Rice Genomics, Genetics and Breeding
This book presents the latest advances in rice genomics, genetics and breeding, with a special focus on their importance for rice biology and how they are breathing new life into traditional genetics. Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the
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ice Genomics, Genetics and Breeding
Rice Genomics, Genetics and Breeding
Takuji Sasaki • Motoyuki Ashikari Editors
Rice Genomics, Genetics and Breeding
Editors Takuji Sasaki NODAI Research Institute Tokyo University of Agriculture Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Motoyuki Ashikari Bioscience and Biotechnology Center Nagoya University Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
ISBN 978-981-10-7460-8 ISBN 978-981-10-7461-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7461-5
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Preface
Rice is a staple food for about half of the world population and has sustained mankind since the dawn of agriculture. As the mid-twenty first century approaches, the world is faced with the monumental task of feeding 9 billion people. To address this challenge, sustainable increases in cereal grain production has to be met. Increasing rice production would require significant improvements in two key aspects: (1) crop management strategies including soil, water, and pest and disease management and (2) development of cultivars with better characteristics including higher yield and improved grain quality. Both these factors would be critical in realizing sustainable rice cultivation. This book focuses on the body of genetics, genomics, and breeding researches that have been carried out to characterize the rice plant itself towards the purposeful development of better rice cultivars. Existing rice varieties that are being grown in localities worldwide are results of breeding efforts in response to demands by farmers for cultivars that
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