Crop Production for Agricultural Improvement [1 ed.] 9789400741157, 9400741154, 9789400741164, 9400741162

Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Crop Improvement Through Different Means: Challenges and Prospects....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Bridging Genomic and Classical Breeding Approaches for Improving Crop Productivity....Pages 19-41
Breeding for Improved Drought Tolerance....Pages 43-56
Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance/Tolerance in Plants....Pages 57-114
The American Halophyte Prosopis strombulifera , a New Potential Source to Confer Salt Tolerance to Crops....Pages 115-143
Breeding for Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plants....Pages 145-200
Breeding Wheat for Salt Tolerance and Stem Rust Resistance....Pages 201-216
The Potential of Breeding Okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus L.) for Water Stress Tolerance....Pages 217-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Biotechnology as an Aid for Crop Improvement to Overcome Food Shortage....Pages 239-261
Plant Genetic Engineering: Problems and Applications....Pages 263-290
Transcriptomics and Proteomics Analysis of Root Nodules of Model Legume Plants....Pages 291-315
Agrobacterium tumefaciens and its Use in Plant Biotechnology....Pages 317-361
Progress and Prospects for Efficient Micropropagation of Woody Plants....Pages 363-377
Novel Methods in Micropropagation of Pistachio....Pages 379-393
Crop Productivity and Water Use Efficiency: The Role of Carbon Isotope Discrimination Technique....Pages 395-416
Behaviour of Plant Pathogens for Crops Under Stress During the Determination of Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Approaches for Salt Stress Tolerance....Pages 417-441
Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Drought Tolerance in Wheat Triticum L. Genotypes....Pages 443-476
Molecular Basis of Disease Resistance in Cereal Crops: An Overview....Pages 477-489
Polyamines: Role in Plants Under Abiotic Stress....Pages 491-512
Front Matter....Pages 513-513
Crop Diversification Practices in Saskatchewan, Canada....Pages 515-522
Front Matter....Pages 513-513
Invasive Weed Species – A Threat to Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 523-556
An Overview of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) for Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 557-579
Arbuscular Mycorrhizae for Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 581-618
A Site-Specific Potassium Fertilization Approach to Overcome Sporadic Response of Crops....Pages 619-636
Optimal Supply of Micronutrients Improves Drought Tolerance in Legumes....Pages 637-657
Potential of Rhizobia for Sustainable Production of Non-legumes....Pages 659-704
Effect of Drip and Subsurface Drip Irrigation with Saline Water on Tomato Crop....Pages 705-719
Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism of Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) Cultivars in Relation to Temperature Stress....Pages 721-745
A Review on Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus....Pages 747-782
Back Matter....Pages 783-796