| Description |
1 online resource (333 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1. Abiotic Stress Management through Elemental Biofortification in Field Crops -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Heavy Metal Stress -- 1.3 Salinity Stress -- 1.4 Drought Stress -- 1.5 Heat (High Temperature) Stress -- References -- 2. Availing Engineered and Biosynthesized Metal-Based Nanoparticles to Alleviate Abiotic Stress -- Abbreviations -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Can Nanoparticles (NPs) Be the Right Choice? -- 2.1.2 Engineered and Biosynthesized NPs |
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2.2 NPs Enable Detection and Alleviation of Abiotic Stress -- 2.3 Delivery, Absorption, and Translocation of NPs in Plants -- 2.4 Mitigation of Abiotic Stress Using NPs -- 2.4.1 NPs and Drought Stress -- 2.4.2 NPs and Heavy Metal Toxicity -- 2.4.3 NPs and Heat Stress -- 2.4.4 NPs and Chilling/Cold Stress -- 2.4.5 NPs and Flooding Stress -- 2.4.6 NPs and Salinity Stress -- 2.4.7 NPs and Other Abiotic Stresses -- 2.5 Future Perspectives and Scopes -- References -- 3. Arsenic Stress Sensitivity, Adaptation, and Mitigation Strategies in Field Crops -- 3.1 Introduction |
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3.2 Crop Sensitivity under As Stress -- 3.3 Molecular Mechanism of Adaptation and Mitigation during As Stress in Crop -- 3.3.1 In Silico Analysis -- 3.3.2 Study of Various Transporters/Transcription Factors/Genes in Field Crop -- 3.3.2.1 Arsenate As(V) Uptake Transporters in Crop Plant -- 3.3.2.2 Arsenite Uptake Transporters in Crop Plant -- 3.3.2.3 Arsenic Influx and Efflux Transporters in Crop Plant -- 3.3.2.4 Genes Involved in As Transformation to Its Various Forms -- 3.3.2.5 Study of Arsenic Detoxification Genes in Crop Plant -- 3.3.3 Other Mitigation Strategies |
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3.3.3.1 Water and Fertilizer Management -- 3.3.3.2 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi Mediated As Tolerance in Crops -- 3.3.3.3 Nanoparticles -- 3.4 Concluding Remark and Future Prospect -- References -- 4. Heavy Metals' Stress Responses in Field Crops -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Sources and Translocation of HM Pollution from Soil to Crop Plants -- 4.3 Various Mechanisms Involved in HMs' Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants -- 4.3.1 Vacuolar Sequestration -- 4.3.2 Production of Different Organic Acids -- 4.3.3 Phyto-Siderophore Biosynthesis -- 4.4 Strategies to Regulate HM Pollution in Crop Plants |
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4.4.1 Application of Plant Bio-Regulators -- 4.4.2 Elemental-Application-Based Management Strategy -- 4.4.3 Phyto and Eco-Remediation Strategies -- 4.4.4 Microbial Amendment -- 4.4.5 Omics (Genomics, Metabolomics and Proteomics) Approaches -- 4.5 Conclusions and Future Perspective -- References -- 5. Chromium Dynamics in Soil-Plant System -- 5.1 Geochemistry of Chromium -- 5.2 Chromium in Soil Environment -- 5.2.1 Natural Presence of Chromium in Rock and Soil -- 5.2.2 Mobility and Bioavailability of Chromium in Soil -- 5.2.3 Plant Response to Cr(VI) |
| Summary |
Abiotic stress such as drought, flooding, soil salinity, heavy metals, metalloids, temperature variation, etc. are significantly affecting productivity and yield of field crops. The proposed book focuses on strategies pertaining to understanding of abiotic stress responses, mitigation strategies, adaptability and tolerance |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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5.2.3.1 Plant Uptake and Translocation of Chromium |
| Subject |
Crops -- Effect of stress on
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moulick, Debojyoti
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| ISBN |
9781000805352 |
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1000805352 |
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