Genetic manipulation in plants for mitigation of climate change. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Pawan Kumar Jaiwal, Rana Pratap Singh, Om Parkash Dhankher.
• Editors: Jaiwal, Pawan K; Singh, Rana P; Dhankher, Om Parkash
• Contents: 1. Plant responses to tropospheric ozone.- 2. Plant heat stress response and thermotolerance.- 3. Genetic improvement of drought resistance in rice.- 4. Plant breeding for flood tolerance: advances and limitations. 5. Polyamine biosynthesis engineering as a tool to improve plant resistance to abiotic stress.- 6. Enhancing nutrient starvation tolerance in rice.- 7. Engineered Plants for Heavy Metals and Metalloids Tolerance.- 8. Prospects of genetic manipulation for enhanced heavy metal tolerance and bioremediation in relation to climate change.- 9. Biotechnological approaches to mitigate adverse effects of extreme climatic factors on plant productivity.- 10. Anthropogenic increase in carbon dioxide modifies plant-insect interactions.- 11. GM crops for developing world in the era of climate change: for increase of farmer's income, poverty alleviation, nutrition and health.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (241 pages)
• Subjects: 631.5233; Plant genetic engineering; Climate change mitigation; Crops -- Climatic factors
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788132226628
• Related ISBNs: 9788132226604
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