Genomic Selection for Wheat Improvement
Recent advances in plant breeding and agronomic practices have contributed significantly to the annual genetic gain in crop productivity to the tune of 0.8–1.2%. However, the present rate of gain is insufficient to meet out the fast-growing food demand of
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iological, Molecular, and Genetic Perspectives of Wheat Improvement
Physiological, Molecular, and Genetic Perspectives of Wheat Improvement
Shabir H. Wani • Amita Mohan Gyanendra Pratap Singh Editors
Physiological, Molecular, and Genetic Perspectives of Wheat Improvement
Editors Shabir H. Wani Mountain Research Centre For Field Crops Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Khudwani, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Amita Mohan Department of Biology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gyanendra Pratap Singh ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley Research Karnal, Haryana, India
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This book is dedicated to Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, a globally decorated scientific laureate covered in various communications outlets like Wikipedia, news, and magazines. This dedication is additive to those for an exuding format and diction similarities as composed here. Sanjaya Rajaram was born in 1943 in a small farming village Raipur, District Varanasi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. His family, including his parents, an older brother, and a younger sister, made a living on their five-hectare farm growing wheat, rice, and maize. Unlike most children in his socioeconomic position, he was encouraged to pursue an education by his parents and graduated from secondary school as the top-ranked student in the Varanasi District. Rajaram went on to earn a BSc in agricu
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