CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing: Strategies And Potential For Crop Improvement (Concepts and Strategies in Plant Sciences)

"This book offers a comprehensive collection of papers on CRISPR/Cas genome editing in connection with agriculture, climate-smart crops, food security, translational research applications, bioinformatics analysis, practical applications in cereals, floriculture crops, engineering plants for abiotic stress resistance, the intellectual landscape, regulatory framework, and policy decisions. Gathering contributions by internationally respected experts in the field of CRISPR/Cas genome editing, the book offers an essential guide for researchers, students, teachers and scientists in academia; policymakers; and public companies, private companies and cooperatives interested in understanding and/or applying CRISPR/Cas genome editing to develop new agricultural products."--Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Introduction to Genome Editing Techniques: Implications in Modern Agriculture (Anjanabha Bhattacharya, Vilas Parkhi, Bharat Char)....Pages 1-30 Application of Bioinformatics Tools in CRISPR/Cas (Shalu Choudhary, Abhijit Ubale, Jayendra Padiya, Venugopal Mikkilineni)....Pages 31-52 CRISPR and Food Security: Applications in Cereal Crops (Mayank Rai, P. Magudeeswari, Wricha Tyagi)....Pages 53-67 Improvement of Floriculture Crops Using Genetic Modification and Genome Editing Techniques (Ayan Sadhukhan, Heqiang Huo)....Pages 69-90 Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants Through Genome Editing (Deepa Jaganathan, Rohit Kambale, Hifzur Rahman, Devanand Pachanoor Subbian, Raveendran Muthurajan)....Pages 91-117 Vegetable Crop Improvement Using CRISPR/Cas9 (Francisco F. Nunez de Caceres Gonzalez, Daniela De la Mora Franco)....Pages 119-129 Use of CRISPR in Climate Smart/Resilient Agriculture (Vinod Kumar, Sabah AlMomin, Muhammad Hafizur Rahman, Anisha Shajan)....Pages 131-164 Translational Research Using CRISPR/Cas (Anshika Tyagi, Sandhya Sharma, Sanskriti Vats, Sajad Ali, Sandeep Kumar, Naveed Gulzar et al.)....Pages 165-191 Regulatory Framework and Policy Decisions for Genome-Edited Crops (Anirudh Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Nitesh Singh, Aadil Mansoori)....Pages 193-201 Field Crop Improvement Using CRISPR/Cas9 (Elangovan Mani)....Pages 203-211 Patent Landscape of CRISPR/Cas (Paramita Ghosh)....Pages 213-220