Approaches to Plant Stress and their Management

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Integrated Management of Polluted Soils for Enhancing Productivity and Quality of Crops

   • J. K. Saha, A. Subba Rao, B. Mandal

   Pages 1-21

3. Targeting of Metabolic Pathways for Genetic Engineering to Combat Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants

   • Shivangi Chamoli, A. K. Verma

   Pages 23-37

4. Role of Organic and Inorganic Chemicals in Plant-Stress Mitigation

   • Taqi Ahmed Khan, Mohd Mazid, Saima Quddusi

   Pages 39-52

5. Role of Calcium/Calmodulin in Plant Stress Response and Signaling

   • Ritika Das, Amita Pandey, Girdhar K. Pandey

   Pages 53-84

6. Herbicide Resistance in Phalaris minor and Genetic Medication in Crop

   • M. K. Tripathi, A. K. Gaur

   Pages 85-106

7. Phenology Modelling and GIS Applications in Pest Management: A Tool for Studying and Understanding Insect-Pest Dynamics in the Context of Global Climate Change

   • Babasaheb B. Fand, Jaipal S. Choudhary, Mahesh Kumar, Santanu K. Bal

   Pages 107-124

8. Influence of Moisture Stress on Growth, Development, Physiological Process and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables and Its Management Strategies

   • P. Suresh Kumar, P. S. Minhas, V. Govindasamy, R. L. Choudhary

   Pages 125-148

9. Plant Water-Stress Response Mechanisms

   • Surajit Bhattacharjee, Ajay Krishna Saha

   Pages 149-172

10. Abiotic Stresses in Major Pulses: Current Status and Strategies

    • R. Sultana, A. K. Choudhary, A. K. Pal, K. B. Saxena, B. D. Prasad, Ravigopal Singh

    Pages 173-190

11. Photosynthesis and Associated Aspects Under Abiotic Stresses Environment

    • Kiran P. Bhagat, R. Arun Kumar, Pasala Ratnakumar, Satish Kumar, S. K. Bal, P. K. Agrawal

    Pages 191-205

12. The Effects of Drought on Plant Communities in the Desert Rangelands of Tunisia

    • Mouldi Gamoun, Jamila Zammouri

    Pages 207-217

13. Effect of Cold Stress on Photosynthesis of Plants and Possible Protection Mechanisms

    • S. Adam, S. D. S. Murthy

    Pages 219-226

14. Oxidative Stress in Plants and Its Management

    • Sachin Teotia, Deepali Singh

    Pages 227-253

15. Weed Stress in Plants

    • Meenal Rathore, Raghwendra Singh, Partha Pratim Choudhary, Bhumesh Kumar

    Pages 255-265

16. Heavy Metals Stress on Poplar: Molecular and Anatomical Modifications

    • Luca Sebastiani, Alessandra Francini, Stefania Romeo, Andrea Ariani, Antonio Minnocci

    Pages 267-279

17. Molecular Mechanism of Benign Microbe-Elicited Alleviation of Biotic and Abiotic Stresses for Plants

    • Anukool Vaishnav, Shekhar Jain, Amrita Kasotia, Sarita Kumari, Rajarshi Kumar Gaur, Devendra Kumar Choudhary

    Pages 281-295

18. MAPK Signaling Cascades and Transcriptional Reprogramming in Plant–Pathogen Interactions

    • Gohar Taj, Priyanka Giri, Mohd Tasleem, Anil Kumar

    Pages 297-316

19. An Overview of Antiviral RNA Silencing in Plant: Biogenesis, Host–Virus Interaction and Potential Applications

    • Saumik Basu, Veerendra Kumar Sharma, Dhriti Bhattacharyya, Supriya Chakraborty

    Pages 317-337

20. Fungal Disease Management in Plants

    • Deepali Singh, Sachin Teotia

    Pages 339-352

Plant stresses are serious threats to the sustainability of crop yields accounting for more crop productivity losses than any other factor in rainfed agriculture. Post-harvest losses mean surplus crops do not reach market, affecting the livelihoods of farming families, and too often these families are left with no other option than to eat contaminated stored food. These constraints impact the food security of these farming families as well as the communities and countries in which they live. This book is the demonstration of a clear synergistic effect of stresses, an effect that was unexpectedly as important as either stress applied alone. This book will add to our current knowledge of abiotic stress response in plants and will provide the groundwork necessary to build future strategies for crop enhancement. The fundamental principles that underpin all biotechnology are explained and a full range of examples  discussed to show how these principles are applied; from starting substrate to final product. It will be beneficial to both plant breeders and molecular biologists, because it combines the topics of physiology, tolerance genes, and breeding methods. When these topics are presented together, it is easy to compare all aspects of tolerance mechanisms and breeding methods for abiotic stresses. These comparisons are useful to understand which pathways or which genes are important for rendering more tolerance to a certain abiotic stress, and to bring forward new ideas for improving the tolerance. Features •Cover both plant biotic and abiotic stresses •Important factors in managing crops for water stress conditions •Substantially increase the sustainable productivity of smallholder farmers in developing countries •Genetic and biochemical approaches – if those approaches constitute a substantial improvement on current practices.

• Biodiversity
• Mathematical modelling
• Plant Molecular Biology
• Transgenic

“This book is a comprehensive study and discussion about the plant stresses and their management aspects. … the book is suitable for policy makers, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students of, plant and soil science, and environmental sciences.” (Ram Swaroop Meena, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 102, September, 2015)

• Department of Science Faculty of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mody Institute of Technology & Science, Sikar, India

  R.K. Gaur

• Division of Crop Improvement, Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal, India

  Pradeep Sharma

Dr. Rajarshi Kumar Gaur is presently working as Head and Associate Professor, Department of Science, Mody Institute of Technology and Science (Deemed University), Lakshmangarh, Sikar, Rajasthan, India. He has partially characterized three sugarcane viruses viz., sugarcane mosaic virus, sugarcane streak mosaic virus and sugarcane yellow luteovirus.He worked on development of marker-free transgenic plants against cucumber viruses. He has made significant contributions on sugarcane viruses and published 80 national/international papers and presented near about 45 papers in the national and international conferences.

Dr. Pradeep Sharma is working as Senior Scientist (Biotechnology) at Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal, India. Dr. Sharma has made significant contribution in geminiviruses from South East Asia and published more than 80 national and international research papers, invited chapters, reviews and edited three books in biotechnology and geminivirology. He has studied the role of suppressors encoded by monopartite Tomato leaf curl Java and Ageratum yellow vein begomoviruses.Currently, he is working on functional genomics, small RNAs and bioinformatics of wheat.

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