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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- End User License Agreement -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Influence of Abiotic Stress on Molecular Responses of Flowering in Rice -- Chanchal Kumari1, Shobhna Yadav1 and Ramu S. Vemanna1,* -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Receptor for Light and Temperature -- 1.2. Reproduction and Maintenance of Shoot Apical Meristem -- 1.3. Molecular Mechanisms of Flowering -- 1.4. Adaptation of Rice to Different Climatic Conditions -- 1.5. Development Made at Molecular Level to Combat Abiotic Stress in Plants -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCE |
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A Peep into the Tolerance Mechanism and the Sugar Beet Response to Salt Stress -- Varucha Misra1,* and Ashutosh Kumar Mall1 -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Characteristics of Halophytes for Salt Stress Condition -- 1.2. Salt Stress Tolerance Mechanism in Sugar Beet -- 1.3. Salt Overly Sensitive (SOS) Pathway for Salt Tolerance -- 1.4. The Response of Sugar Beet under Salt Stress -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- The Role of Functional Genomics to Fight the Abiotic Stresses for Better Crop Quality and Production -- Neha Sharma1,*, Bharti Choudhary1 and Nimisha Sharma2 -- 1. INTRODUCTION |
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1.1. The Use of Functional Genomics in Studying Plant Physiology under Abiotic Stresses -- 1.1.1. Microarrays and MicroRNAs -- 1.1.2. Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) -- 1.1.3. RNA Sequencing -- 1.1.4. RNAi -- 1.1.5. CRISPR/Cas9 -- 1.1.6. Tilling and ECO Tilling -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Genetic Enhancement for Salt Tolerance in Rice -- Morphological and Physiological Responses of Plants Under Temperature Stress and Underlying Mechanisms -- Asma Shakeel1,*, Syed Andleeba Jan1, Shakeel A Mir2, Z. Mehdi1, Inayat M. Khan1 and Mehnaz Shakeel1 -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TEMPERATURE STRESS |
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3. PLANT RESPONSES TO HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT) STRESS: AN OVERVIEW -- 3.1. Germination Stage -- 3.2. Photosynthesis -- 3.3. Reproductive Growth -- 3.4. Transpiration -- 3.5. Water Relation -- 3.6. Oxidative Stress -- 3.7. Yield -- 4. MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRESS -- 4.1. The Function of Modified Membrane in Heat Tolerance -- 4.2. The Function of Antioxidative Defense in Heat Tolerance -- 4.3. The Function of Heat Stress Proteins (Hsps) in Heat Tolerance -- 4.4. The Function of Exogenous Phyto-protectants in Heat Tolerance -- 4.5. Genetic Engineering Approach For Heat Tolerance |
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5. PLANT RESPONSE TO LOW-TEMPERATURE STRESS: AN OVERVIEW -- 5.1. Chilling Injury -- 5.2. Cytological Changes Caused by Chilling Injury -- 5.3. Physiological Changes Caused by Chilling Injury -- 5.4. Water Regimes -- 5.5. Mineral Nutrition -- 5.6. Respiration Rate -- 5.7. Photosynthesis Rate -- 6. MECHANISM FOR CHILLING TOLERANCE -- 6.1. Thermal Effect -- 6.2. Chemical Treatment -- 6.3. Cellular and Genetic Engineering -- 6.4. Freezing Injury -- 7. MECHANISM FOR FREEZING TOLERANCE -- 7.1. Adaptation -- 7.2. Avoidance -- 7.3. Tolerance -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES |
| Summary |
Molecular and Physiological Insights into Plant Stress Tolerance and Applications in Agriculture is an edited volume that presents research on plant stress responses at both molecular and physiological levels. Key Features: - Emphasizes the morphological and physiological reactions of plants and the underlying molecular mechanisms when faced with stress from environmental or pathogenic factors. - Explores microbial dynamics within the plant rhizosphere and the |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Molecular Studies and Metabolic Engineering of Phytohormones for Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789815136562 |
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9815136569 |
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