Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies

ISBN-13: 9780128228494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 442 str.

Ajay Kumar; Avinash Chandra Rai; Ashutosh Rai

Spis treści

1. Horticultural crops and abiotic stress challenges2. Conventional breeding approaches for abiotic stresses management in horticultural crops3. Hybrids and abiotic stress tolerance in horticultural crops4. Speed breeding: a powerful tool for mitigating abiotic stresses5. Marker assisted breeding for abiotic stress tolerance in horticultural crops6. Epigenetics in horticultural crops: consequences and application in abiotic stress tolerance7. Functional genomics approaches for combating the effect of abiotic stresses8. Crosstalk between miRNA and plant abiotic stresses9. Molecular chaperones: a key player for combating the effect of abiotic stresses10. Transcription Factors: A tool box for countering the effect of abiotic stresses11. Physiological and biochemical approaches for mitigating the effect of abiotic stresses12. Current approaches in horticultural crops to mitigate the effect of drought stress13. Current approaches in horticultural crops to mitigate the effect of cold stress14. Current approaches in horticultural crops to mitigate the effect of salt stress15. Current approaches in horticultural crops to mitigate the effect of metal stress16. Current approaches in horticultural crops to mitigate the effect of water logging stress17. Advancement in transgenics for combating abiotic stresses 18. Signalling responses and their role in the mitigation of abiotic stresses19. Role of phytohormones as master regulators during the abiotic stresses20. Proteomics approaches in horticultural crops for abiotic stress tolerance21. Whole genome sequencing in horticultural crops: towards mitigating the abiotic stresses22. Use of modern physical tools for mitigating the effect of abiotic stresses