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Crop Improvement New Approaches and Modern Techniques /

The improvement of crop species has been a basic pursuit since cultivation began thousands of years ago. To feed an ever increasing world population will require a great increase in food production.  Wheat, corn, rice, potato and few others are expected to lead as the most important crops in the wor...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hakeem, Khalid Rehman. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ahmad, Parvaiz. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ozturk, Munir. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Plant breeding.
Plant genetics.
Plant science.
Botany.
Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.
Plant Genetics and Genomics.
Plant Sciences.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7028-1
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Agrobacterium rhizogenes-Mediated Transformation and Its Biotechnological Applications in Crops
  • Chapter 2. Bioinformatic Tools in Crop Improvement
  • Chapter 3. Crop Improvement Through Plant Tissue Culture
  • Chapter 4. Mutagenesis – A Potential Approach for Crop Improvement
  • Chapter 5. Role of Bio-fertilizers in Crop Improvement
  • Chapter 6. Plant-Microorganism Interactions: Effects on the Tolerance of Plants to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
  • Chapter 7. Biotic Stress and Crop Improvement: A Wheat Focus Around Novel Strategies
  • Chapter 8. Variability in Fusarium Species Causing Wilt Disease in Crops: A Transcriptomic Approach to Characterize Dialogue Between Host and Pathogen
  • Chapter 9. Coping Abiotic Stress with Plant Volatile Organic Chemicals (PVOCs): A Promising Approach
  • Chapter 10. An Overview of Omics for Wheat Grain Quality Improvement
  • Chapter 11. From Agronomy  to Molecular Genetics and Proteomics in an Effort to Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops
  • Chapter 12. Arsenic Toxicity and Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants: An Overview
  • Chapter 13. Arsenic Stress in Plants: An Inside Story
  • Chapter 14. In vitro Production of Secondary Metabolites Using Elicitor in Catharanthus roseus: A Case Study
  • Chapter 15. Handling Soybean (Glycine max L.) Under Stress
  • Chapter 16. Environmental and Economical Opportunities for the Valorisation of the Genus Atriplex: New Insights
  • Chapter 17. Dealing with Environmental Stresses: Role of Polyamines in Stress Responses.

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