Breeding Strategies for Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Genetic Improvement

This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of new crop varieties under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors to achieve sustainable agricultural production, enhanced food security, in addition to providing raw materials for innovative industrial products and pharmaceuticals. This is Vol 6, subtitled Industrial and Food Crops, which consists of two parts. Included in Part I are 11 industrial plant species utilized as sources of raw materials for the production of industrial products including pulp and wood crops (acacia), fiber (cotton, jute and ramie), rubber (guayule and rubber tree), oil (jojoba and flax), biofuels and pharmaceutical (agave) and sugar source (sugarcane). Part II covers 7 food plants selected for their utilization in food industries for the production of chocolate (cacao), cooking oil (oil palm, safflower, sesame and sunflower) and natural flavors and aroma (saffron and vanilla). This volume is contributed by 60 internationally reputable scientists from 14 countries. Each chapter comprehensively reviews the modern literature on the subject and reflects the authors own experience. "Plant breeders and geneticists are under constant pressure to sustain and expand food production by using innovative breeding strategies and introducing minor crops, which are well adapted to marginal lands, provide a source of nutrition, and have abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, to feed an ever-increasing human population. The basic concept of this book is to examine the use of innovative methods augmenting traditional plant breeding towards the improvement and development of new crop varieties, under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors, to achieve sustainable agricultural production and enhanced food security. In addition to developing improved crops for innovative industrial products such as pharmaceuticals and food additives, biofuels, oils and textiles. Three volumes of this book series were published in 2015, 2016 and 2018, respectively: Volume 1. Breeding, Biotechnology and Molecular Tools; Volume 2. Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits and Volume 3. Fruits. In 2019, the following four volumes are concurrently being published: Volume 4. Nut and Beverage Crops, Volume 5. Cereals, Volume 6. Industrial and Food Crops and Volume 7. Legumes. This Vol 6, subtitled Industrial and Food Crops, consists of 2 parts. Included in Part I are 11 industrial plant species utilized as sources of raw materials for the production of industrial products including pulp and wood crops (acacia), fiber (cotton, jute and ramie), rubber (guayule and rubber tree), oil (jojoba and flax), biofuels and pharmaceutical (agave) and sugar source (sugarcane). Part II covers 7 food plants selected for their utilization in food industries for the production of chocolate (cacao), cooking oil (oil palm, safflower, sesame and sunflower) and natural flavors and aroma (saffron and vanilla). Chapters are written by 60 internationally reputable scientists from 14 countries and subjected to a review process to assure quality presentation and scientific accuracy. Each chapter begins with an introduction covering related backgrounds and provides in-depth discussion of the subject supported with 138 high quality color figures, and relevant data in 78 tables. The chapter concludes with recommendations for future research directions, appendixes of genetic resources and concerned research institutes and a comprehensive list of pertinent references to facilitate further reading. This book series is a valuable resource for advanced students, researchers, scientists, commercial producers and seed companies as well as consultants and policymakers interested in agriculture, particularly in modern breeding technologies." -- prové de l'editor Plant breeders and geneticists are under constant pressure to sustain and expand food production by using innovative breeding strategies and introducing minor crops, which are well adapted to marginal lands, provide a source of nutrition, and have abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, to feed an ever-increasing human population. The basic concept of this book is to examine the use of innovative methods augmenting traditional plant breeding towards the improvement and development of new crop varieties, under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors, to achieve sustainable agricultural production and enhanced food security. In addition to developing improved crops for innovative industrial products such as pharmaceuticals and food additives, biofuels, oils and textiles. Three volumes of this book series were published in 2015, 2016 and 2018, respectively: Volume 1. Breeding, Biotechnology and Molecular Tools; Volume 2. Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits and Volume 3. Fruits. In 2019, the following four volumes are concurrently being published: Volume 4. Nut and Beverage Crops, Volume 5. Cereals, Volume 6. Industrial and Food Crops and Volume 7. Legumes. This Vol 6, subtitled Industrial and Food Crops, consists of 2 parts. Included in Part I are 11 industrial plant species utilized as sources of raw materials for the production of industrial products including pulp and wood crops (acacia), fiber (cotton, jute and ramie), rubber (guayule and rubber tree), oil (jojoba and flax), biofuels and pharmaceutical (agave) and sugar source (sugarcane). Part II covers 7 food plants selected for their utilization in food industries for the production of chocolate (cacao), cooking oil (oil palm, safflower, sesame and sunflower) and natural flavors and aroma (saffron and vanilla). Chapters are written by 60 internationally reputable scientists from 14 countries and subjected to a review process to assure quality presentation and scientific accuracy. Eac h chapter begins with an introduction covering related backgrounds and provides in-depth discussion of the subject supported with 138 high quality color figures, and relevant data in 78 tables. The chapter concludes with recommendations for future research directions, appendixes of genetic resources and concerned research institutes and a comprehensive list of pertinent references to facilitate further reading. This book series is a valuable resource for advanced students, researchers, scientists, commercial producers and seed companies as well as consultants and policymakers interested in agriculture, particularly in modern breeding technologies Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Genetics and Breeding of Tropical Acacias for Forest Products: Acacia mangium, A. auriculiformis and A. crassicarpa (Arif Nirsatmanto, Sri Sunarti)....Pages 3-28 Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Breeding Strategies (Saeed Rauf, Muhammad Shehzad, Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Hafiz Muhammad Imran, Ijaz Rasool Noorka)....Pages 29-59 CRISPR/Cas9: A New Genome Editing Tool to Accelerate Cotton (Gossypium spp.) Breeding (Muhammad N. Sattar, Zafar Iqbal, Sarbesh Das Dangol, Allah Bakhsh)....Pages 61-84 Jute (Corchorus spp.) Breeding (Liwu Zhang, Aminu Kurawa Ibrahim, Sylvain Niyitanga, Liemei Zhang, Jianmin Qi)....Pages 85-113 Ramie (Boehmeria nivea L. Gaud) Genetic Improvement (Pratik Satya, Sabyasachi Mitra, Deb Prasad Ray)....Pages 115-150 Genetic Improvement of Guayule (Parthenium argentatum A. Gray): An Alternative Rubber Crop (Hussein Abdel-Haleem, Zinan Luo, Dennis Ray)....Pages 151-178 Biotechnological Advances in Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) Breeding (Sankaran Sobha, Karumamkandathil Rekha, Thomas K. Uthup)....Pages 179-236 Genetics and Breeding of Jojoba [Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneider] (Mohamed M. A. Khairi)....Pages 237-276 Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) Genomics and Breeding (Frank M. You, Sylvie Cloutier, Khalid Y. Rashid, Scott D. Duguid)....Pages 277-317 Breeding Strategies to Improve Production of Agave (Agave spp.) (Kelly M. Monja-Mio, Miguel A. Herrera-Alamillo, Lorenzo F. Sánchez-Teyer, Manuel L. Robert)....Pages 319-362 Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.): Breeding and Genomics (Shriram J. Mirajkar, Rachayya M. Devarumath, Ashok A. Nikam, Kapil V. Sushir, Harinath Babu, Penna Suprasanna)....Pages 363-406 Front Matter ....Pages 407-407 Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Breeding (Frances Bekele, Wilbert Phillips-Mora)....Pages 409-487 Oil Palm (Elaeis spp.) Breeding in Malaysia (Fadila Ahmad Malike, Mohd Din Amiruddin, Zulkifli Yaakub, Marhalil Marjuni, Norziha Abdullah, Nor Azwani Abu Bakar et al.)....Pages 489-535 Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Breeding (Pooran Golkar, Somayeh Karimi)....Pages 537-575 Advances in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Breeding (Swapan K. Tripathy, Jayashree Kar, Dibyabharati Sahu)....Pages 577-635 Breeding Strategies for Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Genetic Improvement (Saeed Rauf)....Pages 637-673 Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Breeding: Opportunities and Challenges (Majid Shokrpour)....Pages 675-706 Vanilla (Vanilla spp.) Breeding (Alan H. Chambers)....Pages 707-734 Back Matter ....Pages 735-744 The basic concept of this book is to examine the use of innovative methods augmenting traditional plant breeding towards the improvement and development of new crop varieties, under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors, to achieve sustainable agricultural production and enhanced food security. In addition to developing improved crops for innovative industrial products such as pharmaceuticals and food additives, biofuels, oils and textiles... This book series is a valuable resource for advanced students, researchers, scientists, commercial producers and seed companies as well as consultants and policymakers interested in agriculture, particularly in modern breeding technologies.-- Publishers website