1st Edition
Plant Stress Biology Progress and Prospects of Genetic Engineering
1. Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metal in Plants: Morphological and Physiological Changes
V. Verma, G. Singhal, P. Singh, and N. Srivastava
2. Different Environmental Stress for Enhanced Biofuel Production from Plant Biomass
S. Joshi, M. Choudhary, and N. Srivastava
3. Application of Plant Stress for Enhanced Biofuel Production
Shritoma Sengupta, Debalina Bhattacharya, and Mainak Mukhopadhyay
4. Improving Plant Adaptation/Tolerance Under Stress Conditions: Future Prospects
Ranjeet Kaur and Rupam Kumar Bhunia
5. MicroRNAs as a Potential Tool to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
Chandra Pal Singh
6. Molecular Approaches for Engineering Plants Resistant to Viruses
Nirbhay Kumar Kushwaha, Shweta Roy, Mansi, Hasthi Ram, and Praveen Soni
7. Plant Responses to Weeds, Pests, Pathogens, and Agrichemical Stress Conditions
Rituparna Saha, Debalina Bhattacharya, and Mainak Mukhopadhyay
8. Stomatal Adaptive Response in Plants under Drought Stress
Hasthi Ram, Amandeep Kaur, Nishu Gandass, Megha Katoch, Shweta Roy, Nirbhay Kumar Kushwaha, and Praveen Soni
9. Understanding the Epigenetic Regulation of Plants Under Stress and Potential Application in Agriculture
Shweta Roy, Nirbhay Kumar Kushwaha, Hasthi Ram, and Praveen Soni
10. Understanding the Mechanism of Drought Tolerance in Pearl Millet
Praveen Soni
11. Biotic Stress on Wheat: An Overview
Pankaj Kumar Singh, Sunita Singh, and Girish Chandra Pandey
12. Effect of Water Scarcity and High Temperature on Wheat Productivity
Vidisha Thakur and Girish Chandra Pandey
13. Insect Pest Management of Agricultural Crops
Ritika, Nikita Bhati, Shreya, and Arun Kumar Sharma
14. Impact of Stress Factors on Plants for Enhancing Biomass Generations Towards Biofuels
Dipankar Ghosh, Shrestha Debnath, and Kamalendu De
Biography
Arindam Kuila, PhD, is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India. Previously, he worked as a research associate at Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Centre, Bangalore, India. He earned his PhD at the Agricultural & Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, in 2013, in the area of lignocellulosic biofuel production. He was awarded a Petrotech Research Fellowship. He has an Indo-Brazil collaborative project funded by DBT, India, and has co-authored peer-reviewed research papers, review papers, edited books, and book chapters, and he has filed five patents.
