M. Ashraf — Crop Production for Agricultural Improvement (2012)

Автор: M. Ashraf
Название книги: Crop Production for Agricultural Improvement
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Биологические науки
Страницы: 805
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

In the recent years, the looming food scarcity problem has transformed plant sciences as an emerging discipline comitted to devise new strategies for enhanced crop productivity. The major factors causing food scarcity are biotic and abiotic stresses such as plant pathogens, salinity, drought, flooding, temperature extremes, nutrient deficiency or excess, etc. which substantially limit crop productivity world-wide. In this scenario, such strategies should be adopted which may be employed to achieve maximum productivity and economic crop returns under such adversaries. Major strategies include pathogen/pest management practices, breeding of new crop varieties, screening and selection of existing crop gene tool; production of genetically modified (GM) crops, exogenous use of osmoprotectants and plant hormones, agronomic and soil reclamation practices, sustainable use of available water supplies, etc. In this book, we have mainly focused on physiological, biochemical, molecular and genetic tools for crop improvement under environmental adversaries. In addition, the adverse effects of different biotic (diseases, pathogens, etc.) and abiotic (salinity, drought, high and low temperatures, metals, etc.) stresses on crop development and the potential strategies to enhance crop productivity under such stressful environments have been critically discussed. Moreover, the role of nutrient, water and soil management in improving crop efficiency is also a part of this book.
Keywords Crop production, Food security, Crop improvement, Stress tolerance, Disease resistance
Crop Improvement Through Fifferent Means: Challenges and Prospects
Breeding for Crop Improvement
Bridging Genomic and Classical Breeding Approaches for Improving Crop Productivity
Breeding for Improved Drought Tolerance
Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance/Tolerance In Plants
The American Halophyte Prosopis strombulifera, a New Potential Source to Confer Salt Tolerance to Crops
Breeding for Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
Breeding Wheat for Salt Tolerance and Stem Rust Resistance
The Potential of Breeding Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) for Water Stress Tolerance
Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Biotechnology as an Aid for Crop Improvement to Overcome Food Shortage
Plant Genetic Engineering: Problems and Applications
Transcriptomics and Proteomics Analysis of Root Nodules of Model Legume Plants
Agrobacterium tumefaciens and its Use in Plant Biotechnology
Progress and Prospects for Efficient Micropropagation of Woody Plants
Novel Methodes in Micropropagation of Pistachio
Crop Productivity and Water Use Efficiency: The Role of Carbon Isotope Discrimination Technique
Behaviour of Plant Pathogens for Crops Under Stress During the Determination of Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Approaches for Salt Stress Tolerance
Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Drought Tolerance in Wheat Triticum L. Genotypes
Molecular Basis of Disease Resistance in Cereal Crops: An Overview
Polyamines: Role in Plants Under Abiotic Stress
Crop Management
Crop Diversification Practices in Saskatchewan, Canada
Invasive Weed Species — A Threat to Sustainable Agriculture
Arbuscular Mycorrhizae gor Sustainable Agriculture
A Site-Specific Potassium Fertilization Approach to Overcome Sporadic Response of Crops
Optimal Supply of Micronutrients Improves Drought Tolerance in Legumes
Potential of Rhizobia for Sustainable Production of Non-legumes
Effect of Drip and Subsurface Drip Irrigation with Saline Water on Tomato Crop
Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) Cultivars in Relation to Temperature Stress
A Review on Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus