Crop Improvement for Sustainability

by Yadav, Pawan Kumar et al

ISBN: 9789388027014
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 16995.00
Biblio : 2018., xi+555 p., fig., tabls., 25cm

Author Profile

Dr. Pawan Kumar Yadav is serving as Lecturer (Biology) at Education Department, Govt. of Haryana, India. He did his M.Sc. & Ph.D. in Genetics from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India and CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana respectively. He also qualified the CSIR-UGC-NET (JRF), UGC-SRF, ICAR-NET. He is an ex-faculty at Department of Biotechnology, Inderprastha Engineering College & Dr. K.N. Modi Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He has published several research articles in peer-reviewed journals of repute and also is an editor of three books. Dr. Sunil Kumar is working as Assistant Professor and Head (Botany), at Chhaju Ram Memorial Jat PG College, Hisar. He did his M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Kurukshetra University. He has published several national and international research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals; also is an editor of three international books. Dr. Sandeep Kumar is working as a Research Fellow at Haryana Kisan Ayog, Panchkula, Haryana. He did his Ph.D and M.Sc in Genetics from CCSHAU, Hisar and also qualified NET in Genetics and Plant Breeding. At present he is the Nodal Officer of three Working Groups in Haryana. He has published several research article and review papers in peer-reviewed journal of repute and also is a co-editor of an international book. Dr. Ram C Yadav is currently working as Director (Technical) at Centre for Plant Biotechnology, Hisar, India. Earlier, he served as Professor and Head, Department of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. Dr. Yadav has many national and international awards to his credit. He has published more than 100 research papers in National & International journals of repute.

About The Book

The present book covers the latest development in the field of crop improvement which includes Use of crop wild relatives/Underutilized Plants, Diversification of Agriculture, Biofortification, Organic farming using Vermicompost, Peri-urban farming, Integrated pest management, Post harvest management, Value addition, ‘Omic` approaches for improving crop production, Energy Sustainability, Advancement in bio-nanotechnology with Computational and Statistical tools, which address critical issue for agricultural sustainability for the benefit of researchers, policy makers and government agencies. An important strategy to overcome the challenges in providing food for the world population in a sustainable manner is through concerted efforts by crop scientists to embrace new technologies in increasing yield, quality and improving food safety while minimizing adverse environmental impact of the agricultural activities Thirty noted researchers currently working in crop improvement and related fields bring together the best thinking about achieving crop improvement-especially the development of new genetic combinations; to create a sustainable agriculture.

Table of Contents

Contents 1. Agricultural Distress and Coping Strategies in Haryana Sandeep Kumar, Gajender Singh, Pawan Kumar, Deepak Kumar Yadav and Ramesh Kumar Yadava 1 2. Role of Crop Wild Relatives in Crop Improvement Under Changing Climatic Conditions Vikender Kaur, Kumari Shubha, Pardeep Kumar, Manju 13 3. Crop Biofortification for Malnutrition Ramadoss Bharathi Raja, Manu Pratap Gangola, Vidhya Venkatesan, Surinder Singh, and Hukkeri Shivappa 37 4. Peri-Urban and Organic Agriculture: Thrust areas of Farming Jyoti Yadav, Swati Sindhu and Jayant Yadav 55 5. Bio-nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture Development Gulab Singh and Khushboo 73 6. The Potential of Underutilized Plants- Current and Future Perspective Sanjay Yadav, Pawan Kumar Yadav and O.P. Bishnoi 89 7. Biotechnology: A Potential Tool for Upliftment of Economic Status of Farmers Subhash Kajla, Renu Singh, Anil K. Poonia and Ram C. Yadav 103 8. Value Addition to Oilseeds for Their Sustainable Production G. Nagaraj 121 9. Improvement and Cultivation of Medicinal and Underutilized Plants Nidhi Bhakuni and Rahul Kaushik 157 10. Role of Post Harvest Technology of perishables to Feed Growing Population Suman Bala and Jitender Kumar 171 11. Role of Microbes in Agriculture Mukesh R. Jangra, Sumit Jangra2 and KS Nehra 193 12. Classical Biological Control: A Sustainable Approach for Insect Control Prakash Chand Yadav, K. C. Sharma and A. K. Yadav 223 13. Plant Growth Regulators: A Timely Approach for Sustainable Agriculture Priyanka Pal, Kuldeep Yadav and Narender Singh 233 14. Ecologically Based Management Techniques of Rodent Pests Ravikant and Tejpal Dahiya 249 15. Vermicompost to Metagenomics for Agriculture Sustainability Tejpal Dahiya and Ravikant 267 16. Microbes: An Eco-friendly Tool in Crop Improvement Yogesh Yadav, Sunil Kumar and Narender Singh 291 17. Microbial Control of Insect Pests with Special Reference to Bacteria Krishna rolania, Tarun Verma and Rakesh Sangwan 305 18. Pros and Cons of GM Crops Ram C. Yadav, Sumit Jangra and Neelam R. Yadav 333 19. Omics in Agriculture: Applications, Challenges and Future Perspectives Swati Shalini, Ankit Singla, Meenu Goyal, Vikender Kaur and Pardeep Kumar 343 20. Crop Genomics for Food Security Priti1, Sumit Jangra, Disha Kamboj, Neelam R. Yadav and Ram C. Yadav 361 21. Energy Sustainability: Role of Omics Technologies in Bio-fuel Production Surinder Singh, Shivappa Hukkeri, Manu Pratap Gangola and Bharathi Rajaramadoss 379 22. Role of Metabolomics for Crop Improvement Jyoti Taunk and Jaideep 397 23. Role of Biotechnology for Enhancing Yield Under Water Deficit Stress Conditions Lovejot Kaur and C. Appunu 427 24. Proteomic: A Study Towards Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants Minakshi Jattan, Nisha Kumari and Ram Avtar 449 25. Impact of Proteomic Studies for Biotic/Abiotic Stress Tolerant Crops Sumit Jangra, Aakash Mishra, Neelam R. Yadav and Ram C. Yadav 481 26. Transcriptomic Analysis for Abiotic Stress Resistance for Crop Plants Bharti Aneja, Vishal Sharma, Neelam R. Yadav and Ram C. Yadav 499 27. Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance Plants Chhagan Lal 515 28. Commonly Used Computational Tools of Genomics and Proteomics Anil Panwar, Ajay Pal and Hemant Poonia 523 29. Role of Information Technology in Agriculture KS Nehra, Mukesh R Jangra, Sumit Jangra and Raj Kumar 537