Crop Stress and its Management: Perspectives and Strategies

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Venkateswarlu, B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Shanker, Arun K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Shanker, Chitra (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Maheswari, M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant biochemistry.; Oxidative stress.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Oxidative Stress.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

Crops experience an assortment of environmental stresses which include abiotic viz., drought, water logging, salinity, extremes of temperature, high variability in radiation, subtle but perceptible changes in atmospheric gases and biotic viz., insects, birds, other pests, weeds, pathogens (viruses a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• 1. Overview of plant stresses: Mechanisms, adaptations and research pursuit; Maheshwari. M. et al
• 2. Dryland Agriculture: Bringing resilience to crop production under changing climate; Venkateshwarlu B., Arun K.Shanker
• 3. Abiotic and biotic stresses in Plantation Crops: Adaptation and Management ; Vinod K.K
• 4. Enhancing productivity and performance of oil seed crops under environmental stresses; Bhinu V.S. et al
• 5. Applications of Machine Learning for Maize Breeding for stress; Leonardo Ornella et al
• 6. Heat stress in rice – physiological mechanisms and adaptation strategies; Kondamudi R. et al
• 7. Improvement of drought resistance in crops:From conventional breeding to genomic selection; Anna Maria Mastrangelo et al
• 8. Plant response and tolerance to abiotic oxidative stress: antioxidant defense is the key; Mirza Hasanuzzaman et al
• 9. Transcription Factors and Genes in Abiotic Stress; Pasqualina Woodrow et al
• 10. Chlorophyll a fluorescence in abiotic stress; Lucia Guidi, Elena Degl’Innocenti
• 11. Crop Stress and Aflatoxin Contamination: Perspectives and Prevention Strategies; Baozhu Guo et al
• 12. Role of Ethylene and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Stressed Crop Plants; Baby Shaharoona et al
• 13. RNAi: Machinery and role in pest and disease management; Surekha Agarwal et al
• 14. Conservation Biology; Chitra Shanker et al
• 15. Postharvest biocontrol - New concepts and application; Neeta Sharma et al
• 16. Remote Sensing of Biotic Stress in Crop Plants and its Applications for Pest Management; M. Prabhakar et al
• 17. Nematode Pathogens of Crops: Consequences of Climate Change; Nethi Somasekhar, Prasad J.S
• 18. Socio Economic and Policy Issues in Abiotic Stress Management; Kareemulla K., Rama Rao C.A
• 19. Changing roles of Agricultural Extension: Harnessing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for adapting to changing climate; Shaik N. Meera et al
• Index.