Emerging Technologies and Management of Crop Stress Tolerance. Volume 1: Biological Techniques

Content: 
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xix-xxi, Parvaiz Ahmad, Saiema Rasool
Acknowledgments, Page xxiii
About the Editors, Page xxv
List of Contributors, Pages xxvii-xxxiii, Fakiha Afzal, Parvaiz Ahmad, Fizza Akhter, Jincy J. Akkarakaran, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Aslam, M.M. Azooz, Imam Bakhsh, Shagun Bali, A. Banerjee, Ricardo Luis Louro Berbara, Renu Bhardwaj, Muhammad Bilal, Shazia Anwar Bukhari, Natalia A. Burmistrova, Petronia Carillo, Theocharis Chatzistathis, Loredana F. Ciarmiello, Jagoda Czarnecka, Antonio De Luca,  et al.
Chapter 1 - Genomic Approaches and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, Pages 1-37, Bushra Rashid, Tayyab Husnain, Sheikh Riazuddin
Chapter 2 - Metabolomics Role in Crop Improvement, Pages 39-55, Saleha Resham, Fizza Akhter, Muhammad Ashraf, Alvina Gul Kazi
Chapter 3 - Transcription Factors and Environmental Stresses in Plants, Pages 57-78, Loredana F. Ciarmiello, Pasqualina Woodrow, Pasquale Piccirillo, Antonio De Luca, Petronia Carillo
Chapter 4 - Plant Resistance under Cold Stress: Metabolomics, Proteomics, and Genomic Approaches, Pages 79-98, Saiema Rasool, Shailza Singh, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Muneeb U. Rehman, M.M. Azooz, Helal Ahmad Lone, Parvaiz Ahmad
Chapter 5 - Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants for Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Pages 99-123, Surbhi Goel, Bhawna Madan
Chapter 6 - Bt Crops: A Sustainable Approach towards Biotic Stress Tolerance, Pages 125-142, Mahmood-ur-Rahman, Muhammad Qasim, Shazia Anwar Bukhari, Tayyaba Shaheen
Chapter 7 - Modern Tools for Enhancing Crop Adaptation to Climatic Changes, Pages 143-157, Kinza Waqar, Orooj Surriya, Fakiha Afzal, Ghulam Kubra, Shabina Iram, Muhammad Ashraf, Alvina Gul Kazi
Chapter 8 - Interactions of Nanoparticles with Plants: An Emerging Prospective in the Agriculture Industry, Pages 159-180, Vani Mishra, Rohit K. Mishra, Anupam Dikshit, Avinash C. Pandey
Chapter 9 - Role of miRNAs in Abiotic and Biotic Stresses in Plants, Pages 181-207, Syed Sarfraz Hussain, Bujun Shi
Chapter 10 - Gene Silencing: A Novel Cellular Defense Mechanism Improving Plant Productivity under Environmental Stresses, Pages 209-228, Renu Bhardwaj, Puja Ohri, Ravinderjit Kaur, Amandeep Rattan, Dhriti Kapoor, Shagun Bali, Parminder Kaur, Anjali Khajuria, Ravinder Singh
Chapter 11 - The Role of Carbohydrates in Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stresses, Pages 229-270, Marina S. Krasavina, Natalia A. Burmistrova, Galina N. Raldugina
Chapter 12 - Role of Glucosinolates in Plant Stress Tolerance, Pages 271-291, P.S. Variyar, A. Banerjee, Jincy J. Akkarakaran, P. Suprasanna
Chapter 13 - Plant Responses to Iron, Manganese, and Zinc Deficiency Stress, Pages 293-311, Theocharis Chatzistathis
Chapter 14 - Role of Trace Elements in Alleviating Environmental Stress, Pages 313-342, Ghader Habibi
Chapter 15 - Nutritional Stress in Dystrophic Savanna Soils of the Orinoco Basin: Biological Responses to Low Nitrogen and Phosphorus Availabilities, Pages 343-375, Danilo López-Hernández, Rosa Mary Hernández-Hernández, Ismael Hernández-Valencia, Marcia Toro
Chapter 16 - Silicon and Selenium: Two Vital Trace Elements that Confer Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Plants, Pages 377-422, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Masayuki Fujita
Chapter 17 - Herbicides, Pesticides, and Plant Tolerance: An Overview, Pages 423-448, Qaisar Mahmood, Muhammad Bilal, Sumira Jan
Chapter 18 - Effects of Humic Materials on Plant Metabolism and Agricultural Productivity, Pages 449-466, Andrés Calderín García, Fernando Guridi Izquierdo, Ricardo Luis Louro Berbara
Chapter 19 - Climate Changes and Potential Impacts on Quality of Fruit and Vegetable Crops, Pages 467-486, Leonora M. Mattos, Celso L. Moretti, Sumira Jan, Steven A. Sargent, Carlos Eduardo P. Lima, Mariana R. Fontenelle
Chapter 20 - Interplays of Plant Circadian Clock and Abiotic Stress Response Networks, Pages 487-506, Agnieszka Kiełbowicz-Matuk, Jagoda Czarnecka
Chapter 21 - Development of Water Saving Techniques for Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) in the Arid Environment of Punjab, Pakistan, Pages 507-535, Abdul Gaffar Sagoo, Abdul Hannan, Muhammad Aslam, Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Amir Hussain, Imam Bakhsh, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Waqas
Index, Pages 537-551