Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Biotechnology and Molecular Breeding in Rice Improvement
(Amir B. Wani and Amjad M. Husaini – Genome Engineering and Societal Biotechnology Lab, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, J&K, Srinagar)
Chapter 2. Conventional Approaches to Rice Improvement
(Amir B. Wani and Amjad M. Husaini – Genome Engineering and Societal Biotechnology Lab, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, J&K, Srinagar)
Chapter 3. Microsatellite Markers in Rice Improvement: A Simple and Versatile Tool with Multipurpose Utility
(Amir B. Wani and Souliha R. Cambay – Genome Engineering and Societal Biotechnology Lab, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, J&K, Srinagar, et al.)
Chapter 4. The Diversity of the Endophytic Actinobacteria in Australian Rice Plants Affected by Plant Genotypes and Soil Types
(Fitri Widiantini, Vadakattu V. S. R. Gupta and Christopher M. M. Franco – Department of Plant Diseases, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia, et al.)
Chapter 5. Cold Tolerant Temperate Rice Varieties for Hills and Valley of Kashmir: Accomplishments and the Way Forward
(Amjad M. Husaini, Deepika Pandita and Amir B. Wani – Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, SKUAST Kashmir, Khudwani, Anantnag, et al.)
Chapter 6. Steneotarsonemus spinki Smiley (Acari: Tarsonemidae): A Hidden Arthropod Pest Posing Current Threat in Rice Production
(Atanu Seni and Dipankar Mandal – Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, AICRIP, RRTTS, Sambalpur, Odisha, India, et al.)
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