This book offers up-to-date research on genome editing and omics technologies from renowned academics with established backgrounds from throughout the globe. The world population is expected to touch 9-10 billion by 2050 and to feed the growing population, 50% more food must be produced globally than is currently produced. Nonetheless, it is a difficult challenge to increase the food output of the currently existing crops on available land. Over the past few decades, traditional crop enhancement techniques like plant breeding and other agricultural technology have made a significant contribution to food and nutritional security. With the use of strong technologies, genome editing strategies can significantly improve the productivity and efficiency of current agricultural practices. Discovering the underlying mechanisms influencing features of economic value has been made possible through genome editing through CRISPR/Cas9, primer and base editing, and OMICs through genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics, and phenomics.

This book provides a wealth of information on omics and genome editing approaches and their application to develop abiotic, biotic, and climate-tolerant crops, as well as RNA interference, next-generation sequencing, and metabolomics for sustainable crop production. Researchers are actively using both genome editing and omics for crop improvement; however, there is limited literature offered in a single source. Undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders will find this book to be an invaluable resource.

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Dr. Kartika Sharma is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological Science, College of Basic Science, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. Dr. Sharma completed her doctoral degree in Environmental Biology from Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand, in 2023. Her specialization is bioactive compounds characterization and Heavy metal remediation. She is also working on remediation of soil and water pollutants using recent technology like nanoparticles, biochar, etc. She has published more than 21 research articles in leading international journals having high impact factors. She has received many awards and fellowships from different government organizations. She is involved in teaching and research and her area of research is plant and microbial biotechnology. She is an active reviewer for journals, including 3 Biotech, Chemosphere, Science of Total Environment, Gene, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and PLoS One, etc.