Legumes under environmental stress : yield, improvement and adaptations /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Azooz, M. M.
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ahmad, Parvaiz
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.
• Θέματα: Legumes > Effect of stress on.; Legumes > Yields.; Legumes > Adaptation.; Biodegradation, Environmental.; Bioremediation.; Legumes.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.; Electronic books.

The improvement of crop species has long been a goal 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 legumes are expected to lead as the most important crops in the world. Due...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Legumes under Environmental Stress: Yield, Improvement and Adaptations; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; About the editors; Chapter 1 Legumes and breeding under abiotic stress: An overview; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Legumes under abiotic stress; 1.2.1 Legumes under drought; 1.2.2 Legumes under salinity; 1.2.3 Legumes under waterlogging; 1.2.4 Legumes under temperature extremes; 1.2.5 Legumes under soil acidity; 1.2.6 Legumes under nutrient deficiency; 1.3 Breeding of cool season food legumes; 1.4 Breeding of cool season food legumes under abiotic stress.
• 1.5 Breeding of warm season food legumes1.6 Breeding of warm season food legumes under abiotic stress; 1.6.1 Short duration and photo-thermal insensitivity; 1.6.2 Leaf pubescence density; 1.6.3 Seed dormancy; 1.6.4 Deep root system; 1.7 Biotechnology approaches; 1.7.1 MicroRNAs; 1.7.2 Molecular marker-assisted breeding; 1.7.3 Gene pyramiding assisted by MAS; 1.7.4 Somaclonal variation and in vitro mutagenesis; 1.7.5 In vitro selection; 1.7.6 Transcriptomics; 1.7.7 Proteomics; 1.7.8 Transgenomics; 1.7.9 Targeting induced local lesions in genomes (TILLING); 1.8 Conclusions and future prospects.
• 3.2 Environmental stresses and crop growth3.2.1 Drought and salt stresses; 3.2.2 Heavy metal stress; 3.2.3 Heat and cold stresses; 3.2.4 Oxidative stress; 3.3 Effects of nutrient deficiency; 3.4 Methods to control nutrient deficiency; 3.5 Micronutrient deficiency in plants; 3.5.1 Boron; 3.5.2 Molybdenum; 3.5.3 Cobalt; 3.5.4 Copper; 3.5.5 Zinc; 3.5.6 Iron; 3.5.7 Manganese; 3.5.8 Nickel; 3.6 Roles of macronutrients in growth of legumes; 3.6.1 Role of carbon; 3.6.2 Role of nitrogen; 3.6.3 Role of phosphorus; 3.6.4 Role of sulphur; 3.6.5 Role of potassium.
• 3.7 Storage proteins in legumes and effect of nutritional deficiency3.8 Protective mechanisms triggered in legumes under stress; 3.8.1 Drought and salinity stress; 3.8.2 Cold stress; 3.9 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Chickpea: Role and responses under abiotic and biotic stress; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Origin and occurrence; 4.3 General botany; 4.4 Nutritional uses; 4.5 Abiotic stress; 4.6 Chickpea and abiotic stress: The 'omics' approach; 4.6.1 Proteomics; 4.6.2 Transcriptomics; 4.6.3 Genomics; 4.6.4 Transgenomics; 4.7 Biotic stress; 4.7.1 Chickpea and diseases.