Plants are confronted with various environmental stresses, the most prominent of which is biotic stress, which results in yield losses. Biotic stresses include damage caused by microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, insects, weeds, and native plants. It occurs to variable degrees in almost all agricultural ecosystems globally. Fungi, bacteria, or viruses may not be present in a given year, although they usually reduce output in the majority of years. Due to changing environmental conditions, plants struggle to attain their full genetic potential for growth and reproduction. This book focuses on understanding the physiological, biochemical, and molecular changes in stressed plants and the mechanisms underlying biotic stress tolerance in plants.
Key Features:
- Explains the different molecular mechanisms and genetic engineering strategies which have been developed and adopted to cope with consistent environmental changes and global climate change.
- It explores the latest developments concerning abiotic and biotic stress response at the molecular level for the improvement of crop quality and sustainable agriculture.
- It presents an exploration of the challenges and conceivable solutions to improve yields of the staple of food crops using data on agricultural sciences and omics technology.
- It discovers how the better understanding of molecular mechanisms of plant response to different stress would be used to improve the quantitative and qualitative features of crop plants and allied areas.
- There will be an inclusion of end-of-chapter problems and case studies.
Table of Content
Preface
Acknowledgement
Editors Biographies
List of contributors
1 Understanding environmental associated abiotic stress response in plants under changing climate
2 Metabolic engineering for understanding abiotic stress tolerance in plants
3 The molecular basis of mineral toxicity in plants
4 Mechanistic insight into understanding drought stress response in plants
5 Engineering salt tolerance in crops: ion transporters and compatible solutes
6 Cold stress: molecular insight and way forward
7 Unraveling the molecular and genetic bases of plant responses to heat stress
8 Oxidative stress responses in plants to abiotic stress tolerance
9 Potential impacts of ultraviolet-B radiation on crop plants and its consequences
10 Physiological and molecular mechanisms of submergence and waterlogging stress tolerance in crops
11 Understanding nitric oxide signaling: plant abiotic stress persepctive
12 Possible role of osmolytes in enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in plants
13 Secondary metabolites and plant abiotic stress responses
1. Molecular breeding in crops for biotic stresses Dr Raman Sundaram, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India, Email: [email protected]
2. Plant adaptive mechanism to control soil-borne pathogens Dr Jake Fountain, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA; Email: [email protected]
3. The Role of antioxidant system vis-a-vis reactive oxygen species with respect to plant pathogen interaction Dr. Anirudh Kumar, Botany, IGNTU, Amarkantak, India. Email: [email protected]
4. Genetic engineering against plant pest: Available approaches Jagadish Jabba, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India; Email: [email protected]
5. Plant strategy to control fungal pathogens: a molecular insight Dr. Himanshu Dubey Seribiotech Research Laboratory, Bangalore, Email: [email protected]
6. Plant defence response against plant viroids Dr. Vipin Hallan, IHBT, Palampur, India Email: [email protected]
7. Molecular breeding strategy against yellow mosaic virus Dr. Pawan Saini, Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Pampore, J & K, Email: [email protected]
8. Molecular insight of postharvest loss in crops and their management Dr. Prerna Thakur, KVK, Moga, Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, Email: [email protected]
9. Role of pathogen-inducible endogenous si RNA in plant resistance Dr. Debashish Dey, Assistant Professor, Biotechnology Department, BHU, Varanasi, Email: [email protected]
10. Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS) for functional genomics Dr. Unamba Chibuikem I. N., Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Imo State University, Nigeria, Email: [email protected]
11 Breeding for Resistance against Soybean White Mold (SWM) through molecular approaches Dr. Pawan Saini, Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Pampore, J & K, Email: [email protected]
12. Modulation of WRKY transcription factor in plant defense Dr. Rama Devi, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, India. Email: Rama:[email protected]
13. Applications of nanotechnology for disease management Dr. Hemalatha, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai Email: [email protected]
About the author
Dr. Pawan Shukla is a Senior Scientist with the Deri-Biotech Research Laboratory within the Silk Board of India. His personal lab is working on the development of mulberry improvement using modern omics tools. He has published a number of research papers in various highly regarded international journals and been the Editor of two Springer books related to Omics technologies for sustainable agriculture and global food security.
Dr. Anirudh Kumar is a research faculty member in the Department of Botany, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, India. He has research experience with more than 10 years in the area of plant molecular biology and plant physiology. His current research interests span from antioxidant studies of medicinal plants to plant pathology. He also teaches courses in these areas. He recently edited two books on sustainable agriculture with Springer.
Dr. Rakesh Kumar is a plant biologist and researcher, currently working as an assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences, University of Karnataka, India. During the past 11 years of research, he has worked in the area of molecular plant biotechnology and crop improvement. His expertise includes genomics and OMICS approaches. He has published several high impact research papers, reviews, book chapters and obtained research grants from both national and international funding agencies.
Dr. Manish K. Pandey leads the Genomics and Trait discovery group at the International Crops Research Institute of India. He developed large scale genomic trials and is widely known for his leading efforts in making molecular breeding a reality by developing improved lines for improved plant disease resistance. He has published over 150 scientific articles in various high impact journals and approximately 200 conference papers. His research interest include genome sequencing, re-sequencing, comparative genomics, transriptomics, trait mapping and gene discovery, development of diagnostic markers, low-cost genotyping assays and molecular breeding in crop plants. He was recently elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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