Speed Breeding and Accelerated Crop Development

This book explores speed breeding techniques and their transformative potential for crop improvement. It highlights the importance of these advancements in enhancing global food security and agricultural sustainability. By examining specific applications across various crops, such as wheat, barley, rice, legumes, pulses, fruits, and vegetables, it emphasizes the critical role of speed breeding in trait enhancement, stress tolerance, and yield improvement. By integrating speed breeding with genomic selection, CRISPR/Cas-mediated gene editing, and omics technologies, the book addresses pressing challenges and underscores the significance of predictive analytics, automation, and future innovations like vertical farming for ensuring efficient and resilient agricultural practices. As this book covers both the theoretical and practical elements of contemporary plant breeding procedures, researchers, agronomists, and agricultural students, will find it to be quite beneficial. It also offers industry professionals with practical advice on how to maximize agricultural output, nutritional value and flexibility in the face of global problems.