Improving crop productivity in sustainable agriculture /

An up-to-date overview of current progress in improving crop quality and quantity using modern methods. With a particular emphasis on genetic engineering, this text focusses on crop improvement under adverse conditions, paying special attention to such staple crops as rice, maize, and pulses. Improv...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tuteja, Narendra (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gill, Sarvajeet Singh (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tuteja, Renu (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell, [2013]
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Part 1. Climate Change and Abiotic Stress Factors: Climate Change and Food Security / R.B. Singh
  • Improving Crop Productivity under Changing Environment / Navjot K. Dhillon, Satbir S. Gosal, Manjit S. Kang
  • Genetic Engineering for Acid Soil Tolerance in Plants / Sagarika Mishra, Lingaraj Sahoo, Sanjib K. Panda
  • Evaluation of Tropospheric O₃ Effects on Global Agriculture: A New Insight / Richa Rai, Abhijit Sarkar, S.B. Agrawal, Madhoolika Agrawal
  • Part 2. Methods to Improve Crop Productivity: Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants: "-Omics" Approaches / Monika Jaggi, Meetu Gupta, Narendra Tuteja, Alok Krishna Sinha
  • Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria-Mediated Amelioration of Abiotic and Biotic Stresses for Increasing Crop Productivity / Vasvi Chaudhry, Suchi Srivastava, Puneet Singh Chauhan, Poonam C. Singh, Aradhana Mishra, Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal
  • Are Viruses Always Villains? The Roles Plant Viruses May Play in Improving Plant Responses to Stress / Stephen J. Wylie, Michael G.K. Jones
  • Risk Assessment of Abiotic Stress Tolerant GM Crops / Paul Howles, Joe Smith
  • Biofertilizers: Potential for Crop Improvement under Stressed Conditions / Alok Adholeya, Manab Das
  • Part 3. Species-Specific Case Studies: Rice: Genetic Engineering Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Retrospects and Prospects / Salvinder Singh, M.K. Modi, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Narendra Tuteja
  • Rice: Genetic Engineering Approaches to Enhance Grain Iron Content / Salvinder Singh, D. Sudhakar, M.K. Modi
  • Pearl Millet: Genetic Improvement in Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses / O.P. Yadav, K.N. Rai, S.K. Gupta
  • Bamboo: Application of Plant Tissue Culture Techniques for Genetic Improvement of Dendrocalamus strictus Nees / C.K. John, V.A. Parasharami
  • Groundnut: Genetic Approaches to Enhance Adaptation of Groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea, L.) to Drought / R.C. Nageswara Rao, M.S. Sheshshayee, N. Nataraja Karaba, Rohini Sreevathsa, N. Rama, S. Kumaraswamy, T.G. Prasad, M. Udayakumar
  • Chickpea: Crop Improvement under Changing Environment Conditions / B.K. Sarmah, S. Acharjee, H.C. Sharma
  • Grain Legumes: Biotechnological Interventions in Crop Improvement for Adverse Environments / Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, Paramita Palit, Ch. Sridhar Kumar, D. Srinivas Reddy, Kiran K. Sharma
  • Pulse Crops: Biotechnological Strategies to Enhance Abiotic Stress Tolerance / S. Ganeshan, P.M. Gaur, R.N. Chibbar
  • Improving Crop Productivity and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Cultivated Fragaria Using Omics and Systems Biology Approach / Jens Rohloff, Pankaj Barah, Atle M. Bones
  • Rose: Improvement for Crop Productivity / Madhu Sharma, Kiran Kaul, Navtej Kaur, Markandey Singh, Devendra Dhayani, Paramvir Singh Ahuja.