Meet the editor

Dr. Mahmood-ur-Rahman Ansari is an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at the Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, GC University – Faisalabad, Pakistan. He received his BSc (Hons) in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2003. He received his MPhil and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, Lahore, Pakistan in 2006

and 2011 respectively. He has published over 60 papers in international peer-reviewed journals in the field of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics. He has also published over 10 book chapters and edited 3 books. He is involved in research projects to understand the molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance in plants. He has been involved in genetic modification of rice and cotton, their greenhouse and field testing as well as biosafety studies. He is a member of various national and international professional societies.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

*by Prinya Wongsa*

(*Oryza sativa* L.)

for Abiotic Stress Tolerance

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Hybrid Rice **21**

**Chapter 2 23**

**Chapter 3 47**

Rice Metabolites and Biology **61**

**Chapter 4 63**

**Chapter 5 83**

**Chapter 6 101**

Phenolic Compounds and Potential Health Benefits of Pigmented Rice

Computational Analysis of Rice Transcriptomic and Genomic Datasets

*by Rabiatul-Adawiah Zainal-Abidin and Zeti-Azura Mohamed-Hussein*

Current Applicable DNA Markers for Marker Assisted Breeding in Rice

*by Nor'Aishah Hasan, Mohd Rafii Yusoff, Abdul Rahim Harun and Faiz Ahmad*

Introductory Chapter: Recent Advances in Rice Biotechnology

*by Diptibala Rout, Debarchana Jena, Vineeta Singh, Manish Kumar,* 

*by Munazza Ijaz, Roshina Shahzadi, Akmaral U. Issayeva,* 

*Shazia Anwer Bukhari and Mahmood-ur-Rahman*

Hybrid Rice Research: Current Status and Prospects

*Pandurang Arsode, Prakash Singh, Jawahar Lal Katara, Sanghamitra Samantaray and Ramlakhan Verma*

Hybrid Rice in Africa: Progress, Prospects, and Challenges

in Search for SNPs Involved in Flavonoid Biosynthesis

*by Samuel Oppong Abebrese and Alex Yeboah*
