Short description:

Agricultural Crop Improvement: Plant and Soil Relationships addresses key issues of crop plants yield and production, with molecular and physiological interventions to evolve future strategies that will overcome these challenges faced by the agricultural sector.

Long description:

Larger amounts of nutritious food are required to feed the growing world population, which is a great challenge due to water shortages and reduced crop plant yield. To overcome this issue, there must be improvement in crop plant production systems. Agricultural Crop Improvement: Plant and Soil Relationships addresses key issues of crop plant yield and production, with molecular and physiological interventions to evolve future strategies that will overcome these challenges faced by the agricultural sector.

Features

• Investigates modern and traditional agricultural techniques, including nanomaterials, nanosensors, genetic engineering, molecular breeding, nutrient and plant hormone interactions, microbiome engineering, soil enzymes, biostimulants, and intercropping


• Explores how technologies and scientific advancements from biotechnology, information technology, and environmental science are revolutionizing sustainable farming practices

Agricultural Crop Improvement: Plant and Soil Relationships is a valuable source of information for researchers and extension workers involved in sustainable crop plants improvement and practices, and a useful resource for students and scientists working on aspects of agriculture, botany, plant science, crop physiology, crop biotechnology, and microbiology.

Table of Contents:

1.Perspectives of nanomaterials for crop plants improvement and practices

Murugan Karuvelan, Shradha Raj, Gayathri Gururajan, Ramachandran Chelliah, Ghazala Sultan, Momna Rubab, Deog Hwan Oh

2.Role of nanosensors for sustainable agricultural practices

Murugan Karuvelan, Soumya Lakshman, Usharani Boopathy, Ramachandran Chelliah, Deog Hwan Oh

3.Genetic Engineering and Micropropagation Techniques for Crop Plant Improvement

Farheen Bhatti, Aaliya Batool, Yousuf Shafiq, Muhammad Sheraz Hassan, Naeem Ahmad, Abida Kausar, Noreen Zahra

4.Engineering Soil Microbiota for Crop Plant Improvement

Megha Barot, Arpan Modi, Azamal Husen

5.Molecular breeding for crop plants: improvement and practices

Asad Azeem, Amina Hafeez,  Sami Ul-Allah 

6.Molecular, physiological and biochemical aspects of crop plant with PGPR under harsh environment

Avinash S. H., Manasa S. G., Yalavarthi Nagaraju, P. Gangadhara Rao, Sayanti Mandal

7.Biochemical and physiological concepts for plant improvement

Sana Khalid, Tasveer Zahra Tariq, Behzad Murtaza, Abdullah A. Al-Kahtani, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Muhammad Shahid

8.Crop plant response under the influence of plant hormone and adverse situation

Eksha Gulian, Sangita Banga, Fouad Damiri, Mithilesh Yadav, Arpit Sand

9.Proteomics and genomics investigation of micronutrients and macronutrients deficiency and toxicity in plant system

Faisal Rasheed, Ritu Chaudhary, Altaf Ahmad

10.Molecular and Physiological Studies of the Role of Micronutrients in Sustainable Growth and Development of Crop Plants

Aryadeep Roychoudhury, Swayambhik Mukherjee, Anindya Ghosh

11.Molecular and Physiological Concepts Macronutrient in Crop Plant Growth and Development

Noopur Khare, Pragati Khare, Sachidanand Singh

12.Interactive role of mineral nutrient and plant hormones in crop plant growth and development

Sandra Fabiola Velasco Ramirez, Ana Cristina Ramirez Anguiano, Ana Paulina Velasco Ramírez, Alejandro Velasco Ramírez, Milagros Melissa Flores Fonseca

13.Perspectives of nutrient sensing and signalling in crop plants

Priti Pal, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Azamal Husen

14.Functional and innovative fertilizers to improve crop plant growth

Ana Paulina Velasco-Ramírez, Sandra Fabiola Velasco-Ramírez, Armando Rafael Hernández-Pérez, Ana Cristina Ramírez-Anguiano, Alejandro Velasco-Ramírez, and Martha Isabel Torres-Morán

15.Perspectives of soil enzymes in sustainable crop production

Mohamed A. Amin, Hossam M. Fouda, Mahmoud S. Osman

16.Rhizosphere biology for higher growth and yield

Pankaj Mandal, Pronobesh Ghosh, Rittick Mondal, Harshita Shand, Amit Kumar Mandal

17.Nutrient Management on Soil Organic Carbon Storage and Crop Production under Changing Environment

Naeem Ahmad, Ahmad Latif Virk, Muhammad Rizwan Shoukat, Noreen Zahra, Iqra Arshad, Xiaoli Wang, Jun Li1, Muhammad Bilal Hafeez

18.Traditional agricultural crop plants practices and food security

Eksha Guliani, Sangita Banga, Jaya Tuteja, Fouad Damiri, Mohammed Berrada, Mithilesh Yadav Arpit Sand

19.Experiment tools used as a biostimulant for sustainable crop plants improvement and practices

Tushar Goyal, Deepak Kumar, Anand Kumar Gaurav, Arpan Mukherjee, Gowardhan Kumar Chouhan, and Jay Prakash Verma