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Plants are confronted with various environmental stresses, the most prominent of which is biotic stress, which results in yield losses. Biotic stresses include damage caused by microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, insects, weeds, and native plants. It occurs to variable degrees in almost all agricultural ecosystems globally. Fungi, bacteria, or viruses may not be present in a given year, although they usually reduce output in the majority of years. Due to changing environmental conditions, plants struggle to attain their full genetic potential for growth and reproduction. This book focuses on understanding the physiological, biochemical, and molecular changes in stressed plants and the mechanisms underlying biotic stress tolerance in plants.
Key Features:
- Explains the different molecular mechanisms and genetic engineering strategies which have been developed and adopted to cope with consistent environmental changes and global climate change.
- It explores the latest developments concerning abiotic and biotic stress response at the molecular level for the improvement of crop quality and sustainable agriculture.
- It presents an exploration of the challenges and conceivable solutions to improve yields of the staple of food crops using data on agricultural sciences and omics technology.
- It discovers how the better understanding of molecular mechanisms of plant response to different stress would be used to improve the quantitative and qualitative features of crop plants and allied areas.
- There will be an inclusion of end-of-chapter problems and case studies.
Preface
Acknowledgement
Editors Biographies
List of contributors
1 Understanding environmental associated abiotic stress response in plants under changing climate
2 Metabolic engineering for understanding abiotic stress tolerance in plants
3 The molecular basis of mineral toxicity in plants
4 Mechanistic insight into understanding drought stress response in plants
5 Engineering salt tolerance in crops: ion transporters and compatible solutes
6 Cold stress: molecular insight and way forward
7 Unraveling the molecular and genetic bases of plant responses to heat stress
8 Oxidative stress responses in plants to abiotic stress tolerance
9 Potential impacts of ultraviolet-B radiation on crop plants and its consequences
10 Physiological and molecular mechanisms of submergence and waterlogging stress tolerance in crops
11 Understanding nitric oxide signaling: plant abiotic stress persepctive
12 Possible role of osmolytes in enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in plants
13 Secondary metabolites and plant abiotic stress responses
1. Molecular breeding in crops for biotic stresses Dr Raman Sundaram, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India, Email: rms_28@rediffmail.com
2. Plant adaptive mechanism to control soil-borne pathogens Dr Jake Fountain, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA; Email: jcf416@msstate.edu
3. The Role of antioxidant system vis-a-vis reactive oxygen species with respect to plant pathogen interaction Dr. Anirudh Kumar, Botany, IGNTU, Amarkantak, India. Email: anirudh.kumar@igntu.ac.in
4. Genetic engineering against plant pest: Available approaches Jagadish Jabba, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India; Email: J.Jagdish@cgiar.org
5. Plant strategy to control fungal pathogens: a molecular insight Dr. Himanshu Dubey Seribiotech Research Laboratory, Bangalore, Email: hemu.bt@gmail.com
6. Plant defence response against plant viroids Dr. Vipin Hallan, IHBT, Palampur, India Email: hallan@ihbt.res.in
7. Molecular breeding strategy against yellow mosaic virus Dr. Pawan Saini, Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Pampore, J & K, Email: pawansaini-coapbg@pau.edu
8. Molecular insight of postharvest loss in crops and their management Dr. Prerna Thakur, KVK, Moga, Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, Email: spaceinlife@gmail.com
9. Role of pathogen-inducible endogenous siRNA in plant resistance Dr. Debashish Dey, Assistant Professor, Biotechnology Department, BHU, Varanasi, Email: debashish@bhu.ac.in
10. Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS) for functional genomics Dr. Unamba Chibuikem I. N., Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Imo State University, Nigeria, Email: chibuikem.unamba@gmail.com
11 Breeding for Resistance against Soybean White Mold (SWM) through molecular approaches Dr. Pawan Saini, Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Pampore, J & K, Email: pawansaini-coapbg@pau.edu
12. Modulation of WRKY transcription factor in plant defense Dr. Rama Devi, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, India. Email: Rama:sagilirama@gmail.com
13. Applications of nanotechnology for disease management Dr. Hemalatha, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai Email: hemalatha.sls@crescent.education