi, Mohammed Al-Dakhil, and Fahad S. Alotaibi

Index 287