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The most important prerequisites imperative for survival of human kind food, fodder and fuel depends upon the performance of plants.  Due to worldwide temperature inversions, the weather conditions have become completely unpredictable and hostile.  Thus, there is a growing need of such plants which are better adapted to these adverse climatic conditions.  A good understanding of the signaling mechanism within the plant system during these climatic conditions will certainly going to help in raising plants which are better suited for these adverse conditions. Stress Signaling in Plants: Genomics and Proteomics Perspective Volume 1 brings together both a Genomics and Proteomics approach to further our understanding in this direction. The volume expands on the current understanding from Bioinformatical approaches to develop the models, as well as proving the ideas up to field conditions.  Further, the volume contains comprehensive knowledge of stress signalling useful for graduate students, researchers as well as scientists working in the area.  The ten chapters written by international dignitaries give much weightage to this book.

Plant breeding. --- Plant cellular signal transduction. --- Plant diseases. --- Plants -- Effect of stress on -- Molecular aspects. --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Botany - General --- Plant physiology. --- Botany. --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Plants --- Physiology --- Life sciences. --- Plant science. --- Plant genetics. --- Plant pathology. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Pathology. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Vegetable pathology --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Genetics --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Floristic botany

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The theme of the book is highly relevant to the current emphasis on environment conservation, with focus on native biodiversity conservation in agro-ecosystems. The current impetus being given to organic farming and export oriented agri-hortculture in the country calls for access to relevant scientific knowledge base among the stakeholders. Research on biological pest control is more than a century old in India. Egg parasitoids, which are mainly tiny wasps, led by the family Trichogrammatidae, are the most widely utilized natural enemies for biological control globally. Over thirty countries are using these bioagents to protect over 10 million hectares of agricultural and forestry crops from many important insect pests. The book comprises 18 chapters, which are arranged in continuum, commencing with basic aspects of knowledge and ending in their utilization targets. The chapters cover broadly four areas: bio-diversity and natural occurrence of egg parasitoids, behaviour and adaptation of egg parasitoids, mass production and safe use of egg parasitoids and utilisation of egg parasitoids in different crop ecosystems. Some of the chapters cater to the needs of discipline-wise update on the current R&D scenario-like insect taxonomy, biotechnology, mass-production and quality control of the target organisms - egg-parasitoids, which are useful for laboratory scientists/researchers. There are also chapters devoted to knowledge status and scope for utilization of egg parasitoids in different target crops, which cater to requirements of field entomologists and extensionists for use in their tasks of guiding farmers/local guides.                 The book is different in approach, method, structure and content and ensures holistic coverage of the topic. The chapters are written by active and experienced workers in different crops and aspects and co-edited by four very experienced experts who have over three decades R&D experience in the subject. All the authors have uniformly focussed on comprehensive literature study and critical identification of knowledge gaps for future R&D, thus the book is novel in outlook, up-to-date in content and comprehensive in coverage of themes.  This book will be useful for supplementary reading for MSc Agriculture and PhD Agriculture students, besides MSc/PhD research students in Zoology/Environmental Biology, who are specialising in Entomology. It would also serve as a very useful reference book for researchers worldwide, though focus is also there on Indian work. It addresses the special information  needs of students and faculty, besides practitioners and extensionists in the Australasia and Africa  regions and thus not limited to the R&D knowledge generated in developed countries.    .

Biological pest control agents. --- Parasitoids -- Biological control. --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Invertebrates & Protozoa --- Parasitoids. --- Agricultural pests --- Biological control. --- Nonchemical control of agricultural pests --- Insect parasitoids --- Parasitoid insects --- Nonchemical control --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Developmental biology. --- Plant pathology. --- Zoology. --- Entomology. --- Life Sciences. --- Developmental Biology. --- Plant Pathology. --- Parasitic insects --- Plant diseases. --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Plants --- Vegetable pathology --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Development (Biology) --- Biology --- Growth --- Ontogeny --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Natural history --- Animals --- Insects --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries

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Microbial Phenazines: Biosynthesis, Agriculture and Health focuses on phenazines, a group of upwards of a hundred nitrogen-containing redox-active heterocyclic compounds of bacterial origin that have long attracted scientific interest because of their colorful pigmentation. Our understanding of these fascinating natural products and their role in human health and the environment has advanced rapidly in recent years, but we are only now beginning to be able to exploit the potential of these compounds in such fields as agriculture and medicine. This volume includes information on the biochemistry and genetics of phenazine synthesis, the physiological effects of phenazines, and methods for the isolation and identification of phenazines with the aid of spectroscopic and electrophoretic techniques. Also included are chapters focused on the roots of phenazine research in the biological control of plant pathogens and recent knowledge of the diversity of phenazine-producing microorganisms and the environments in which they occur. A final chapter addresses the potential of phenazines in the treatment of cancer.

Antifungal agents. --- Phenazine. --- Pyrroles. --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Biochemistry. --- Life sciences. --- Microbiology. --- Plant diseases. --- Toxicology. --- Chemicals --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Plants --- Vegetable pathology --- Microbial biology --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Toxicology --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Composition --- Pharmacology. --- Plant pathology. --- Life Sciences. --- Biochemistry, general. --- Plant Pathology. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Microorganisms --- Science --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Medicine --- Pharmacology --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Wounds and injuries --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Physiological effect

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The future of agriculture greatly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential. The application of microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB), represents an ecologically and economically sustainable strategy. The use of these bio-resources for the enhancement of crop productivity is gaining importance worldwide. "Bacteria in Agrobiology: Disease Management" discusses various aspects of biological control and disease suppression using bacteria. Topics covered include: fluorescent pseudomonads; siderophore-producing PGPR; pseudomonas inoculants; bacillus-based biocontrol agents; bacterial control of root and tuber crop diseases; fungal pathogens of cereals; soil-borne fungal pathogens; peronosporomycete phytopathogens; and plant parasitic nematodes.

Bacteriology, Agricultural. --- Bacteriology. --- Pesticides -- Application. --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms -- Control. --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Microbiology. --- Control. --- Plant diseases --- Control --- Management --- Bacteriology --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Plant pathology. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Pathology. --- Plant diseases. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Microbiology --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Vegetable pathology --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries

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This volume addresses the similarities and also the differences in the genomes of soil saprophytes, symbionts, and plant pathogens by using examples of fungal species to illustrate particular principles. It analyzes how the specific interactions with the hosts and the influence of the environment may have shaped genome evolution. The relevance of fungal genetic research and biotechnological applications is shown for areas such as plant pathogenesis, biomass degradation, litter decomposition, nitrogen assimilation, antibiotic production, mycoparasitism, energy, ecology, and also for soil fungi turning to human pathogens. In addition to the model organisms Neurospora and Aspergillus, the following species are covered providing a view of pathogens and mutualists: Trichoderma, Fusarium oxysporum, Cochliobolus heterostrophus, Penicillium chrysogenum, Rhizopus oryzae, Podospora anserina, and species belonging to Agaricomycetes, Archaeorhizomycetes and Magnaporthaceae. Ecology and potential applications have guided the choice of fungal genes to be studied and it will be fascinating to follow the trends of future sequencing projects.

Environmental Microbiology. --- Microbial ecology. --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Genetics --- Soil fungi. --- Phytopathogenic fungi. --- Fungi, Phytopathogenic --- Plant fungi --- Life sciences. --- Microbiology. --- Microbial genetics. --- Microbial genomics. --- Plant pathology. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Life Sciences. --- Microbial Genetics and Genomics. --- Plant Pathology. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Fungi in agriculture --- Pathogenic fungi --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Fungal diseases of plants --- Fungi --- Hypogeous fungi --- Plant diseases. --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Plants --- Vegetable pathology --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Genomics --- Microbial genetics --- Microbiology --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Plant-fungus relationships. --- Genetics.