Crop Production for Agricultural Improvement

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ashraf, Muhammad (Editor), Öztürk, Münir (Editor), Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel (Editor), Aksoy, Ahmet (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Biochemistry.

In the recent years, the looming food scarcity problem has highlighted plant sciences as an emerging discipline committed to devise new strategies for enhanced crop productivity. The major factors causing food scarcity are biotic and abiotic stresses such as plant pathogens, salinity, drought, flood...