OMICs-based Techniques for Global Food Security

Sajid Fiaz, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Haripur, Pakistan. Professor Fiaz obtained his PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, in 2019. Channapatna S. Prakash, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Tuskegee University, Kenney Hall, Tuskegee, USA. Professor Prakash has served on the USDA’s Agricultural Biotechnology Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Department of Biotechnology for the Government of India.

• List of Contributors xv Preface xxiii1 Crop Genome Sequencing and their Application for Crop Improvement 1Hafiz Ghulam Muhu-Din Ahmed, Yawen Zeng, Xiaomeng Yang, Noor Fatima, and Anns Faisal2 Functional Characterization of Cereal Genomics 27Muhammad Aslam, Usman Ahmad, Ramala Masood Ahmad, and Ayesha Aslam3 Role of OMICS-Based Technologies in Plant Sciences 45Shumaila Ijaz, Javed Iqbal, Banzeer A. Abbasi, Tabassum Yaseen, Shazia Rehman, Mohsin Kazi, Lubna Ansari, and Tariq Mahmood4 OMICS-Based Knowledge for Achieving Food and Nutritional Security 67Shanza Nasar, Murad Muhammad, Ejaz Hussain Siddiqi, Muhammad Majeed, Nimrah Ameen, Shahid Ullah, Shazia Kousar, and Muhammad Abdullah5 Utilization of Multi-Omics Approaches for Crop Improvement 91Aiman Hina, Asim Abbasi, Muhammad Arshad, Safa Imtiaz, Sehar Shahid, Iqra Bibi, Hayssam M. Ali, and Nader R. Abdelsalam6 Genomic Databases and Genetic Resources of Cereals 123Rashid M. Rana, Azeem I. Khan, Munir Ahmad, Fahad M. Wattoo, Mohammad U. Ijaz, and Muhammad Hammad7 Speed Breeding for Rapid Crop Improvement 139Fahad M. Wattoo, Taimoor Khalid, Rashid M. Rana, and Farooq Ahmad8 CRISPR System Discovery, History, and Future Perspective 159Faizan Ali, Akhtar Hameed, Abdul Rehman, Sohaib Sarfraz, Nasir A. Rajput, and Muhammad Atiq9 The Evolution of Genome-Editing Technologies 171Hafiz I. Ahmad, Noreena Bibi, and Abdul Jabbar10 CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Biotic Stress Resistance in Cereals for Achieving Zero Hunger 189Asim Abbasi, Aiman Hina, Amna Chaudhry, Tasmeya Ishfaq, Wafa A. H. Alkherb, Asad Aslam, Nishat Ishfaq Abbasi, and Hayssam M. Ali11 CRISPR/Cas System for Achieving Abiotic Stress Tolerance 213Afifa Younas, Nadia Riaz, Madiha Rashid, Aasma Tufail, Sajjad Hyder, and Zahra Noreen12 Technological Innovations for Abiotic Stress Resistance in Horticultural Crops 233Yumna Ahmad, Zubaria Haakim, Javed Iqbal, Banzeer A. Abbasi, Tariq Mahmood, and Mohsin Kazi13 Novel CRISPR-Based Genome Editing Systems for Crop Improvement 245Eesha A. Khaliq, Naila Perveen, Daima Hamid, Mariam Hameed, Muhammad Asif, and Muhammad Arif14 Precise Genome Editing of Plants Through Base and Prime Editor 269Saif Alharbi, Mohammed Al-Dakhil, and Fahad S. AlotaibiIndex 287