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Genome Engineering for Crop Improvement
Edited by
Santosh Kumar Upadhyay
Department of Botany
Panjab University
Chandigarh, India
This edition first published 2021
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Name: Upadhyay, Santosh Kumar, editor.
Title: Genome engineering for crop improvement / edited by Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020029680 (print) | LCCN 2020029681 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119672364 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119672388 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119672401 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Crops–Genetic engineering. | Plant biotechnology.
Classification: LCC SB123.57 .G4835 2021 (print) | LCC SB123.57 (ebook) | DDC 631.5/233–dc23
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List of Contributors
Sipla Aggarwal Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Plant Genome Research Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus New Delhi, India
Sibtain Ahmad University of Agriculture Faisalabad Sub‐Campus Depalpur Okara Punjab, Pakistan Animal Breeding and Genetics Faculty of Animal husbandry University of Agriculture Faisalabad Punjab, Pakistan
Habib Ali Department of Agricultural Engineering Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology Rahim Yar Khan Punjab, Pakistan
Kazim Ali National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology National Agricultural Research Centre Park Road, Islamabad 45500 Pakistan
Mohsin Ali University of Agriculture Faisalabad Sub‐Campus Depalpur Okara Punjab, Pakistan
Imran Amin Agricultural Biotechnology Division National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences Faisalabad, Pakistan
Galal Bakr Anis Rice Research and Training Center (RRTC) Rice Research Department Field Crops Research Institute Agricultural Research Center Sakha Kafr El‐Sheikh, Egypt
Naveed Anjum Agricultural Biotechnology Division National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences Faisalabad, Pakistan Department of Biotechnology University of Sialkot Sialkot Punjab, Pakistan
Bilal Ahmad Asad University of Agriculture Faisalabad Sub‐Campus Depalpur Okara Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Qasim Aslam