Special Issue on “Cereals for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability”

Global Food security depends on cereal production and ways to increase cereal grain production using modern scientific tools and approaches. But at the same time, environmental conservation can’t be neglected. Climate change is increasingly exposing cereals to multiple biotic and abiotic stresses, threatening their production around the world. In addition, poor edaphic conditions like pH, soil compaction, soil contamination and, higher UV radiation, air and soil pollution, nutrient deficiency, different biotic stresses are also affecting productivity. All these stresses are affecting grain number which is the main yield component directly associated with grain yield and thus it represents a serious global problem warranting newer approaches in cereal breeding.  Interactions of these stresses are complex and poorly understood, therefore, research tackling multiple stresses induced through changing climate, pest resurgence is critical and timely. Much research has been done on abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in cereals, and many tolerant varieties have been released, however many aspects are still unknown and require further evaluation. The scientific community makes efforts to understand plant tolerance mechanisms and the genetics behind them, and has provided valuable information that breeders utilize in their breeding programs to create tolerant cultivars and hybrids. There is a need to ensure environmental sustainability as we keep progressing in cereal production and productivity.

In this context, Journal of Cereal Research (JCR) is pleased to announce a special issue on “Cereals for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability” that will cover review, opinion, research articles, and short communication.

The special issue on “Cereals for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability” will be released on the occasion of the International Conference on Advances in Agriculture and Food system towards Sustainable Development Goals. The International Conference will be jointly organized by the All India Agricultural Students Association, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology and Indian Council of Agricultural Research from 22-24 August, 2022 at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru in Hybrid mode. The event will be supported by CIMMYT, IFDC, YPARD and many other national and international organizations.

 Key Words

• Cereals
• Stress
• Adaptation
• Mitigation
• Climate Change
• Fortification
• Innovative strategy
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Physiological, biochemical and morphological mechanisms
• Molecular breeding
• Traditional breeding
• Advancement in breeding
• Innovative technology for environment sustainability
• Natural resource management
• Agrochemical intervention

Ashish Khandelwal
Division of Environment Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

Manoj Srivastava
Division of Environment Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

Sudhir Kumar
Division of Plant Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur
 

Prem Lal Kashyap
ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research Karnal

Haritha Bollinedi
Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

Neha Chatterjee
Department of Crop Sciences,University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign