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Increase in world population, extreme weather conditions, decrease
in fresh water supplies, and changes of dietary habits are major
issues that affect global food security. We are expected to face
the challenges of land use by 2050 because population will reach 9
billion while agricultural productivity losses are expected due to
overuse of lands. How can we feed the next generations in a manner
that respects our finite natural resources? Managing our resources
in a sustainable way have only begun for selected crops. Much
remains to be done to increase food yield. Cropping practices
capable of sustainable production need to be elaborated, especially
in fragile ecosystems. Typical applications will include the
improvement and use of genetic resources; crop management and
diversification; diffusion of improved varieties; development of
cropping systems; sustainable cropping systems for areas prone to
environmental degradation; use of agro-ecological data for crop
production forecasting; and networks for regional coordination, and
data exchange. The impetus behind this book is to bring attention
to a cropping system that bears direct relevance to sustainable
agriculture and food security. "Underutilized" crops are found in
numerous agricultural ecosystems and often survive mainly in
marginal areas. It is timely to review their status because, in
recent decades, scientific and economic interests have emerged
which focus on lesser-known cultivated species. Underutilized crops
have a great potential to alleviate hunger directly, through
increasing food production in challenging environments where major
crops are severely limited. "Global Perspectives on Underutilized
Crops" is therefore topical and highlights the unmet agricultural
challenges that we face today. This book is an important resource
for students and researchers of crop science and agricultural
policy makers.
Human demand for energy has grown multi-folds in recent years. This
is the result of rapidly increasing human population, which, in
turn, has resulted in increased organic (petroleum) and inorganic
pollution on the biosphere. Due to this, we are now facing a number
of challenges to sustain life on earth. For example, the increased
organic and inorganic pollution in our environment is leading to
loss of biodiversity, degradation of environment and thus
ultimately causing food insecurity. In this situation, it is
imperative to keep updated ourselves with advances on the effects
of pollutants, tolerance mechanisms and the potential of different
plants and microbes in removing these pollutants from the
environment. For this purpose, we invited a number of scientists
worldwide to review the current scenario of the problems, current
development, and future prospects of the challenges and their
solutions in an International Conference on ''Plants and
Environmental Pollution'' held in KAYSERI, TURKEY from 6-11 July
2009. The output of this conference has been summarized in the form
of this book.
Crop Production Technologies for Sustainable Use and
Conservation:Physiological and Molecular Advances presents an
abundance of research on important and new production technologies
for the successful sustainable production of major crops. The
volume covers most of the major crops used the production of food,
sugar, and commercial fiber. With the focus on sustainability and
conservation issues in crop production, the chapters present
molecular and physiological research and innovations for increasing
yield, quality, and safety while also taking into considering
increasing demand, diminishing water and land resources, and the
agricultural consequences of climate change on crop production. The
major crops discussed include wheat, mungbean, cotton, jute,
sugarcane, eggplant, Solanum (such as potatoes and tomatoes),
peppers, okra, fruits such as apples and pears, and more. The
chapters report on new developments and research on production
techniques related to various fertilizers, biosystematics and
molecular biology of various crops, and building resistance to
climatic change, including drought tolerance, salinity stresses,
and more.
Crop Production Technologies for Sustainable Use and
Conservation:Physiological and Molecular Advances presents an
abundance of research on important and new production technologies
for the successful sustainable production of major crops. The
volume covers most of the major crops used the production of food,
sugar, and commercial fiber. With the focus on sustainability and
conservation issues in crop production, the chapters present
molecular and physiological research and innovations for increasing
yield, quality, and safety while also taking into considering
increasing demand, diminishing water and land resources, and the
agricultural consequences of climate change on crop production. The
major crops discussed include wheat, mungbean, cotton, jute,
sugarcane, eggplant, Solanum (such as potatoes and tomatoes),
peppers, okra, fruits such as apples and pears, and more. The
chapters report on new developments and research on production
techniques related to various fertilizers, biosystematics and
molecular biology of various crops, and building resistance to
climatic change, including drought tolerance, salinity stresses,
and more.
In the recent years, the looming food scarcity problem has
highlighted plant sciences as an emerging discipline committed to
devise new strategies for enhanced crop productivity. The major
factors causing food scarcity are biotic and abiotic stresses such
as plant pathogens, salinity, drought, flooding, nutrient
deficiency or toxicity which substantially limit crop productivity
world-wide. In this scenario, strategies should be adopted to
achieve maximum productivity and economic crop returns. In this
book we have mainly focused on physiological, biochemical,
molecular and genetic bases of crop development and related
approaches that can be used for crop improvement under
environmental adversaries. In addition, the adverse effects of
different biotic (diseases, pathogens etc.) and abiotic (salinity,
drought, high temperatures, metals etc) stresses on crop
development and the potential strategies to enhance crop
productivity under stressful environments are also discussed.
Increase in world population, extreme weather conditions, decrease
in fresh water supplies, and changes of dietary habits are major
issues that affect global food security. We are expected to face
the challenges of land use by 2050 because population will reach 9
billion while agricultural productivity losses are expected due to
overuse of lands. How can we feed the next generations in a manner
that respects our finite natural resources? Managing our resources
in a sustainable way have only begun for selected crops. Much
remains to be done to increase food yield. Cropping practices
capable of sustainable production need to be elaborated, especially
in fragile ecosystems. Typical applications will include the
improvement and use of genetic resources; crop management and
diversification; diffusion of improved varieties; development of
cropping systems; sustainable cropping systems for areas prone to
environmental degradation; use of agro-ecological data for crop
production forecasting; and networks for regional coordination, and
data exchange. The impetus behind this book is to bring attention
to a cropping system that bears direct relevance to sustainable
agriculture and food security. "Underutilized" crops are found in
numerous agricultural ecosystems and often survive mainly in
marginal areas. It is timely to review their status because, in
recent decades, scientific and economic interests have emerged
which focus on lesser-known cultivated species. Underutilized crops
have a great potential to alleviate hunger directly, through
increasing food production in challenging environments where major
crops are severely limited. "Global Perspectives on Underutilized
Crops" is therefore topical and highlights the unmet agricultural
challenges that we face today. This book is an important resource
for students and researchers of crop science and agricultural
policy makers.
Human demand for energy has grown multi-folds in recent years. This
is the result of rapidly increasing human population, which, in
turn, has resulted in increased organic (petroleum) and inorganic
pollution on the biosphere. Due to this, we are now facing a number
of challenges to sustain life on earth. For example, the increased
organic and inorganic pollution in our environment is leading to
loss of biodiversity, degradation of environment and thus
ultimately causing food insecurity. In this situation, it is
imperative to keep updated ourselves with advances on the effects
of pollutants, tolerance mechanisms and the potential of different
plants and microbes in removing these pollutants from the
environment. For this purpose, we invited a number of scientists
worldwide to review the current scenario of the problems, current
development, and future prospects of the challenges and their
solutions in an International Conference on ''Plants and
Environmental Pollution'' held in KAYSERI, TURKEY from 6-11 July
2009. The output of this conference has been summarized in the form
of this book.
This book presents the state of the skill of understanding
brassinosteroids (BRs) signaling plus crosstalk with phytohormone
and their association in plant adaptation to abiotic stresses
comprising physiological, biochemical, and molecular developments.
Due to progressively adverse environmental conditions and scarce
natural resources, high-efficient crops have become more important
than ever. For the successful improvement of stress-tolerant
plants, it is vital to understand the precise signaling appliances
that plants practice to abide stresses as well as how much these
mechanisms are convinced by phytohormone. However, it is also
debatable on which step plants can attain brassinosteroids (BRs)
signaling from an evolutionary viewpoint. BRs are involved in
modulating a large array of important functions throughout a
plant's life cycles. BRs are considered as one of the most
important plant steroidal hormones that show a varied role in
observing a wide range of developmental practices in plants. Our
grip on brassinosteroids signaling has quickly extended over the
past two decades, owing in part to the isolation of the
constituents intricate in the signal transduction trail. The book
proposes a useful guide for plant researchers and graduate students
in connected areas.
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