Plant Molecular Breeding in Genomics Era: Concepts and Tools
暫譯: 基因組時代的植物分子育種：概念與工具

Professor Jameel M. Al-Khayri is specialized in plant biotechnology and currently affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988, and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas. He is a member the International Society for Horticultural Science and Society for In Vitro Biology as well as the National Correspondent of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. For the last three decades, he dedicated his research efforts to date palm biotechnology. He has authored over 130 research articles in referred international journals, 80 chapters, and edited several special issues of international journals. In addition, he edited 30 reference books on date palm biotechnology, genetic resources, genomics and advances in plant breeding strategies. He has been involved in organizing international scientific conferences and contributed numerous research presentations. In addition to teaching, students advising and research, he held administrative responsibilities as the Assistant Director of Date Palm Research Center, Head of Department of Plant Biotechnology and Vice Dean for Development and Quality Assurance. Dr. Al-Khayri served as a Member of Majlis Ash Shura (Saudi Legislative Council) for the 2009-2012 term. Presently, he is interested in biotechnological approaches in agricultural innovations and sustainability to support food security.

Associate Professor Krishnananda P. Ingle is specialized in Agricultural biotechnology and currently affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, KL University, India. He received B.Sc. in Agricultural Biotechnology in 2004 from the Dr. PDKV, University of India, M.Sc. in Agricultural Biotechnology in 2010, and Ph.D. in Agricultural Biotechnology in 2019 from the Dr. PDKV, University of India. He is member of the Indian Society of Millet Research and alsoserved position as editorial board member of Acta Scientific Journal of Agriculture (International), Just Agriculture Journal, Nature Science e-magazine. He has been awarded with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award in year 2020 for his outstanding contribution in the science. He has authored over 45 research articles in referred national and international journals, and 3 book chapters. In addition, he edited 1 book entitled Molecular Methods in Plant Biology- A comprehensive book on Biotechnological Aspects. He has been involved in organizing international scientific conferences and contributed numerous research presentations. In addition to teaching, students, he held the research responsibilities in multinational seed companies. His current research interests focus on the Marker Assisted Selection in plants and related studies on genomic and post-genomic levels.

Professor S. Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was a postdoctoral fellow in Israel, USA, and visiting scientist/Professor in Japan, Malaysia, Germany, and Italy. He was a Technical Officer, Plant Breeding and Genetics, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, 1999-2005. He is a member of International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology; editorial Board member of Euphytica, In Vitro, Propagation of Ornamental Plants, Emirates J. Food and Agriculture, and a series on Forest Biotechnology. His total publications are 225 peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings, and edited 72 books; invited speaker and acted as a Chairperson in several international conferences worldwide. He was awarded Nobel Peace Prize, in commemoration the awarding to IAEA of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005; also former consultant to IAEA, the European Union, The Government of Greneda, Iranian Private Company and the Egyptian Government. Currently his research interests are somatic embryogenesis, organogenesis, haploidy, somatic cell hybridization, somaclonal variation and mutagenesis mainly in medicinal plants, date palm, and banana genetic improvement, genetic diversity, erosion, conservation, and utilization in the context of climate change and food and nutritional security.

Professor Suprasanna Penna, Ph.D. in Genetics, is a Professor and Director at the Amity Institute of Nuclear Biotechnology, Amity University of Maharashtra, Mumbai, India. He was formerly with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, as the Head of Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division. He has made significant contributions to plant science covering plant biotechnology, mutation breeding, stress tolerance, and radiation-depolymerized oligochitosan for enhancing plant productivity in crop plants and vegetables. He has served as an expert consultant on the International Atomic Energy Agency missions. He is on the editorial board of several international journals and has published over 385 publications and edited international published books on plant mutation breeding, sustainable genetic diversity, salinity tolerance, non-coding RNAs, and plant-metal interactions. He has guest edited special issues in Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Physiologia Plantarum (Wiley), Current Plant Biology (Elsevier), and Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants (Springer). His research interests include, plant biotechnology, plant abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants and salinity-adaptive mechanisms in halophytes.

賈米爾·M·阿爾-哈伊里教授專精於植物生物技術，目前隸屬於沙烏地阿拉伯法伊薩爾大學農業生物技術系。他於1984年在托萊多大學獲得生物學學士學位，1988年獲得農藝學碩士學位，1991年在阿肯色大學獲得植物科學博士學位。他是國際園藝科學學會和體外生物學學會的成員，並擔任國際植物組織培養與生物技術協會的國家聯絡人。在過去三十年中，他將研究重點放在棗椰樹的生物技術上。他在國際期刊上發表了超過130篇研究文章，撰寫了80個章節，並編輯了幾個國際期刊的特刊。此外，他編輯了30本有關棗椰樹生物技術、遺傳資源、基因組學和植物育種策略進展的參考書籍。他參與組織國際科學會議並貢獻了多次研究報告。除了教學、學生輔導和研究外，他還擔任棗椰樹研究中心助理主任、植物生物技術系主任及發展與品質保證副院長等行政職務。阿爾-哈伊里博士曾於2009-2012年任沙烏地阿拉伯諮詢委員會（沙烏地立法委員會）成員。目前，他對農業創新和可持續性的生物技術方法感興趣，以支持糧食安全。

克里希南達·P·英格副教授專精於農業生物技術，目前隸屬於印度KL大學農業生物技術系。他於2004年在印度Dr. PDKV大學獲得農業生物技術學士學位，2010年獲得農業生物技術碩士學位，2019年獲得農業生物技術博士學位。他是印度小米研究學會的成員，並曾擔任《Acta Scientific Journal of Agriculture》（國際）、《Just Agriculture Journal》和《Nature Science》電子雜誌的編輯委員會成員。他於2020年獲得APJ·阿布杜勒·卡拉姆獎，以表彰他在科學領域的傑出貢獻。他在國內外期刊上發表了超過45篇研究文章和3個書章。此外，他編輯了一本名為《植物生物學中的分子方法——生物技術方面的綜合書籍》的書籍。他參與組織國際科學會議並貢獻了多次研究報告。除了教學和學生輔導外，他還在跨國種子公司擔任研究職務。他目前的研究興趣集中在植物的標記輔助選擇及相關的基因組和後基因組研究。

S·莫漢·賈因教授是芬蘭赫爾辛基大學農業科學系的顧問和植物生物技術專家。他於1973年獲得碩士學位，1978年獲得博士學位，均來自印度新德里的賈瓦哈拉爾·尼赫魯大學。他曾在以色列、美國擔任博士後研究員，並在日本、馬來西亞、德國和義大利擔任訪問科學家/教授。他曾擔任國際原子能機構（IAEA）植物育種與遺傳技術的技術官員，任期為1999年至2005年。他是國際植物組織培養與生物技術協會的成員，並擔任《Euphytica》、《In Vitro》、《Propagation of Ornamental Plants》、《Emirates J. Food and Agriculture》及森林生物技術系列的編輯委員會成員。他的總出版物包括225篇同行評審的期刊文章、書章和會議論文，並編輯了72本書籍；他在多個國際會議上擔任受邀演講者和主席。他因IAEA於2005年獲得諾貝爾和平獎而獲得該獎項的紀念；同時也是IAEA、歐盟、格林納達政府、伊朗私營公司和埃及政府的前顧問。目前他的研究興趣包括體細胞胚胎發生、器官發生、單倍體、體細胞雜交、體細胞變異和突變，主要針對藥用植物、棗椰樹和香蕉的遺傳改良、遺傳多樣性、侵蝕、保護及在氣候變遷和糧食與營養安全背景下的利用。

蘇普拉薩納·佩納教授，擁有遺傳學博士學位，是印度孟買阿米提大學核生物技術研究所的教授和所長。他曾在孟買的巴巴原子研究中心擔任核農業和生物技術部門的負責人。他在植物科學方面做出了重要貢獻，涵蓋植物生物技術、突變育種、抗逆境能力和輻射降解的低聚氨基葡萄糖，用於提高作物和蔬菜的植物生產力。他曾擔任國際原子能機構任務的專家顧問。他是多個國際期刊的編輯委員會成員，已發表超過385篇出版物，並編輯了有關植物突變育種、可持續遺傳多樣性、耐鹽性、非編碼RNA和植物-金屬相互作用的國際出版書籍。他在《Frontiers in Plant Sciences》、《Physiologia Plantarum》（Wiley）、《Current Plant Biology》（Elsevier）和《Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants》（Springer）等期刊中擔任特刊的客座編輯。他的研究興趣包括植物生物技術、作物植物的非生物逆境耐受性以及鹽生植物的適應機制。