Plant Stress Biology: Progress and Prospects of Genetic Engineering

ISBN-13: 9781771889254 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 364 str.

Arindam Kulia

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 V. Verma, G. Singhal, P. Singh, and N. Srivastava 2. Different Environmental Stress for Enhanced Biofuel Production from Plant Biomass S. Joshi, M. Choudhary, and N. Srivastava 3. Application of Plant Stress for Enhanced Biofuel Production Shritoma Sengupta, Debalina Bhattacharya, and Mainak Mukhopadhyay 4. Improving Plant Adaptation/Tolerance Under Stress Conditions: Future Prospects Ranjeet Kaur and Rupam Kumar Bhunia 5. MicroRNAs as a Potential Tool to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants Chandra Pal Singh 6. Molecular Approaches for Engineering Plants Resistant to Viruses Nirbhay Kumar Kushwaha, Shweta Roy, Mansi, Hasthi Ram, and Praveen Soni 7. Plant Responses to Weeds, Pests, Pathogens, and Agrichemical Stress Conditions Rituparna Saha, Debalina Bhattacharya, and Mainak Mukhopadhyay 8. Stomatal Adaptive Response in Plants under Drought Stress Hasthi Ram, Amandeep Kaur, Nishu Gandass, Megha Katoch, Shweta Roy, Nirbhay Kumar Kushwaha, and Praveen Soni 9. Understanding the Epigenetic Regulation of Plants Under Stress and Potential Application in Agriculture Shweta Roy, Nirbhay Kumar Kushwaha, Hasthi Ram, and Praveen Soni 10. Understanding the Mechanism of Drought Tolerance in Pearl Millet Praveen Soni 11. Biotic Stress on Wheat: An Overview Pankaj Kumar Singh, Sunita Singh, and Girish Chandra Pandey 12. Effect of Water Scarcity and High Temperature on Wheat Productivity Vidisha Thakur and Girish Chandra Pandey 13. Insect Pest Management of Agricultural Crops Ritika, Nikita Bhati, Shreya, and Arun Kumar Sharma 14. Impact of Stress Factors on Plants for Enhancing Biomass Generations Towards Biofuels Dipankar Ghosh, Shrestha Debnath, and Kamalendu De

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.