Climate change is expected to have a drastic impact on agronomic conditions including temperature, precipitation, soil nutrients, and the incidence of disease pests, to name a few. To face this looming threat, significant progress in developing new breeding strategies has been made over the last few decades.

The first volume of Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops presents the basic concepts and strategies for developing climate-resilient crop varieties. Topics covered include: conservation, evaluation and utilization of biodiversity; identification of traits, genes and crops of the future; genomic and molecular tools; genetic engineering; participatory and evolutionary breeding; bioinformatics tools to support breeding; funding and networking support; and intellectual property, regulatory issues, social and political dimensions.

Introduction

Conservation, Evaluation and Utilization of Biodiversity
Identification of Traits, Genes and Crops of the Future
Molecular Mapping and Breeding for Genes/QTLS Related to Climate Change
Genomic Tools and Strategies for Breeding Climate Change Resilient Cereals
Emerging Concepts and Strategies for Genomics and Breeding
Genetic Engineering for Tolerance to Climate Change Related Traits
Participatory Breeding for Climate Change Related Traits
Evolutionary Breeding and Climate Change
Bioinformatics Tools to Assist Breeding for Climate Change
Facilitation of Future Research and Extension through Funding and Networking Support
Climate change and intellectual property: Regulatory Issues
The Social and Political Dimensions.