Crop Improvement New Approaches and Modern Techniques /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hakeem, Khalid Rehman (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ahmad, Parvaiz (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ozturk, Munir (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Sciences.

The improvement of crop species has been a basic pursuit since cultivation began thousands of years ago. To feed an ever increasing world population will require a great increase in food production.  Wheat, corn, rice, potato and few others are expected to lead as the most important crops in the wor...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Transformation and Its Biotechnological Applications in Crops
• Chapter 2. Bioinformatic Tools in Crop Improvement
• Chapter 3. Crop Improvement Through Plant Tissue Culture
• Chapter 4. Mutagenesis – A Potential Approach for Crop Improvement
• Chapter 5. Role of Bio-fertilizers in Crop Improvement
• Chapter 6. Plant-Microorganism Interactions: Effects on the Tolerance of Plants to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
• Chapter 7. Biotic Stress and Crop Improvement: A Wheat Focus Around Novel Strategies
• Chapter 8. Variability in Fusarium Species Causing Wilt Disease in Crops: A Transcriptomic Approach to Characterize Dialogue Between Host and Pathogen
• Chapter 9. Coping Abiotic Stress with Plant Volatile Organic Chemicals (PVOCs): A Promising Approach
• Chapter 10. An Overview of Omics for Wheat Grain Quality Improvement
• Chapter 11. From Agronomy  to Molecular Genetics and Proteomics in an Effort to Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops
• Chapter 12. Arsenic Toxicity and Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants: An Overview
• Chapter 13. Arsenic Stress in Plants: An Inside Story
• Chapter 14. In vitro Production of Secondary Metabolites Using Elicitor in Catharanthus roseus: A Case Study
• Chapter 15. Handling Soybean (Glycine max L.) Under Stress
• Chapter 16. Environmental and Economical Opportunities for the Valorisation of the Genus Atriplex: New Insights
• Chapter 17. Dealing with Environmental Stresses: Role of Polyamines in Stress Responses.