Meet the editor

Dr. Amr Elkelish received his Ph.D. in Plant Science from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Currently, he is a visiting researcher at the Department of Plant Physiology, Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. He is also an associate professor in the Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. Dr. Elkelish is an

editorial board member of several reputed journals and a guest editor of Biology. He has published more than seventy papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is a certified associate trainer with the International Board of Certified Trainers (IBCT).

Contents

**Section 1**

Maize (*Zea mays* L.)

*Jeevan Bettanaika and Lakshmi Kant*

and Future Breeding Programs

*and Sorina Popescu*

and Traditional Varieties

Salinity Stress in *Maize*

*by Inés Medina-Lozano and Aurora Díaz*

**Preface XI**

Plant Landrace **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 31**

**Chapter 3 47**

**Chapter 4 61**

**Chapter 5 85**

**Chapter 6 95**

**Chapter 7 117**

Genomic Tools to Accelerate Improvement in Okra (*Abelmoschus esculentus*)

On-Farm Crop Diversity for Advancing Food Security and Nutrition

Wild Progenitor and Landraces Led Genetic Gain in the Modern-Day

*by Bonnie Furman, Arshiya Noorani and Chikelu Mba*

*by Devender Sharma, Rajesh K. Khulbe, Ramesh S. Pal,* 

*by José Luis Spinoso-Castillo, Tarsicio Corona-Torres, Esteban Escamilla-Prado, Victorino Morales-Ramos,* 

*by Suman Lata, Ramesh Kumar Yadav and B.S. Tomar*

Genetic Diversity of *Coffea arabica* L.: A Genomic Approach

*Víctor Heber Aguilar-Rincón and Gabino García-de los Santos*

Vegetable Landraces: The "Gene Banks" for Traditional Farmers

*by Radu-Liviu Sumalan, Sorin-Ion Ciulca, Renata-Maria Sumalan* 

Nutritional Value and Phytochemical Content of Crop Landraces

Interactive Effect of Organic and Inorganic Amendments along with Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria on Ameliorating

*by Sajid Rashid Ahmad, Sana Ashraf and Humaira Nawaz*
