Rice Science: Biotechnological and Molecular Advancements

Deepak Kumar Verma is an agricultural science professional and is currently a PhD Research Scholar with specialization in food processing engineering at the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. In 2012, he received a DST-INSPIRE Fellowship for PhD study by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) of the Ministry of Science and Technology by the Government of India. He is currently doing research on “Isolation and Characterization of Aroma Volatile and Flavoring Compounds from Aromatic and Non-Aromatic Rice Cultivars of India.”Prem Prakash Srivastav, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Food Science and Technology in the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in West Bengal, India. He teaches various undergraduate- to PhD-level courses as well as guides many research projects at the PhD, master’s, and undergraduate levels. His research interests include the development of specially designed convenience, functional and therapeutic foods; extraction of nutraceuticals; and the development of various low-cost food processing machineries. He has published research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals.Altafhusain Nadaf, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Botany at Savitribai Phule Pune University in Pune, India, a position he has held for the past 13 years. His area of expertise is the biochemistry and molecular genetics of scented rice. His research accolades include being awarded the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 India4EU II scholarship to teach at the University of Bolgona, Italy, as a Visiting Professor in 2014 as well as earning the DST-BOYSCAST Fellowship to work as a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia. He is currently working as a reviewer for many international journals and has more than 50 research papers published in similar peer-reviewed entities.

• Emerging Trends of A20/AN1 Zinc-Finger Proteins in Improving Rice Productivity Under Abiotic Stress. Potent Avenues for Conferring Salinity Tolerance in Rice. Salt Stress Responses of Glycophytic Rice and Halophytic Rice: Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Aspects. Technological Development for Abiotic Stress (AbS) in Rice. Assessment of Aromatic Content and In-Vitro Responses in Traditional Indian Rice Varieties. Biochemical Evaluation of Irrigated Flooded Transplanted and Aerobic Rice (Oryza sativa L.): A Review. Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation Practices for Improvement of Rice Quality and Production. Molecular Markers and Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) Towards Yield and Quality Improvement in Rice. The CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing System and Its Application in Rice Improvement. Role of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology as Molecular Advance Tool and Trend in Quality Improvement of Rice Crop. Association Mapping in Rice: High Resolution Mapping Technique for Complex Traits.