Genome Engineering for Crop Improvement

List of Contributors x
 
Preface xvii
 
About the Editor xix
 
Acknowledgments xxi
 
1 An Overview of Genome-Engineering Methods 1
Sushmita, Gurminder Kaur, Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, and Praveen Chandra Verma
 
2 Distribution of Nutritional and Mineral Components in Important Crop Plants 22
Katarina Vogel-Mikus, Paula Pongrac, Ivan Kreft, Primo? Pelicon, Primo? Vavpeti , Bostjan Jen i , Johannes Teun van Elteren, Peter Kump, Sudhir P. Singh, and Marjana Regvar
 
3 Application of Genome Engineering Methods for Quality Improvement in Important Crops 43
Sajid Fiaz, Sher Aslam Khan, Galal Bakr Anis, Habib Ali, Mohsin Ali, Kazim Ali, Mehmood Ali Noor, Sibtain Ahmad, and Bilal Ahmad Asad
 
4 Genome Engineering for Enriching Fe and Zn in Rice Grain and Increasing Micronutrient Bioavailability 69
Conrado Dueñas, Jr., Gela Myan B. Mota, Norman Oliva, and Inez H. Slamet-Loedin
 
5 Development of Carotenoids Rich Grains by Genome Engineering 83
Vikrant Gautam, Gurwinder Singh Rana, Pankaj Kumar, and Santosh Watpade
 
6 CRISPR-Cas9 System for Agriculture Crop Improvement 97
Ashish Sharma, Poorwa Kamal Badola, and Prabodh Kumar Trivedi
 
7 Contribution of Crop Biofortification in Mitigating Vitamin Deficiency Globally 112
Siddhant Chaturvedi, Roni Chaudhary, and Siddharth Tiwari
 
8 Genome Editing Approaches for Trait Improvement in the Hairy Root Cultures of the Economically Important Plants 131
Pravin Prakash, Rakesh Srivastava, Ajay Kumar, Gurminder Kaur, and Praveen Chandra Verma
 
9 Phytic Acid Reduction in Cereal Grains by Genome Engineering: Potential Targets to Achieve Low Phytate Wheat 146
Ajay K. Pandey, Sipla Aggarwal, Varsha Meena, and Anil Kumar
 
10 Genome Engineering for Nutritional Improvement in Pulses 157
Chirag Uppal, Ajinder Kaur, and Chhaya Sharma
 
11 The Survey of Genetic Engineering Approaches for Oil/Fatty Acid Content Improvement in Oilseed Crops

SANTOSH KUMAR UPADHYAY is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. His present research focuses in the area of functional genomics, particularly the characterization of defense and development related genes in bread wheat.