Genome Engineering for Crop Improvement

21Genome Engineering for Food Security

Sajid Fiaz¹, Sher Aslam Khan¹, Mehmood Ali Noor², Afifa Younas³, Habib Ali⁴, Kazim Ali⁵, Mahmoud Mohamed Gaballah⁶, and Galal Bakr Anis⁶

¹ Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Haripur 22620, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

² Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China

³ Department of Botany, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan

⁴ Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan

⁵ National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology, National Agricultural Research Centrey, Park Road, Islamabad 45500, Pakistan

⁶ Rice Research and Training Center (RRTC), Rice Research Department, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Sakha, Kafr El‐Sheikh, Egypt

CHAPTER MENU

• 21.1 Introduction
• 21.2 Plant Breeding for Food Security
  • 21.2.1 Classical Plant Breeding
  • 21.2.2 Modern Plant Breeding
  • 21.2.3 Genomics for Food Security
  • 21.2.4 Genome Engineering for Food Security
• 21.3 Conclusion

21.1 Introduction

The phenomena of food insecurity and malnutrition are causing serious threats to human lives, especially in developing countries. To stay healthy, it is mandatory to have all essential components of nutrition confirming quality of food. The uncontrolled environmental ...