Crop Production for Agricultural Improvement

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Crop Improvement Through Different Means: Challenges and Prospects

   • Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Münir Öztürk, Ahmad Aksoy

   Pages 1-15

3. Breeding for Crop Improvement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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4. Breeding for crop improvement

   1. Bridging Genomic and Classical Breeding Approaches for Improving Crop Productivity

      • Mehboob-ur-Rahman, Tayyaba Shaheen, Muhammad Ashraf, Yusuf Zafar

      Pages 19-41

   2. Breeding for Improved Drought Tolerance

      • Abazar Rajabi, Eric Schmieder Ober

      Pages 43-56

   3. Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance/Tolerance in Plants

      • Carlotta Balconi, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Mario Motto, Enrico Biancardi

      Pages 57-114

   4. The American Halophyte Prosopis strombulifera, a New Potential Source to Confer Salt Tolerance to Crops

      • Mariana Reginato, Verónica Sgroy, Analía Llanes, Fabricio Cassán, Virginia Luna

      Pages 115-143

   5. Breeding for Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

      • L. F. De Filippis

      Pages 145-200

   6. Breeding Wheat for Salt Tolerance and Stem Rust Resistance

      • Makhdoom Hussain, Aziz ur Rehman, Imran Habib, Mumtaz Hussain, Nadeem Ahmad, Muhammad Arif Khan et al.

      Pages 201-216

   7. The Potential of Breeding Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) for Water Stress Tolerance

      • Abdul Naveed, Asif Ali Khan, Saeed Rauf

      Pages 217-235

5. Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Genetics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237

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6. Biotechnology , Molecular Biology and Genetics

   1. Biotechnology as an Aid for Crop Improvement to Overcome Food Shortage

      • Khalid ul Rehman Hakeem, Münir Öztürk, Parvaiz Ahmad, Abdul Razaque Memon

      Pages 239-261

   2. Plant Genetic Engineering: Problems and Applications

      • Bushra Rashid, Tayyab Husnain, Sheikh Riazuddin

      Pages 263-290

   3. Transcriptomics and Proteomics Analysis of Root Nodules of Model Legume Plants

      • Abdul Razaque Memon

      Pages 291-315

   4. Agrobacterium tumefaciens and its Use in Plant Biotechnology

      • İbrahim İlker Özyiğit

      Pages 317-361

   5. Progress and Prospects for Efficient Micropropagation of Woody Plants

      • Faheem Aftab

      Pages 363-377

   6. Novel Methods in Micropropagation of Pistachio

      • Engin Tilkat, Yelda Ozden Çiftçi, Hulya Akdemir, Ahmet Onay, Emine Ayaz Tilkat

      Pages 379-393

   7. Crop Productivity and Water Use Efficiency: The Role of Carbon Isotope Discrimination Technique

      • Javed Akhter, Philippe Monneveux

      Pages 395-416

   8. Behaviour of Plant Pathogens for Crops Under Stress During the Determination of Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Approaches for Salt Stress Tolerance

      • Murat Dikilitas, Sema Karakas

      Pages 417-441

   9. Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Drought Tolerance in Wheat Triticum L. Genotypes

      • Irada Mammad Huseynova, Samira Mahammadrahim Rustamova, Saftar Yusif Suleymanov, Jalal Alirza Aliyev

      Pages 443-476

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.

• Crop improvement
• Crop production
• Disease resistance
• Food security
• Stress tolerance

• Faculty of Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

  Muhammad Ashraf

• Center for Environmental Studies, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

  Münir Öztürk

• , Department of Botany, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

  Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad

• , Department of Biology, Erciyes University, Melikgazi, Turkey

  Ahmet Aksoy

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