Plant Stress Biology: Progress and Prospects of Genetic Engineering

ISBN-13: 9781774639306 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 364 str.

Arindam Kuila

Opis

This unique book covers the molecular aspects of plant stress and the various industrial applications. Chapters cover many important topics in the biology of plant stress, including morphological and physiological changes of plants due to accumulation of pollutants.

Spis treści

1. Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metal in Plants: Morphological and Physiological Changes  2. Different Environmental Stress for Enhanced Biofuel Production from Plant Biomass  3. Application of Plant Stress for Enhanced Biofuel Production   4. Improving Plant Adaptation/Tolerance Under Stress Conditions: Future Prospects  5. MicroRNAs as a Potential Tool to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants  6. Molecular Approaches for Engineering Plants Resistant to Viruses  7. Plant Responses to Weeds, Pests, Pathogens, and Agrichemical Stress Conditions  8. Stomatal Adaptive Response in Plants under Drought Stress  9. Understanding the Epigenetic Regulation of Plants under Stress and Potential Application in Agriculture  10. Understanding the Mechanism of Drought Tolerance in Pearl Millet  11. Biotic Stress on Wheat: An Overview  12. Effect of Water Scarcity and High Temperature on Wheat Productivity  13. Insect Pest Management of Agricultural Crops  14. Impact of Stress Factors on Plants for Enhancing Biomass Generations Towards Biofuels 

O autorze

Arindam Kuila, PhD, is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India. Previously, he worked as a research associate at Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Centre, Bangalore, India. He earned his PhD at the Agricultural & Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, in 2013, in the area of lignocellulosic biofuel production. He was awarded a Petrotech Research Fellowship. He has an Indo-Brazil collaborative project funded by DBT, India, and has co-authored peer-reviewed research papers, review papers, edited books, and book chapters, and he has filed five patents.