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Format: 1 online resource (476 pages)

Edition: First edition.

ISBN: 9780443220890 , 0443220891

Note: Front Cover -- Wheat Wild Relatives -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 Insight into the wheat genetic resources with emphasis on Aegilops and Triticum species -- Introduction -- Classification based on wheat gene pools -- Evolution of bread wheat-Involvement of different wheat wild species -- Glimpse of different Aegilops species -- Aegilops speltoides (genome: S) -- Aegilops bicornis (genome: S) -- Ae. longissima (genome: S) -- Aegilops sharonensis (genome: S) -- Aegilops searsii (genome: S) -- Aegilops caudata (genome: C) -- Aegilops kotschyi (genome: S) -- Aegilops comosa (genome: M) -- Aegilops uniaristata (genome: N) -- Aegilops umbellulata (genome: U) -- Aegilops tauschii (genome: D) -- Aegilops biuncialis (genome: UM) -- Aegilops triuncialis (genome: UC) -- Aegilops cylindrica (genome: DC) -- Aegilops ventricosa (genome: DN) -- Aegilops peregrina (genome: SU) -- Aegilops columnaris (genome: UM) -- Aegilops geniculata (genome: MU) -- Aegilops neglecta [genome: UM (ssp. neglecta) -- UMN (ssp. recta)] -- Aegilops crassa [genome: DM (4x) -- DDM (6x)] -- Aegilops vavilovii (genome: DMS) -- Aegilops juvenalis (genome: DMU) -- Glimpse of different Triticum species -- Triticum monococcum L. (genome Am) -- Triticum urartu Tum. ex Gand. (genome A) -- Triticum timopheevii (genome GA) -- Triticum turgidum L. (genome BA) -- Triticum zhukovskyi Men. & -- Er. (genome GAAm) -- Triticum aestivum L. (genome BAD) -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Exploring genetic variation for environmental stress tolerance in wheat wild species -- Introduction -- Overview of the genetic variation in drought tolerance of wheat wild species -- Overview of the genetic variation in salinity tolerance of wheat wild species -- Overview of the genetic variation in tolerance of wheat wild species toward other abiotic stresses -- Conclusion -- References. , 3 Advancement in genome sequencing of wheat wild relatives -- Introduction -- What is genome sequencing? -- Evolution of genome sequencing -- First-generation sequencing technologies -- Next-generation sequencing technologies -- Second-generation sequencing technologies -- Third-generation sequencing technologies -- The period of limited progress in the study of the wheat genome -- The beginning of the era of wheat genome sequencing -- Wheat genome sequencing advancements -- Genome sequencing performed in wheat wild relatives -- Triticum urartu's genome sequence -- Aegilops tauschii's genome sequence -- Wild emmer wheat's genome sequence -- Durum wheat's genome sequence -- Triticum monococcum's genome sequence -- Transcriptome sequence of Aegilops sharonensis -- Transcriptome sequence of Agropyron cristatum -- Conclusions and perspectives -- AI Disclosure -- References -- Further reading -- 4 Potential of wild relatives of wheat: ideal gene pool for enhancing drought tolerance in modern wheat cultivars -- Introduction -- Importance of wild relatives of wheat -- Drought tolerance in wild relatives -- Perception of drought stress -- Signal transduction -- Activation of transcription factors -- Transcriptional regulation -- Physiological and biochemical responses -- Morphological and physiological adaptations -- Wild relatives of wheat -- Antioxidant activity in wild wheat -- Conventional breeding methods for improvement of modern wheat -- Pedigree breeding -- Bulk and composite breeding -- Single seed descent -- Doubled-haploids -- Backcross methods -- Mutation breeding -- Multilines -- Molecular based approaches for enhancing crop yield in modern wheat -- Marker-assisted selection -- Use of molecular markers in wheat improvement program -- Resistance to abiotic stress -- Quality traits -- Quantitative trait loci. , Biparental interval mapping and association mapping -- Major and stable quantitative trait loci and their co-localization with meta-quantitative trait loci -- Next-generation sequencing -- Genetic engineering in wheat -- Genome editing technologies -- CRISPR-Cas -- Recombinant DNA technology -- Genome-wide association studies -- Role of omics in drought tolerance -- Transcriptomics -- Proteomics/metabolomics/phenomics -- Integrated omics -- Conclusion and future prospects -- References -- 5 Wheat wild relatives: an untapped genetic resource for improvement of cold tolerance in wheat -- Introduction -- Morphological symptoms and metabolic pathways of cold stress -- Effect of cold stress in wheat -- Origin of wheat and wheat wild relatives -- Use of wheat wild relatives for abiotic stress tolerance -- Exploring valuable genes from alternative wild relatives of wheat -- Wheat wild relatives and cold tolerance -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Utilization of wheat wild relatives for improving heat tolerance -- Introduction -- Evolution and domestication of wheat -- Heat tolerances and wheat wild relatives -- Physiological reactions exhibited by wheat under heat stress conditions -- Photosynthesis responses -- Respiration effect -- Delayed leaf senescence -- Canopy temperature depression -- Biochemical responses in wheat under heat stress conditions -- Antioxidant responses -- Heat shock proteins -- Breeding strategies to combat heat stress in wheat -- Molecular traits and genetic markers in wheat -- Utilization of various genes to combat heat stress -- Utilization of various wild wheat germplasms to combat heat stress -- Implications of wheat wild relatives for sustainable global wheat production -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Potential of wheat wild species for salinity tolerance improvement in modern wheat -- Introduction. , Effects of salinity stress on wheat plants -- Phenotyping of wheat wild relatives and neglected wheat species for salinity stress tolerance -- Involvement of molecular response of wheat wild genotypes and its relatives in salinity stress tolerance -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Utilization of wheat wild relatives for improving boron stress tolerance -- Introduction -- Effects of boron stress-toxicity and deficiency on wheat plants -- Physiological studies conducted for boron stress tolerance in wheat wild relatives and neglected wheat species -- Quantitative trait loci and molecular marker-based studies conducted on wheat wild relatives to support wheat breeding for boron tolerance -- Studies based on exploring the boron stress-responsive genes of wheat wild relatives -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 Agronomic, physiological, biochemical, and molecular approaches employed for successful utilization of wheat wild relatives for crop improvement -- Introduction -- Utilization of wheat wild relatives for crop improvement through agronomic strategies -- Use of tolerant and high-yielding varieties -- Nutrient management -- Weed management -- Pest and disease management -- Irrigation management -- Soil management -- Utilization of wheat wild relatives for crop improvement through molecular strategies -- Dynamic wheat transcriptomics -- Marker-assisted selection -- Genetic transformation of wheat plants -- Utilization of wheat wild relatives for crop improvement through physiological strategies -- Heat adaptive physiological traits -- Drought adaptive traits -- Experimental evaluation and incorporation of physiological traits -- Enhancing stress resilience in wheat by combining metabolomic approaches and physiological studies -- Water stress -- Heat stress -- Physiological mechanisms for stress tolerance -- Rooting system diversity. , Hormonal regulation -- Nutrient use efficiency -- Water use efficiency -- Photosynthetic efficiency -- Utilization of wheat wild relatives for crop improvement through biochemical strategies -- Antioxidant defense mechanisms -- Lipid metabolism and membrane stability -- Osmoprotectants and compatible solutes -- Enzymatic assays and isozyme analysis -- Proteomic approaches -- Future prospects -- References -- 10 Utilization of wheat wild relatives for iron and zinc improvement in wheat crops -- Introduction -- Effects of iron and zinc deficiency on wheat plants -- Screening of wheat wild relatives, neglected species, and their introgressed lines to identify the ones with high iron and zinc concentrations -- Genomic regions/QTLs identified for grain iron and zinc concentrations in wild wheat species -- Studies based on screening the wheat wild species and its relatives under iron- and zinc-deficient growth conditions -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Utilization of wheat wild relatives for improving ozone stress tolerance -- Introduction -- Ozone stress -- Effects of ozone on wheat production -- Potentials of wild relatives to mitigate ozone stress -- Mitigation of ozone stress via wheat wild relatives through conventional breeding -- Mitigation of ozone stress via wheat wild relatives through molecular approach -- Mitigation of ozone stress via wheat wild relatives through transgenic approach -- Possible challenges and suggestions to mitigate ozone stress by wheat wild relatives -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Utilization of wheat wild relatives for improving heavy metals stress tolerance -- Introduction -- Sources and availability of heavy metals in soil -- Heavy metal toxici ty and plants -- Heavy metal-plant interaction -- Heavy metal-wheat interaction -- Mitigation of heavy metal toxicity -- Breeding strategies. , Screening and variability of heavy metal tolerance germplasms.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780443220906

Additional Edition: ISBN 0443220905

Language: English