Molecular response and genetic engineering for stress in plants. Volume 1, Abiotic stress / edited by Pawan Shukla, Anirudh Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Manish K. Pandey. - 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). - [IOP release $release] IOP ebooks. [2022 collection] . - IOP (Series). Release 22. IOP ebooks. 2022 collection. .

"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Understanding environmental associated abiotic stress response in plants under changing climate / Vinay Sharma, Kalant Jambaladinni, Nitesh Singh, Neelam Mishra, Anirudh Kumar and Rakesh Kumar -- 2. Metabolic engineering for understanding abiotic stress tolerance in plants / Manoj Kumar and Kadambot H.M. Siddique -- 3. The molecular basis of mineral toxicity in plants / Abin Sebastian -- 4. Mechanistic insight into understanding drought stress response in plants / Vinita Sharma, Vinay Sharma, Abhishek Bhandawat, Ankita Mishra, Chibuikem Unamba, Joy Roy, Vikas Sharma and Himanshu Sharma -- 5. Engineering salt tolerance in crops : ion transporters and compatible solutes / Israr Ahmed and Pawan Shukla -- 6. Cold stress : molecular insight and way forward / Nikhil Malhotra and Shivani Sharma -- 7. Unraveling the molecular and genetic basis of plant responses to heat stress / Ashish Gautam, Vinay Sharma, Charupriya Chauhan, Ravindra K. Panwar, Salil K. Tewari and S.K. Verma -- 8. Oxidative stress responses in plants to abiotic stress tolerance / Abhaypratap Vishwakarma, Srinivas Suresh, Priscilla Kagolla, Devade Pandurang Ramrao, Naveen Kumar Singh, Pawan Shukla, Rakesh Kumar and Gaurav Kumar -- 9. Potential impacts of ultraviolet-B radiation on crop plants and its consequences / Pooja Singh and Krishna Kumar Choudhary -- 10. Physiological and molecular mechanisms of submergence and waterlogging stress tolerance in crops / Jinu Jacob, K. Bini and K.V. Sumiya -- 11. Understanding nitric oxide signaling : plant abiotic stress perspective / Mallikarjuna Rao Puli -- 12. Possible role of osmolytes in enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in plants / Gulab Khan Rohela, Pawan Saini and Pawan Shukla -- 13. Secondary metabolites and plant abiotic stress responses / Himabindu Vasuki Kilambi, Shweta, Deepanker Yadav and Kamal Tyagi .

An exploration of climate challenges and near possible solution to improve yield, this edited book entitled "Molecular Response and Genetic Engineering for Stress in Plants, Volume 1: Abiotic stress" comprehensively and coherently reviews the different abiotic stress response mechanisms in plants with respect to the various aspects of rapidly growing omics techniques like genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and strategies through genetic engineering and molecular breeding for crop improvement.

Undergraduate, graduate and research students. Faculty teaching UG and PG courses.




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Dr. Pawan Shukla is a Senior Scientist with the Seri-Biotech Research Laboratory under the Central Silk Board of India.

9780750349215 9780750349208

10.1088/978-0-7503-4921-5 doi


Plant physiology.
Sustainability.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany.
Plants--Effect of stress on--Molecular aspects.
Plants--Effect of stress on--Genetic aspects.
Plant genetic engineering.
Plant molecular biology.

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