Crop production technologies for sustainable use and conservation : physiological and molecular advances / editors: Munir Ozturk, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad.

"Crop Production Technologies for Sustainable Use and Conservation: Physiological and Molecular Advances presents an abundance of research on important and new production technologies for the successful sustainable production of major crops. The volume covers most of the major crops used the production of food, sugar, and commercial fiber. With the focus on sustainability and conservation issues in crop production, the chapters present molecular and physiological research and innovations for increasing yield, quality, and safety while also taking into considering increasing demand, diminishing water and land resources, and the agricultural consequences of climate change on crop production. The major crops discussed include wheat, mungbean, cotton, jute, sugarcane, eggplant, Solanum (such as potatoes and tomatoes), peppers, okra, fruits such as apples and pears, and more. The chapters report on new developments and research on production techniques related to various fertilizers, biosystematics and molecular biology of various crops, and building resistance to climatic change, including drought tolerance, salinity stresses, and more. The volume will be an important resource for students, researchers, agricultural policymakers, agronomic engineers, and agricultural faculties of universities and government agricultural research institutions in different parts of the world involved in the ecology, physiology, and biochemistry of plants."-- Provided by publisher.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; ABOUT THE EDITORS; Table of Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; 1: Plant Genetic Resources of Major and Minor Crops: Origin, Sustainable Use, and Conservation; 2: Wheat Production Technology: A Preamble to Food Security in Pakistan; 3: Capsaicin Production in Cell Suspension Cultures of Capsicum annuum L.; 4: Drought-Induced Changes in Growth, Photosynthesis, and Yield Traits in Mungbean: Role of Potassium and Sulfur Nutrition; 5: Cotton, White Gold of Pakistan: An Efficient Technique for Bumper Crop Production

6: Corchorus Species: Jute: An Overutilized Crop7: Recent Developments in the Biosystematics and Molecular Biology of Sugarcane; 8: Comparative Study of Three Different Fertilizers on Yield and Quality of Capsicum; 9: Comparative Study of Three Different Fertilizers on Yield and Quality of Solanum; 10: Biology and Biotechnological Advances in Apple: Current and Future Scenario; 11: Pears (Pyrus) of Northern Pakistan; 12: Enhancing the Drought Tolerance in Eggplant by Exogenous Application of Osmolytes in Water-Deficit Environments

13: Enhancing Morpho-Physiological Responses and Yield Potential in Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) under Salinity Stress14: Sugar Beet: An Overutilized Ancient Crop; 15: An Overutilized Industrial Crop: Tobacco: Nicotiana tabacum L. Case Study from Turkey; 16: Wild Relatives and Their Role in Building Resistance in Bread Wheat: At a Glance; 17: Structural and Functional Genomics of Potato (Solanum tuberosum); Index

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