This edited book is a comprehensive compilation of deliberations in the field of agriculture, food security, climate resilient crops and on the relevance of the popular TILLING technique in the era of precise genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9). This book particularly deliberates on new developments in this field, such as, induced mutagenesis techniques, mutagenesis in somatic tissues, bio-informatics analysis and gene mining. This volume also focuses on next generation mutation detection techniques, exome capture, forward and reverses genetics, trait selection and, finally deliberates on the future of TILLING in plant breeding and product development.TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genome) is a popular molecular biology technique for detecting polymorphism in a mutagenized population. Eco-TILLING refers to natural TILLING. This technique can be applied to a wider range of crops. Products developed through TILLING are not regulated throughout the world, thus having a wider acceptance among various stakeholders.

This volume is timely and looks into the updated aspects of mutagenesis, TILLING, Eco-TILLING along with OMIC tools, their amalgamated applications towards crop improvement. This book contains 11 chapters and 250 pages authored by globally reputed scientists on the field of mutagenesis, TILLING and Eco-TILLING. This book is useful for research scholars, students, teachers and scientists in the academia, policy makers, relevant public, plant breeding companies, private companies and cooperatives interested in understanding or applying mutagenesis, TILLING for editing gene of interest and develop new products in agriculture.

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Dr. Anjanabha Bhattacharya is working as a Group leader (Tech) with Mahyco since 2012. He is also an elected member of the prestigious PTCA-I (Plant tissue culture association of India). His areas of research expertise include TILLING, Eco-TILLING, crop improvement through physical and chemical mutagenesis, laboratory stewardship, and tissue culture-assisted technologies including double haploids for about two decades. He is also an active business excellence practitioner and worked with an agri-start-up for two years. He obtained his PhD from The University of Nottingham, England, and undertook post-doctoral training from The University of Georgia, Tifton, USA.

Dr. Vilas Parkhi is a seasoned plant biotechnologist, who has exposure to various fields of plant biotechnology research on the platform of academic and industrial setup. He is an alumnus of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines; Texas A & M University, TX, USA and Pune University, India. Currently, he is engaged in the research area of genome editing of crops and transgenic trait development at Mahyco Pvt Ltd, Jalna India.

Dr. Bharat Char is the Chief Science Officer (CSO) at Mahyco. He obtained his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles, and undertook postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, in plant molecular genetics. He has served as a member of the International Seed Federation Working Group on GM Vegetables.