Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding, Volume 2

Rajeev K. Varshney is a Principal Scientist (Applied Genomics), Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Research Programme Director- Grain Legumes at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad (India), and an adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia.Roberto Tuberosa is a Professor in Biotechnology Applied to Plant Breeding in the Department of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy.

• Foreword viiPreface ixChapter 1 Translational Genomics for Crop Breeding: Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Yield, and Quality, An Introduction 1Rajeev K. Varshney and Roberto TuberosaChapter 2 Applying Genomics Tools for Breeding Submergence Tolerance in Rice 9Endang M. Septiningsih, Bertrand C. Y. Collard, Sigrid Heuer, Julia Bailey-Serres, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, and David J. MackillChapter 3 Genomics Applications to Salinity Tolerance Breeding in Rice 31J. Damien Platten, Michael J. Thomson, and Abdelbagi M. IsmailChapter 4 Marker-Assisted Introgression of Major QTLs for Grain Yield Under Drought in Rice 47Arvind Kumar, Shalabh Dixit, and Amelia HenryChapter 5 Molecular Breeding for Phosphorus-efficient Rice 65Sigrid Heuer, J.H. Chin, R. Gamuyao, S.M. Haefele, and M. WissuwaChapter 6 Aluminum Tolerance in Sorghum and Maize 83Jurandir V. Magalhaes, Lyza G. Maron, Miguel A. Piñeros, Claudia T. Guimarães, and Leon V. KochianChapter 7 Freezing Tolerance in the Triticeae 99Galiba Gabor, Eric J. Stockinger, Enrico Francia, Justyna Milc, Gabor Kocsy, and Nicola PecchioniChapter 8 Molecular Breeding for Stay-Green: Progress and Challenges in Sorghum 125Vincent Vadez, Santosh Deshpande, Jana Kholova, Punna Ramu and C. Tom HashChapter 9 Genetic Improvement of Grain Quality in Japonica Rice 143Kiyosumi Hori and Masahiro YanoChapter 10 Biofortified Maize – A Genetic Avenue for Nutritional Security 161Raman Babu, Natalia Palacios, and BM PrasannaChapter 11 Marker-Assisted Backcrossing Selection for High O/L Ratio in Cultivated Peanut 177Padmalatha Koilkonda, Chikara Kuwata, Masanobu Fukami, Kenta Shirasawa, Koh Aoki, Satoshi Tabata, Makoto Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kiyoshima, Shigeru Suzuki, Shigemi Sasamoto, Atsushi Kurabayashi, Hisano Tsuruoka, Tsuyuko Wada, and Sachiko IsobeChapter 12 Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Tomato Fruit Quality in the Next-Generation Omics Age 193Matthew P. Kinkade and Majid R. FooladChapter 13 Improvement of Yield per se in Sugarcane 211M. Gouy, S. Nibouche, J.Y. Hoarau, and L. CostetAppendix I – Contributors 239Appendix II – Reviewers 243Index 245