Applications of Bioinformatics in Rice Research

Chapter-1 Possibility of Uncoding Structural Organization of Genome in Rice: Prospects and Approaches By 3D Genome Sequencing.- Chapter-2 Bioinformatics Approaches for High Density Linkage Mapping in Rice Research.- Chapter-3 Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping in Rice.- Chapter-4 Metabolomics in Rice Improvement.- Chapter-5 Computational Approaches Towards Decoding the Extra Chromosomal Genome of Rice.- Chapter-6 Computational Epigenetics in Rice Research.- Chapter-7 Computational Approaches Towards Understanding Stress in Rice.- Chapter-8 Identifying Complex Polyploidy Genomes Using Bioinformatics Approaches.- Chapter-9 Perspectives and Challenges of Phenotyping in Rice.- Chapter-10 The CRISPR Technology and Application in Rice.- Chapter-11 De Novo Evolution of Genes in Rice.- Chapter-12 Artificial intelligence and machine learning in rice research.- Chapter-13 Intellectual Property and Rice Research.- Chapter-14 Plant Pathogen Co-Evolution in Rice .- Chapter-15 Conservation of Rice Germplasm by Bioinformatics Strategy.- Chapter-16 Recent Advances in Multi-Omics and Breeding Approaches Towards Drought Tolerance in Crops.

Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta has completed his B.Sc. (Botany (Honours)) from the Calcutta University, Kolkata in the year 2007, MCA (distance course) from ICFAI University Tripura in the year 2010, M.SC. (Biotechnology) from Berhampur University, Odisha in the year 2011, and Ph.D. (Biotechnology and Bioinformatics), Yogi Vemana University, Andhra Pradesh in the year 2019. During his Ph.D., he did an internship at Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Germany. He is working as a Research Associate in the Crop Improvement Division under Dr. Lambodar Behera, Principal Scientist, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, India. The central theme of his research is the application and development of computational tools and techniques to understand how specific biological functions emerge from the dynamics of biological networks. He has expertise in molecular biology, bioinformatics, structural biology, and evolutionary medicine. He has successfully guided/co-guided 3 postgraduate students for M.Sc. (Biotechnology and Bioinformatics) degrees. He has also published over 30 research articles in peer-reviewed international journal and authored or co-authored many book chapters.

Dr. LAMBODAR BEHERA has completed his B.Sc. (Agriculture) from the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar in the year 1989, M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore in the year 1992, and Ph.D. (Genetics) from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India in the year 2000. He is presently working as Principal Scientist (Biotechnology) in ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India. He has significantly contributed in the field of rice molecular breeding, molecular biology, and genomics. He has significantly contributed to the development of 14 rice varieties suitable for different ecosystems of India. He has worked on the identification of QTLs/genes for resistance to BPH, gall midge, root-knot nematode and sheath