Rice Science ― Biotechnological and Molecular Advancements

This book, Rice Science: Biotechnological and Molecular Advancements, addresses the recent biotechnological and molecular tools and techniques that are utilized to increase rice production. It is aimed to inform industry professionals such as engineers and technologists, academics, and others who are involved in the fields of agricultural and plant science on the most recent developments.

A significant crop in our global society, rice is a staple food product for over half of the world’s population. New technologies are being researched and utilized for increasing the overall production of strong rice crops throughout the world. This book focuses on the new areas of research that are related to the most recent biotechnological and molecular techniques that have been discovered to aid in this endeavor. The researchers who have contributed to this compendium are international leaders in their respective fields, which span the full breadth of disciplines involved in this agricultural and plant-based science.

The book is based on the most innovative content and research that is available currently about rice production. The original research included is strengthened through the insertion of surveys, reviews, success stories and other aspects that impact the global agricultural industry.

Rice Science: Biotechnological and Molecular Advancements is broken up into four parts, each devoting multiple chapters to various advancements in rice production. Each chapter of the book highlights recent trends in the field that are supported by careful and detailed research. These trends will aid readers in understanding the field as well as assisting in their own research ideas.

The chapters help connect the interdisciplinary fields of research that contribute to data on rice production and were carefully selected for inclusion by the editors to help fill the gap in the research.

Deepak Kumar Verma is an agricultural science professional and is currently a PhD Research Scholar with specialization in food processing engineering at the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. In 2012, he received a DST-INSPIRE Fellowship for PhD study by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) of the Ministry of Science and Technology by the Government of India. He is currently doing research on "Isolation and Characterization of Aroma Volatile and Flavoring Compounds from Aromatic and Non-Aromatic Rice Cultivars of India."

Mr. Verma earned his BSc degree in agricultural science from the Faculty of Agriculture, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, and MSc (Agriculture) in Agricultural Biochemistry with first rank and also received a department topper award from the Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agricultural and Technology, Kanpur, India.

Prem Prakash Srivastav, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Food Science and Technology in the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in West Bengal, India. He teaches various undergraduate- to PhD-level courses as well as guides many research projects at the PhD, masters, and undergraduate levels. His research interests include the development of specially designed convenience, functional and therapeutic foods; extraction of nutraceuticals; and the development of various low-cost food processing machineries. He has published various research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals.

He graduated from Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur and received MSc degree with a major in Food Technology and a minor in Process Engineering from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

Altafhusain Nadaf, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Botany at Savitribai Phule Pune University in Pune, a position he has held for the past 13 years. His area of expertise is the biochemistry and molecular genetics of scented rice. His research accolades include being awarded the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 India4EU II scholarship to teach at the University of Bolgona, Italy, as a Visiting Professor in 2014 as well as earning the DST-BOYSCAST Fellowship to work as a Visiting Fellow at Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia. He is currently working as a reviewer for many international journals and has more than 50 research papers published in similar peer-reviewed entities.

Dr. Nadaf earned his BSc in Botany from Jaysingpur College, Jaysingpur, Maharashtra, and his MSc in Botany with a specialization in cytogenetics and plant breeding from the Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. He received his PhD in Botany from the Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.