17 9 Phytic Acid Reduction in Cereal Grains by Genome Engineering 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Genes Involved in Phytic Acid Biosynthesis 9.3 Potential Targets and Strategies to Achieve Low Phytate Wheat 9.4 Evolution of Genome Engineering for Trait Development in Wheat 9.5 Future Implications Acknowledgements References
18 10 Genome Engineering for Nutritional Improvement in Pulses 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Need for Nutritional Improvement in Pulses 10.3 Nutritional Defects in Pulses Targeted for Genetic Engineering 10.4 Genome Engineering as an Alternate to Conventional Breeding 10.5 Conclusive Discussion References
19 11 The Survey of Genetic Engineering Approaches for Oil/Fatty Acid Content Improvement in Oilseed Crops 11.1 Background 11.2 Soybean: Triumph Oil Crop 11.3 Camelina sativa: Biofuel and Future Ready Crop 11.4 Conclusion Acknowledgments References
20 12 Genome‐Editing Mediated Improvement of Biotic Tolerance in Crop Plants 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Plant Defense Response 12.3 Genome Engineering Tools for Engineering Disease Resistance References
21 13 Genome Engineering and Essential Mineral Enrichment of Crops 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Root Engineering of Cereals: A Promising Strategy to Improve Nutrient Efficiency, Biofortification, and Drought Tolerance 13.3 Use of Genome Edited Plants in Phytoremediation 13.4 Genetic Engineering and Crop Biofortification 13.5 Genome Engineering Technology and Its Use in Essential Mineral Enrichment of Crop Plants 13.6 Conclusion References
22 14 Genome Editing to Develop Disease Resistance in Crops 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Traditional Approaches to Develop Disease Resistance in Crops 14.3 Genome Editing‐a New Way Forward 14.4 Genome Editing Examples to Develop Disease Resistance in Crops 14.5 Recent Trends in Genome Editing 14.6 Conclusion and Prospects References
23 15 Biotechnological Approaches for Nutritional Improvement in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Genetic Transformation of Potato 15.3 Protein Engineering of Potato for Protein Content 15.4 Genetic Engineering of Potato for Starch Modification 15.5 Lipids Biosynthesis Engineering in Potato 15.6 Vitamins Genetic Engineering in Potato 15.7 Metabolic Engineering of Potato for Enhanced Mineral Content 15.8 Pathway Engineering for the Functional Secondary Metabolites 15.9 Future Prospective and Conclusions References
24 16 Genome Engineering Strategies for Quality Improvement in Tomato 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Genome Editing Systems in Plants 16.3 Current Applications of Genome Editing in Tomato Improvement 16.4 Challenges and Future of Genome Editing in Tomato References
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