Improving Cereal Productivity through Climate Smart Practices

Improving Cereal Productivity through Climate Smart Practices is based on the presentations of the 4th International Group Meeting on "Wheat productivity enhancement through climate smart practices," and moves beyond the presentations to provide additional depth and breadth on this important topic. Focused specifically on wheat, and with chapters contributed by globally renowned pioneers in the field of cereal science, the book helps readers understand climate change and its effects on different aspects of wheat production in different parts of the world. This book will be important for those in research and industry seeking to contribute to the effective feeding of the world’s population.

Encompasses the possible impact of climate change and future strategies to enhance wheat production on a sustainable basisExplores the genetic manipulation of wheat to mitigate the effects of climate changeIncludes both biotic and abiotic stresses and their management under changing climate

Part 1: Genetic manipulations 1. New technology and introgression strategies are enabling the systematic exploitation of genetic variation from wild relatives for exploitation in the production of high-yielding wheat varieties adapted to environmental change 2. Genetic manipulation of wheat for different quality traits 3. Induced Mutagenesis to Sustain Wheat Production under Changing Climate 4, Innovations and New Horizons in Chromosome Elimination- Mediated DH Breeding: Five-Decade Journey of Speed Breeding in Wheat 5. Harnessing the Genetic Variation from Wild Triticum and Aegilops Species for Broadening Wheat Gene Pool for Biotic Stress Resistance 6. Potential of biofortified wheat to alleviate hidden hunger 7. A decade of progress on genetic enhancement and development of climate resilient biofortified wheat with enhanced micronutrient concentration 8. Improving nutritional quality of wheat: challenges and progress

PART II: Biotic and Abiotic Stresses 9. Taming the Beast-Wheat Blast Disease 10. Wheat rust research- impact, thrusts and road map to sustained wheat production 11. Dynamic wheats for the abiotic conditions of future farming systems: Whole plant traits and selection tools for breeding and management 12. Field crop breeding for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses at ICARDA: Achievements and Prospects 13. Mitigating abiotic stress for enhancing wheat productivity 14. Phenomics to accelerate wheat improvement in agro-ecosystems challenged by abiotic stresses: Focus on unexplored adaptive traits to stabilize yield

Part III: Resource Management and Impact of Climate Change 15. Climate Smart Agriculture in Intensive Wheat Based Systems of South Asia 16. Wheat productivity enhancement through climate smart practices 17. Resource Optimization for Enhanced Wheat Productivity 18. Wheat productivity enhancement through climate smart practices 19. Optimization of resources for sustainable wheat productivity and enhanced profitability 20. Sustainability is crucial to guard wheat productivity enhancement in the era of climate change