Dr Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Professor, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. Dr Lutful Hassan, Professor, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. Dr Khandakar Md. Iftekharuddaula, Chief Scientific Officer, Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Bangladesh. Dr Arvind Kumar, Director, International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi, India. Dr Robert Henry, Professor, Institute Director, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Australia.

• Preface xixList of Contributors xxi1 Rice Adaptation to Climate Change: Opportunities and Priorities in Molecular Breeding 1Vikram Jeet Singh, Kunnummal Kurungara Vinod, Subbaiyan Gopala Krishnan and Ashok K. Singh2 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. Subudhi3 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 Kumar4 Molecular Breeding for Improving Flooding Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 75Ramani K. Sarkar, Jangi N. Reddy and Satya R. Das5 Molecular Breeding for Improving Heat Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 92Bui Chi Buu, Cho Young Chan and Nguyen Thi Lang6 Molecular Breeding for Improving Cold Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 120Ning Xiao and Jian-Min Chen7 Molecular Breeding for Lower Cadmium Accumulation in Rice Grain: Progress and Perspectives 131Dongping Li, Xiaohua Hao and Liangbi Chen8 Molecular Breeding for Improving Arsenic Stress Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 163Nourollah Ahmadi and Julien Frouin9 Molecular Breeding for Improving Ozone Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 180Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Robert Henry and Michael Frei10 Molecular Breeding Strategies for Enhancing Rice Yields Under Low Light Intensity 201Mayank Rai, Suvendhu S. Dutta and Wricha Tyagi11 Harnessing Tolerance to Low Phosphorus in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 215Wricha Tyagi, Erneica N. Nongbri and Mayank Rai12 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. Puskur13 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 Tanti14 Manipulation of Photosynthesis to Increase Rice Yield Potential 274Prabuddha Dehigaspitiya and Saman Seneweera15 Molecular Breeding for Improved β-carotene Synthesis in Golden Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 287Swapan K. Datta, Shuvobrata Majumder and Karabi Datta16 Increasing Grain Zinc Concentration in Rice 304Naoya Miyazaki, Miki Ogasawara and Ryo Ishikawa17 Molecular Breeding for Iron Bio-Fortification in Rice Grain: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 315Elssa Pandit, Swapnil Pawar, Priyadarshini Sanghamitra and Sharat K. Pradhan18 Aromatic Rices: Evolution, Genetics and Improvement through Conventional Breeding and Biotechnological Methods 341Lakshminarayana R. Vemireddy, Bhaben Tanti, Lipika Lahkar and Zina M. Shandilya19 Genetic Engineering for Increasing Antioxidant Content in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives 358Qinlong Zhu, Jiantao Tan, Bin Wang and Yao-Guang Liu20 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 Jain21 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 HenryIndex 428

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