Plant Molecular Breeding in Genomics Era: Applications

多年來，基因組工具的介入為分子育種鋪平了道路，以應對食品安全和氣候韌性的挑戰。植物分子育種的進展，包括基因組學、分子標記、基因轉化和基因組編輯等方法，徹底改變了作物改良的方式。這些工具的成功應用已導致多種農業相關性狀的改善。本書全面介紹了可以整合進植物育種計畫中的分子方法的成功應用，旨在改善作物植物。書中涵蓋了植物分子育種應用的所有相關領域，並提供了許多來自先進基因組學和分子育種研究的例子。各章節對分子育種相關領域的現有文獻進行了批判性評估，這些文獻由專家作者撰寫。每章提供了對主題的深入討論，並附有高品質的彩色插圖、相關數據和未來研究的展望，以及一份全面的相關參考文獻清單。

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 also served 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.

教授 Jameel M. Al-Khayri 專精於植物生物技術，目前隸屬於沙烏地阿拉伯法伊薩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。Al-Khayri 博士曾於2009至2012年任沙烏地阿拉伯諮詢會（Majlis Ash Shura）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。

副教授 Krishnananda P. Ingle 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》及《Nature Science》電子雜誌的編輯委員會成員。他於2020年因在科學領域的傑出貢獻而獲得 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam 獎。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責。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。

教授 S. Mohan Jain 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。他曾獲得諾貝爾和平獎，以紀念IAEA獲得諾貝爾獎。