Crop Improvement Sustainability Through Leading-Edge Technology
The book covers the latest development in the biosciences field covering key topics in crop improvement including ‘omic approaches to improving sustainable crop production, advancement in marker technology, strategies in genetic manipulation, crop quality
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Crop Improvement Sustainability Through Leading-Edge Technology
Crop Improvement
Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah • Ho Chai-Ling Carol Wagstaff Editors
Crop Improvement Sustainability Through Leading-Edge Technology
Editors Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah Institute of Plantation Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Ho Chai-Ling Institute of Plantation Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Carol Wagstaff Food and Nutritional Sciences University of Reading Food and Nutritional Sciences Reading, Berkshire, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-65078-4 ISBN 978-3-319-65079-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-65079-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017953795 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
It is a great pleasure to introduce this important book: Crop Improvement: Sustainability Through Leading-Edge Technology. The book is published at a particularly timely moment in our history when new crop improvement technologies are being developed at the same time as Codon Genomics the world faces formidable challenges associated with population growth, climatic change, environmental deterioration and resource depletion. The impressive cast of editors and authors are well qualified to produce a book on such an important topic. Two editors, Professors Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah and Ho Chai-Ling, are from Universiti Putra Malaysia, which is an emerging powerhouse of crop and environmental research in Southeast Asia, while the third editor, Professor Carol Wagstaff, is from the University of Reading, one of the oldest centres of agricultural research in Europe. The ta
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