Improving Stress Resilience in Plants: Physiological and Biochemical Basis and Utilization in Breeding

Improving Stress Resilience in Plants: Physiological and Biochemical Basis and Utilization in Breeding addresses the urgent need for improved understanding of major plant stress tolerance mechanisms, the identification of the genes, and gene products that are key to improving those mechanisms and means of optimizing those genes through molecular approaches. With a focus on plant physiological and biochemical attributes at both cellular and whole plant levels, this book includes the latest information on crosstalk between the various signaling molecules and quantitative trait locus (QTL). Further, it explores the extension of these mechanisms to breeding approaches, confirming overall understanding and inspiring further research. Written by a team of global experts, and presented in three thematic sections, the book provides insights into physical adaptations, metabolism and pathways, and breeding techniques including CRISPR and conventional approaches to reduce the negative effects of stresses and improve crop yield even under stress conditions. It is an ideal resource for researchers, academics and advanced students seeking to improve stress tolerance among crop plants and developing key future strategies for sustainable food production. Explores key strategies, including signaling molecules and Quantitative Trait Locus (QTLs)Highlights stress mitigating agents for improved crop yieldProvides an integrated and holistic overview, enabling and inspiring further research toward improved food security INDICE: Physiology1. Physiological adaptation of plants to abiotic stresses2. Modulation of physiology in plants through osmolytes application3. Studying the physiology of genetically modified crop plants4. Root traits and water relations in plants under stresses5. Role of soil microbes in modulating the physiological attributes of plants under extreme environmental conditions6. Morphological modulations in plants exposed to abiotic and biotic stresses7. Physiological modulations/ adaptations of plants for improved mineral nutrition under stresses8. Regulation of photosynthesis under stress9. Water relation, photosynthesis and plant growth10. Modification of physiological attributes by nano-fertilizes attributes for improved stress tolerance11. Physiological modification in plants under fungicide and pesticide stressBiochemistry12. Modulation of plant biochemistry through excess use of fungicides and herbicides in plants13. Enzyme functioning and environmental stresses14. Plant nitrogen metabolism: effects of stresses and the mitigating role of mineral elements and phytohormones15. Plant nitrogen metabolism: effects of stresses and the mitigating role of compatible osmolytes16. Modulation of sulphur metabolism in plants under stress conditions: role of mineral elements17. Sulphur metabolism and phytohormones interactions in plants under stress18. Antioxidant system: role and regulation under environmental stresses vis-à-vis mineral nutrition19. Understanding the role of plant growth regulators as key players in stress signalling20. Role of phytohormones in improving stress tolerance: Focus on the antioxidant system21. Understanding the role of thiols in stress biology of crop plants22. Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway: abiotic stress tolerance in plants and modulations by exogenous osmo-protectants23. Photosynthesis: role of antioxidant system and glyoxylase system24. Reactive oxygen species production: production. Signalling, and antioxidant and glyoxylase defence systems25. Understanding the biochemical basis of stress signalling in plants26. Breeding and Plant Stress Tolerance27. Integrated approaches of omics for the improvement of stress tolerance in plants28. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance in plants by using genomic approaches29. Prognosis for genetic improvement of yield potential of major grain crops under environmental stress30. Genotypic variation for stress tolerance in legume crops31. Genomics-assisted breeding for the development of stress tolerant crop varieties32. Marker assisted selection in plant breeding for stress tolerance33. Recent advances in plant breeding for the improvement of plant stress tolerance: Prospects and limitations34. QTLs for stress tolerance in plants35. CRISPR gene editing and stress tolerance36. Genetic approaches for tolerance to multiple stresses

• ISBN: 978-0-443-18927-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 504
• Fecha Publicación: 23/11/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés