Abiotic Stresses : Plant Resistance Through Breeding and Molecular Approaches /: Plant Resistance Through Breeding and Molecular Approaches. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, M. Ashraf, Philip Harris.
• Editors: Ashraf, M; Harris, Philip
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Preface; PART I: GENERAL OVERVIEW; Chapter 1: Stress Environments and Their Impact on Crop Production; Introduction; Biotic and Abiotic Stresses; Multiple and Variable Stresses and Tolerance; Abiotic Stress Symptoms; Major Abiotic Stresses Limiting Crop Yield; Crop Production in Stressful Conditions; Future Prospects; Chapter 2: Breeding for Stress Resistance: General Principles; Introduction; Breeding for Improved Stress Resistance; The Genetics of Abiotic Stress Tolerance Mechanisms of Stress ResistanceThe Role of Genetic Engineering in Breeding: Implications and Limitations; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Use of Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology Approaches for Crop Improvement for Stress Environments; Introduction; Osmolytes/Osmoprotectants; Oxidative-Stress Tolerance; Stress Proteins; Cellular Membrane Stability; Salt-Stress Tolerance: Ion Homeostasis; Water Uptake and Transpiration; Cell-Wall Elasticity; Marker-Assisted Selection; Conclusions and Future Perspectives; Chapter 4: Genome Mapping and Its Implications for Improving Stress Resistance in Plants The Impact of Drought, Salinity, and Acid Soil Conditions for World AgricultureSelection of Stress-Tolerant Crop Cultivars; Application of DNA Markers to Improve Stress Tolerance; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Breeding for Salinity Tolerance; Introduction; The Problem of Salinization; Mechanisms of Salinity Resistance; Artificial Selection for Salinity Tolerance; Sources of Genetic Variation for Salinity Resistance; Classical Genetics and Marker-Assisted Selection; Genetic Engineering for Salinity Resistance; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Breeding for Drought Resistance; Introduction The Problem of DroughtMethodology and Parameters of Drought Tolerance; Breeding for Drought Tolerance; Genetic Engineering for Resistance to Drought; Limitations and Future Prospects; Chapter 7: Molecular Genetics and Breeding for Flooding Tolerance; Introduction; Tolerance to Flooding; Genetics of Tolerance to Waterlogging and Flooding; Genome Mapping and QTL Analysis; Breeding Strategies for Submergence Tolerance; Flooding Tolerance at the Molecular Level; Chapter 8: Breeding for Metal Tolerance; Introduction; Breeding for Aluminum Tolerance Heavy Metal Contamination and the Demand for PhytoremediationMetal Resistance in Plants and Decontamination Potential; Breeding for Metal Tolerance; Genetic Engineering at the Cellular Level; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Breeding Crops for Adaptation to Environments with Low Nutrient Availability; Introduction; Nutrient Efficiency; Adaptation to Environments Low in P, Fe, Zn, or Mn; Mechanisms Governing Nitrogen Efficiency; Breeding Genotypes for Greater Nutrient Efficiency; Conclusion; Chapter 10: Genetic Improvements of Tolerance to High Temperature; Introduction
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 632/.9; Crop science; Crop science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482293609; 1482293609
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