Preface xix List of Contributors xxi 1 Rice Adaptation to Climate Change: Opportunities and Priorities in Molecular Breeding 1Vikram Jeet Singh, Kunnummal Kurungara Vinod, Subbaiyan Gopala Krishnan and Ashok K. Singh 2 Molecular Breeding for Improving Salinity Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Prospects 26Sandeep Chapagain, Lovepreet Singh, Richard Garcia, Rajat Pruthi, Jonathan Concepcion, Sapphire Coronejo and Prasanta K. Subudhi 3 Molecular Breeding for Improving Drought Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 53Ratna R. Majumder, Sandeep Sakhale, Shailesh Yadav, Nitika Sandhu, Lutful Hassan, Md. Amir Hossain and Arvind Kumar 4 Molecular Breeding for Improving Flooding Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 75Ramani K. Sarkar, Jangi N. Reddy and Satya R. Das 5 Molecular Breeding for Improving Heat Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 92Bui Chi Buu, Cho Young Chan and Nguyen Thi Lang 6 Molecular Breeding for Improving Cold Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 120Ning Xiao and Jian-Min Chen 7 Molecular Breeding for Lower Cadmium Accumulation in Rice Grain: Progress and Perspectives 131Dongping Li, Xiaohua Hao and Liangbi Chen 8 Molecular Breeding for Improving Arsenic Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 163Nourollah Ahmadi and Julien Frouin 9 Molecular Breeding for Improving Ozone Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 180Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Robert Henry and Michael Frei 10 Molecular Breeding Strategies for Enhancing Rice Yields Under Low Light Intensity 201Mayank Rai, Suvendhu S. Dutta and Wricha Tyagi 11 Harnessing Tolerance to Low Phosphorus in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 215Wricha Tyagi, Erneica N. Nongbri and Mayank Rai 12 Molecular Breeding for Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rice: Progress and Perspectives 234Chirravuri N. Neeraja, Sitapati R. Voleti, Subrahmanyam Desiraju, Surekha Kuchi, Sonali Bej, Krishnakanth Talapanti and Raghuveer R. Puskur 13 Dissecting the Molecular Basis of Drought-Induced Oxidative Stress Tolerance in Rice 249Amit K. Pradhan, Sabnoor Y. Jyoti, Zina M. Shandilya, Mehzabin Rehman, Debanjali Saikia, Junu Poudel, Jyotirmay Kalita, Kongkona Borborah, Uma K. Chowra, Jnandabhiram Chutia, Lakshminarayana R. Vemireddy and Bhaben Tanti 14 Manipulation of Photosynthesis to Increase Rice Yield Potential 274Prabuddha Dehigaspitiya and Saman Seneweera 15 Molecular Breeding for Improved β-carotene Synthesis in Golden Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 287Swapan K. Datta, Shuvobrata Majumder and Karabi Datta 16 Increasing Grain Zinc Concentration in Rice 304Naoya Miyazaki, Miki Ogasawara and Ryo Ishikawa 17 Molecular Breeding for Iron Bio-Fortification in Rice Grain: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 315Elssa Pandit, Swapnil Pawar, Priyadarshini Sanghamitra and Sharat K. Pradhan 18 Aromatic Rices: Evolution, Genetics and Improvement through Conventional Breeding and Biotechnological Methods 341Lakshminarayana R. Vemireddy, Bhaben Tanti, Lipika Lahkar and Zina M. Shandilya 19 Genetic Engineering for Increasing Antioxidant Content in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 358Qinlong Zhu, Jiantao Tan, Bin Wang and Yao-Guang Liu 20 Molecular Breeding Approaches for Improvement and Development of Water Saving Aerobic Rice 382Rahul K. Meena, Kuldeep Kumar, Saurabh K. Dubey, Ashish K. Singh, Adarsh Kumar, Deepanshu Jayaswal, Badal Singh, Rajinder Jain and Sunita Jain 21 Targeting the Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway and the Glyoxalase Pathway for Genetic Engineering of Abiotic Stress-Tolerance in Rice 398Mohammad A. Hossain, Tahsina S. Hoque, Abbu Zaid, Shabir H. Wani, Mohammad G. Mostofa and Robert Henry Index 428

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Rice Adaptation to Climate Change: Opportunities and Priorities in Molecular Breeding  Molecular Breeding for Improving Salinity Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Prospects  Molecular Breeding for Improving Drought Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives Molecular Breeding for Improving Flooding Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives Molecular Breeding for Improving Heat Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives Molecular Breeding for Improving Cold Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives  Molecular Breeding for Lower Cadmium Accumulation in Rice Grain: Progress and Perspectives Molecular Breeding for Improving Arsenic Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives Molecular Breeding for Improving Ozone Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives Molecular Breeding Strategies for Enhancing Rice Yields Under Low Light Intensity Harnessing Tolerance to Low Phosphorus in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives Molecular Breeding for Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rice: Progress and Perspectives   Dissecting the Molecular Basis of Drought-induced Oxidative Stress Tolerance in Rice Manipulation of photosynthesis to increase rice yield potential  Molecular Breeding for Improved β-carotene Synthesis in Golden Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives Increasing Grain Zinc Concentration in Rice Molecular breeding for Iron bio-fortification in rice grain: recent progress and future perspectives Aromatic Rices: Evolution, Genetics and Improvement Through Conventional Breeding and Biotechnological Methods Genetic Engineering for Increasing Antioxidant Content in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives Molecular Breeding Approaches for Improvement and Development of Water Saving Aerobic Rice Targeting the ascorbate-glutathione pathway and the glyoxalase pathway for genetic engineering of abiotic stress-tolerance in rice 1. Rice Adaptation to Climate Change: Opportunities and Priorities in Molecular Breeding  2. Molecular Breeding for Improving Salinity Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Prospects  3. Molecular Breeding for Improving Drought Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 4. Molecular Breeding for Improving Flooding Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 5. Molecular Breeding for Improving Heat Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 6. Molecular Breeding for Improving Cold Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives  7. Molecular Breeding for Lower Cadmium Accumulation in Rice Grain: Progress and Perspectives 8. Molecular Breeding for Improving Arsenic Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 9. Molecular Breeding for Improving Ozone Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 10. Molecular Breeding Strategies for Enhancing Rice Yields Under Low Light Intensity 11. Harnessing Tolerance to Low Phosphorus in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 12. Molecular Breeding for Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rice: Progress and Perspectives   13. Dissecting the Molecular Basis of Drought-induced Oxidative Stress Tolerance in Rice 14. Manipulation of photosynthesis to increase rice yield potential  15. Molecular Breeding for Improved β-carotene Synthesis in Golden Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 16. Increasing Grain Zinc Concentration in Rice 17. Molecular breeding for Iron bio-fortification in rice grain: recent progress and future perspectives 18. Aromatic Rices: Evolution, Genetics and Improvement Through Conventional Breeding and Biotechnological Methods 19. Genetic Engineering for Increasing Antioxidant Content in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 20. Molecular Breeding Approaches for Improvement and Development of Water Saving Aerobic Rice 21. Targeting the ascorbate-glutathione pathway and the glyoxalase pathway for genetic engineering of abiotic stress-tolerance in rice