Water Stress and Crop Plants, 2 Volume Set

A Sustainable Approach

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Plants are subjected to a variety of abiotic stresses such as drought, temperature, salinity, air pollution, heavy metals, UV radiations, etc. To survive under these harsh conditions plants are equipped with different resistance mechanisms which vary from species to species. Due to the environmental fluctuations agricultural and horticultural crops are often exposed to different environmental stresses leading to decreased yield and problems in the growth and development of the crops. Drought stress has been found to decrease the yield to an alarming rate of some important crops throughout the globe. During last few decades, lots of physiological and molecular works have been conducted under water stress in crop plants.Water Stress and Crop Plants: A Sustainable Approach presents an up-to-date in-depth coverage of drought and flooding stress in plants, including the types, causes and consequences on plant growth and development. It discusses the physiobiochemical, molecular and omic approaches, and responses of crop plants towards water stress. Topics include nutritional stress, oxidative stress, hormonal regulation, transgenic approaches, mitigation of water stress, approaches to sustainability, and modern tools and techniques to alleviate the water stress on crop yields.This practical book offers pragmatic guidance for scientists and researchers in plant biology, and agribusinesses and biotechnology companies dealing with agronomy and environment, to mitigate the negative effects of stress and improve yield under stress. The broad coverage also makes this a valuable guide enabling students to understand the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms of environmental stress in plants.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-26
Mått:196 x 252 x 41 mm
Vikt:1 864 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:784
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781119054368

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Mer om författaren

Dr Parvaiz Ahmad, Department of Botany, S.P. College, University of Kashmir, IndiaDr Ahmad is currently Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany where he teaches on stress physiology and molecular biology. Previous to this he taught at GDC (Boys) Anantnag, Kashmir, India, until May 2013. He has been working on environmental stress in plants since 2001, and his areas of expertise include plant molecular biology (abiotic stress responses in plants (physio-biochemical responses and enzyme activity during stress), developing abiotic tolerant plants), plant microbe interaction (crop improvement through AMF), plant tissue culture, and stress physiology. Dr Ahmad is on the Editorial boards of Botany Research International and Journal of Phytologym, and he is a reviewer on sixteen other international journals including Physiologia Plantarum (Wiley-Blackwell). He has contributed chapters to 26 books and co-edited 14 volumes with Springer, Elsevier and Wiley.

Innehållsförteckning

List of contributorsAbout the EditorForewordPrefaceChapter 1: Drought stress and photosynthesis in plantsChapter 2: The Role of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Induction in Plants Adaptation to Water DeficitChapter 3: Stomatal Responses to Drought StressChapter 4: Recurrent droughts: keys for sustainable water management from case studies of tree fruit orchards in central ChileChapter 5: Global explicit profiling of water deficit-induced diminutions in agricultural crop sustainability: a key emerging trends and challengesChapter 6: Sustainable Agricultural Practices for Water Quality ProtectionChapter 7: Salinity and Drought Stress: Similarities and Differences in Oxidative Responses and Cellular Redox regulationChapter 8: Oxidative stress and plant responses to pathogens under drought conditionsChapter 9: Potential Usage of Antioxidants, Hormones and Plant Extracts: An Innovative Approach in Taming Water Stress Limitation in Crop PlantsChapter 10: Water stress in plants: From gene to biotechnologyChapter 11: Plant Aquaporin Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects for abiotic stress tolerance under changing global environmentChapter 12: Role of proteins in alleviating drought stress in plantsChapter 13: Avenues for improving drought tolerance in crops by ABA regulation: Molecular and physiological basisChapter 14: MYB transcription factors for enhanced drought tolerance in plantsChapter 15: Analysis of novel haplotype variations at TaDREB-D1 and TaCwi-D1 genes influencing drought tolerance in bread/synthetic wheat derivatives: An OverviewChapter 16: Towards integration of system based approach for understanding drought stress in plantsChapter 17: MiRNA/siRNA-based approaches to enhance drought tolerance of barley and wheat under drought stressChapter 18: MicroRNAs and Their Role in Drought Stress Response in PlantsChapter 19: Sugar Signaling in Plants: A Novel Mechanism to Drought Stress ManagementChapter 20: Agricultural, socio-economic, and cultural relevance of crop wild relatives, in particular food legume landraces, in Northern Africa