This edited book is collection of information on molecular interventions needed for climate-resilient forage crops. The main focus is to address the gap in the advanced scientific knowledge for the forage species. Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate, and even slight change in climatic factors such as temperature causes tremendous losses in yield potential. Forage crops are crucial in global food security and environmental sustainability and face several environmental challenges in field conditions. However, the research on forage crops is far-off compared to agricultural crops and causes a substantial gap in forage demand and productivity. Further, this gap is directly associated with animal health, reproduction, and productivity. Abiotic stresses mainly affect the plant's crucial processes, ultimately reducing the final yield. The problem of abiotic stresses is more frequent in forage crops as they are growing and cultivated in less productive soil and harsh conditions. This book discusses current aspects of crucial physiological, biochemical and molecular processes in forage crops, which are essential for forage crops improvement. The text's major focus is on the advanced technologies and approaches such as seed priming, bio-fortification, breeding, omics, transgenic and bioengineering of metabolic pathways in unique ways, which helps us develop innovative solutions for forage crops. This book covers all the crucial advance technologies, which help mitigate the abiotic stresses in forage crops. We believe that this book will initiate and introduce the readers to state-of-the-art developments and unique in this field of study. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, climate change scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists and policymakers will also find this a worthwhile read.

The diversity of dental ceramics continues to stimulate laboratory and clinical research. Systems such as Dicor and Empress are now established, and data regarding the in vitro and in vivo performance of such restorations have been reported widely. Modifications to several systems have been suggested or introduced to overcome certain disadvantages. The potential of the In-Ceram system remains to be exploited to the full. The diversity and sophistication of some of the CAD-CAM systems may prove to be influential in the future. Each system has its own merits, but may also have shortcomings. Combinations of materials and techniques are beginning to emerge which aim to exploit the best features of each. Glass-ceramic and glass-infiltrated alumina blocks for CAD-CAM restoration production are examples of these and it is anticipated that this trend is likely to continue....

The objective of this study was to optimize a periodontal drug delivery system containing antibacterial drugs having synergistic activity for the treatment of mixed periodontal infections. Periodontal pockets provide natural reservoir bathed by gingival crevicular fluid that is easily accessible for the insertion of a delivery device. Controlled release delivery of antimicrobials directly into periodontal pockets has received great interest and appears to hold a sound promise in periodontal therapy. Both topical drug delivery and controlled drug release have been termed as local drug delivery. It does not substitute the local instrumentation but acts as an adjunct to it. The periodic use of local drug delivery in minimizing bleeding, stabilizing attachment levels and thereby reducing probing depth, would allow better control and management of periodontal disease. Various drugs have been under investigation for more than 3 decades promising encouraging results. The rationales of using antibacterial drugs through local delivery into the periodontal pockets have been discussed.

The objectives of this compilation is to provide an overview of Transdermal drug delivery system. Here matrix patches of Glipizide by using different ratio of ethyl cellulose and polyvinylpyrrolidone K-30 preapared and characterized. The influence of oleic acid (OA) and its combined effect with propylene glycol (PG) on the percutaneous permeation of drug was also studied. All the in- vitro studies were conducted by using cellophane membrane and human cadaver skin. Data recorded over 24 hr was compared with that for control formulation (containing no enhancers) using Franz diffusion cells. Stability study and statistical analysis of data was also done. This book would be effective for those persons working at initial stage of Transdermal drug delivry.