Abiotic stress, such as high salinity and drought is the most common challenge for sustainable food production in large parts of the world, in particular in emerging countries. The ongoing and expected global climate change will further increase these challenges in many areas, making improved stress resistance of crops a key topic for the 21st century.
Proteomics, genomics and metabolomics are methods allowing for the rapid and complete analysis of the complete physiology of crop plants. This knowledge in turn, is the prerequisite for improvements of crop resistance against abiotic stress through genetic engineering or traditional breeding methods.
The latest update on improving crop resistance against abiotic stress is presented by well-balanced international mix of contributors from industry and academia covering work done with individual crop plants, while also including studies of model organisms such as Arabidopsis that can then be applied to specific crop plants.
From the contents:- Introduction into plant abiotic stress response.
- Methods to improve plant abiotic stress response.
- Species specific case studies.
This multivolume reference work is a long awaited must-have for every scientist working in the fields of basic and applied crop science, plant physiology and plant biotechnology.
Contents
- Genetic modification of crops: Past, present and future.
- Omics techniques in crop research: An overview.
- Translational biology approaches to improve abiotic stress tolerance in crops.
- Functional genomics of drought tolerance in crops: Engineering transcriptional regulators and pathways.
- Transcriptomic and metabolomic approaches to the analysis of plant freezing tolerance and cold acclimation.
- Molecular breeding for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance using halophytes.
- Helicases in improving abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants.
- Cotton: genetic improvement for drought stress tolerance - current status and research needs.
- Wheat: Functional genomics of abiotic stress tolerance.
- Rice: Genomics-assisted breeding for drought tolerance.
- Maize: Physiological and molecular approaches for improving drought tolerance.
- Barley: Omics approaches for abiotic stress tolerance.
- Sugarcane: Physiological and molecular approaches for improving abiotic stress tolerance and sustaining crop productivity.
- Sunflower: Improving crop productivity and abiotic stress tolerance.
- Sorghum: Improvement of abiotic stress tolerance.
- Brassica crop species: Improving water use efficiency - challenges and opportunities.
- Generation and Scavenging of Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants under Stress.
- Understanding the `Commoneome? Operative in Plants in Response to Various Abiotic Stresses.
About the Authors
- Dr. Narendra Tuteja did his M.Sc., Ph.D and D.Sc. in Biochemistry from the Lucknow University in 1977, 1982 and 2008, respectively. He is fellow of the Academies of Sciences: FNASc. (2003), FNA (2007), FASc. (2009) and FNESA (2009).
- Dr. Sarvajeet Singh Gill did his B.Sc. (1998) from Kanpur University and M.Sc. (2001, Gold Medalist), M. Phil. (2003) and Ph.D (2009) from Aligarh Muslim University.
- Dr. Renu Tuteja did her B.Sc. (1975) and M.Sc. (1977) from Lucknow University and Ph.D. (1983) from Kanpur University.
- Prof. Antonio F. Tiburcio (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; Chair, International Network of Plant Abiotic Stress, cost-inpas. org)
Book Details
- Hardcover: 1534 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-VCH; 1 edition (April 24, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3527328408
- ISBN-13: 978-3527328406
- Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 3.1 inches
List Price: $525.00