Sustainable Plant Nutrition: Molecular Interventions and Advancements for Crop Improvement

Sustainable Plant Nutrition: Molecular Interventions and Advancements for Crop Improvement explores the significant opportunities for sustainable, eco-friendly approaches in plant nutrition and agricultural crop production. The book highlights the various prospects involved in optimizing plant nutrient uptake agriculture and includes chapters representing diverse areas dealing with biotechnology, nanotechnology, molecular biology, proteomics, genomics and metabolomics. This book is an ideal resource for those seeking to ensure a sustainable plant production future. While plants have evolved a set of elaborate mechanisms to cope with nutrient limitations, the traditional supplementation by the application of fertilizers to plant productivity may then lead to overfertilization which can actually reduce plant growth and have adverse effects on the environment. To tackle these issues, a detailed understanding of the responses of plants to nutrients and nutrient deficiency at the physiological, metabolic, transcriptome and epigenetic level is essential. Illustrates the central role of sustainable plant nutrition to address current and future challenges Presents global insights and research ranging from signaling to sensing and translational research Provides a forward-looking perspective for future plans of action INDICE: 1. Plant nutrition and soil fertility: Physiological and molecular avenues for crop improvement 2. Nutrient acquisition, transport and metabolism within the plant cells 3. Molecular basis of plant nutrient use efficiency - concepts and challenges for its improvement 4. Role of mineral nutrients in biological nitrogen fixation 5. Physiological and molecular aspects of macronutrient uptake by higher plants 6. Physiological and molecular aspects of micronutrient uptake by higher plants 7. Physiological, molecular and epigenetic revelations in nutrient requirement status of crops influenced by intercropping 8. Nutrient sensing in plants 9. Use of nano-fertilizers to improve the nutrient use efficiencies 10. Why and how to prevent over-fertilization for sustainable crop productivity 11. Molecular basis of abiotic stress alleviation by micronutrients 12. Nutrient dependent regulation of root architecture 13. Phytohormone dependant regulation of mineral nutrients in plants 14. Strategies for enhancing nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency in crop production systems 15. Metabolite flux analysis to understand effects of mineral nutrition on crop physiology 16. Role of microorganisms in plant nutrition and soil health 17. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and root system functioning 18. Regulation of expression of genes encoding nutrient transporters in higher plants 19. Improving nutrient use efficiency by exploiting genetic engineering of crops 20. Role of inorganic biostimulants and beneficial elements in improving nutrient uses efficiency in crops

• ISBN: 978-0-443-18675-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 440
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés