Heat Stress in Food Grain Crops

Heat Stress in Food Grain Crops

Heat Stress In Food Grain Crops: Plant Breeding and Omics Research is a timely compilation of advanced research on heat stress affecting crop yield, plant growth & development of common food grain and cereal crops. Chapters in the book cover several aspects of crop science including the identifi...

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Other Authors: Jha, Uday Chand, Nayyar, Harsh, Gupta, Sanjeev
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Bentham Science Publishers, 2020.
Subjects:
Grain > Effect of stress on.
Field crops > Effect of stress on.
Plant breeding.
Crop yields.
Crop yields
Field crops > Effect of stress on
Plant breeding
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • End User License Agreement
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • Mitigating Heat Stress in Wheat: Integrating Omics Tools With Plant Breeding
  • Karnam Venkatesh1,*, Vikas Gupta1, Senthilkumar K.M.2, Mamrutha H.M.1 and Gyanendra Pratap Singh1
  • INTRODUCTION
  • IMPACT OF HEAT STRESS ON WHEAT PRODUCTION
  • Heat Stress, Extent of Damage/Threat to Wheat Area and Mechanisms Affected
  • MECHANISM OF HEAT TOLERANCE ADOPTION BY PLANTS
  • Avoidance Mechanisms by Way of Phenotypic Adjustments
  • Tolerance Mechanisms
  • TRAITS OF IMPORTANCE FOR HEAT TOLERANCE AND THEIR PHENOTYPING TECHNIQUES
  • Canopy Temperature
  • Leaf Chlorophyll Content
  • Canopy Greenness/Stay Green Canopy
  • Earliness Perse in Wheat
  • Photosynthetic Efficiency
  • Cell Membrane Thermal Stability
  • WHEAT IMPROVEMENT FOR HEAT TOLERANCE, INTEGRATING PLANT BREEDING AND OMICS TOOLS
  • Breeding for Heat Tolerance in Wheat
  • Germplasm Identification for Heat Tolerance
  • Heat Tolerant Varieties by Conventional Selection
  • QTLs for Heat Tolerance
  • Marker Assisted Recurrent Selection for Improving Heat Stress Tolerance
  • OMICS APPROACHES FOR IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS TOLERANCE GENES
  • Transcriptomics
  • Proteomics
  • Metabolomics
  • Ionomics
  • Functional Genomics
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Genomics Assisted Breeding
  • Integration of Omics Tools for Enhancing Thermotolerance
  • CONCLUSION
  • CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  • CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Genetic Enhancement of Heat Tolerance in Maize Through Conventional and Modern Strategies
  • M. G. Mallikarjuna1,*, Jayant S. Bhat2, Firoz Hossain1, Palanisamy Veeraya1, Akshita Tyagi1, Chikkappa G. Karjagi3 and H. C. Lohithaswa4
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE RESPONSES OF MAIZE TO HEAT STRESS
  • Morphological Responses
  • Physiological Responses
  • Photosynthesis
  • Water Relations and Osmotic Adjustments
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Hormonal Response
  • Molecular Responses
  • Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs)
  • Signalling Transduction of Heat Stress
  • ADAPTIVE MECHANISMS FOR HEAT TOLERANCE IN MAIZE
  • FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
  • MAIZE BREEDING FOR HEAT TOLERANCE
  • Screening Methodologies and Heat Tolerance Indices
  • Genetics of Heat Tolerance in Maize
  • Conventional Breeding
  • Genomics Assisted Breeding for Heat Tolerance
  • Genetic Engineering
  • PROSPECTS
  • High Throughput and Reliable Phenotyping
  • Deciphering the Interactions Between Heat and Other Abiotic Stresses on Maize
  • Dissecting Detailed Molecular Mechanisms and Signalling Cascades of Heat Stress Tolerance in Maize
  • Use of Next-generation Breeding Tools
  • Policy Support
  • CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
  • CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES

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