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CONTENTS
About the Editors
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Preface
1. Potato Physiology in Relation to Crop Yield
Brajesh Singh, Maharishi Tomar, Som Dutt, Pinky Raigond, and B. P. Singh
2. Phytochrome: Physiology, Molecular Aspects, and Sustainable Crop Production
Bandana Bose, Bhawna Pant, Rajesh K. Singhal, Mahesh Kumar, and Sananda Mondal
3. Signal Transduction in Plants with Response to Heavy Metals Toxicity: An Overview
Prasann Kumar
4. Vegetable Oil and its Significance in Sustainable Development
A. Hasnat
5. Sucrose Non-Fermenting-1 Related Kinase 1 (SNRK1): A Key Player of Plant Signal Transduction
Bhavin S. Bhatt, Fenisha D. Chahwala, B. Singh, and Achuit K. Singh
6. B-vitamins in Relation to Sustainable Crop Productivity in Crop Plants
Anoop Kumar, Dildar Husain, Jagjeet Singh, Satya Pal Verma, and Zafar Abbas
7. Mechanisms of Metalloid Uptake, Transport, Toxicity, and Tolerance in Plants
Pallavi Sharma, Vineet Srivastava, Amit Kumar Gautam, Anisha Rupashree, Rajani Singh, Sanchita Abhijita, Satish Kumar, Ambuj Bhushan Jha, and Amarendra N. Misra
8. Morpho-Physiological Responses of Wheat Genotypes Under High Temperature Stress
Sharad K. Dwivedi, Santosh Kumar, and K. K. Rao
9. Control of Microrna Biogenesis and Action in Plants
Mohd. Zahid Rizvi
10. Mineral Nutrition in Plants and its Management in Soil
Aneg Singh and A. K. Tiwari
11. Supermolecular Organization of Photosynthetic Complexes in Arabidopsis
Mohammed Sabar, Alexandre Maréchal, David Joly, Sridharan Govindachary, Eric Bonneil, Pierre Thibaut, Robert Carpentier, and Normand Brisson
12. Methods to Improve Germination in Sugarcane
S. P. Singh, Priyanka Singh, and B. L. Sharma
13. Secondary Metabolites: the Plant Physiological Tale of Stress Response
R. K. Upadhyay
14. Effect of Wastewater Irrigation on Crop Health in the Indian Agricultural Scenario
Abhijit Sarkar, Sujit Das, Vaibhav Srivastava, Pooja Singh, and Rajeev Pratap Singh
Index
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ABOUT THE EDITORS
Zafar Abbas, PhD
Senior Associate Professor and Chairman,
P. G. Department of Botany, G. F. College
(M. J. P. Rohilkhand University), Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Zafar Abbas, PhD, is a Senior Associate Professor and Chairman in the P. G. Department of Botany at G. F. College (M. J. P. Rohilkhand University) in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has 40 years of research experience in plant and crop physiology, with a specialization in plant nutrition. He has attended several national and international seminars and conferences. At present, eight PhD students have completed their doctorate degrees under his supervision. Dr. Abbas is a life member and member of editorial boards of several Indian and foreign journals and societies, and he has authored a book and has published over 30 articles.
Ajay Kumar Tiwari, PhD
Scientific Officer, UP Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahnapur, UP, India
Ajay K. Tiwari, PhD, is a Scientific Officer at the UP Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahnapur, UP, India. He has published 70 research articles, nine review articles in national and international journals, several book chapters in edited books, has also authored of several edited books published by Springer, Taylor and Francis and others. He has submitted more than 150 nucleotide sequences of plant pathogens to GenBank. He is a regular reviewer of many international journals as well as an editorial board member. He is the Managing Editor of the journal Sugar Tech and Chief Editor of the journal Agrica.
He has received several young researcher awards and was nominated for the Narshiman Award by the Indian Phytopathological Society, India. Dr. Tiwari is also the recipient of many international travel awards given by governmental agencies in India and others. He has visited Belgium, Brazil, China, Italy, Germany, and Thailand for conferences and workshops. Dr. Tiwari has been involved in the research on molecular characterization and management of agricultural plant pathogens for the last nine years. Currently he is working on molecular characterization of sugarcane phytoplasma and their secondary spread in nature. He is a regular member of several professional organizations, including the British Society of Plant Pathology, Indian Phytopathological Society, Sugarcane Technologists Association of India, International Society of Sugarcane Technologists, Society of Sugarcane Research and Promotion, and others. Dr. Tiwari earned his PhD from CCS University, Meerut, UP, India.
Pradeep Kumar, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry,
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed University-MHRD), Nirjuli (Itanagar), Arunachal Pradesh, India
Pradeep Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed University-MHRD) (NERIST), Nirjuli (Itanagar), Arunachal Pradesh, India. Before joining NERIST, Dr. Kumar worked as a Research Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Yeungnam University, South Korea. He was a postdoctorate researcher in the Department of Biotechnology Engineering at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel, and awarded a PBC Outstanding PostDoc Fellowship for more than three years. His areas of research and expertise are wide, including plant pathology, bacterial genetics, insect-pest biocontrol, gene expression of cry genes, plant-microbe interaction, and molecular breeding. He has been honored with an intern...
