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Sustainable Plant Nutrition

Molecular Interventions and Advancements for Crop Improvement

  • 1st Edition - October 20, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Tariq Aftab, Khalid Rehman Hakeem
  • Language: English

Sustainable Plant Nutrition: Molecular Interventions and Advancements for Crop Improvement explores the significant opportunities for sustainable, eco-friendly approaches in plant… Read more

Description

Sustainable Plant Nutrition: Molecular Interventions and Advancements for Crop Improvement explores the significant opportunities for sustainable, eco-friendly approaches in plant nutrition and agricultural crop production. The book highlights the various prospects involved in optimizing plant nutrient uptake agriculture and includes chapters representing diverse areas dealing with biotechnology, nanotechnology, molecular biology, proteomics, genomics and metabolomics. This book is an ideal resource for those seeking to ensure a sustainable plant production future.

While plants have evolved a set of elaborate mechanisms to cope with nutrient limitations, the traditional supplementation by the application of fertilizers to plant productivity may then lead to overfertilization which can actually reduce plant growth and have adverse effects on the environment. To tackle these issues, a detailed understanding of the responses of plants to nutrients and nutrient deficiency at the physiological, metabolic, transcriptome and epigenetic level is essential.

Key features

  • Illustrates the central role of sustainable plant nutrition to address current and future challenges
  • Presents global insights and research ranging from signaling to sensing and translational research
  • Provides a forward-looking perspective for future plans of action

Readership

Researchers, academics and advanced level students in agriculture and plant science. Those focused on plant mineral nutrition, sensing and signaling as well as agricultural sustainability

Table of contents

1. Plant nutrition and soil fertility: Physiological and molecular avenues for crop improvement

2. Nutrient acquisition, transport and metabolism within the plant cells

3. Molecular basis of plant nutrient use efficiency - concepts and challenges for its improvement

4. Role of mineral nutrients in biological nitrogen fixation

5. Physiological and molecular aspects of macronutrient uptake by higher plants

6. Physiological and molecular aspects of micronutrient uptake by higher plants

7. Physiological, molecular and epigenetic revelations in nutrient requirement status of crops influenced by intercropping

8. Nutrient sensing in plants

9. Use of nano-fertilizers to improve the nutrient use efficiencies

10. Why and how to prevent over-fertilization for sustainable crop productivity

11. Molecular basis of abiotic stress alleviation by micronutrients

12. Nutrient dependent regulation of root architecture

13. Phytohormone dependant regulation of mineral nutrients in plants

14. Strategies for enhancing nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency in crop production systems

15. Metabolite flux analysis to understand effects of mineral nutrition on crop physiology

16. Role of microorganisms in plant nutrition and soil health

17. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and root system functioning

18. Regulation of expression of genes encoding nutrient transporters in higher plants

19. Improving nutrient use efficiency by exploiting genetic engineering of crops

20. Role of inorganic biostimulants and beneficial elements in improving nutrient uses efficiency in crops

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 24, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

TA

Tariq Aftab

Tariq Aftab received his PhD from the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, where he is currently a Senior Assistant Professor. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz DAAD fellowship from Germany, a Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from both the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India. He has also served as a Visiting Scientist at IPK Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University, United States. Dr. Aftab has edited numerous books for major international publishers, including Elsevier, Springer Nature, and CRC Press. He has co-authored several book chapters and published extensively in peer-reviewed, international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and crop plants.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

KH

Khalid Rehman Hakeem

Dr. Hakeem is a Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Head of the Plant Biotechnology Research Unit at the Princess Dr. Najlaa Bint Saud Al Saud Center for Distinguished Research in Biotechnology. His academic journey includes roles as Assistant Professor at the University of Kashmir and research appointments in Malaysia. He holds a Ph.D. in Botany from Jamia Hamdard, India, with expertise in plant eco-physiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, and medicinal plant research. He has authored numerous books, journal articles, and book chapters, and serves on editorial boards for leading publishers. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and affiliated with international scientific societies. His work focuses on advancing plant science through global collaborations and research on eco-physiological and molecular processes.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Makkah Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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