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1 Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants for Salinity and Drought Stress Tolerance: Being Closer to the Field |
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2 | (1) |
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2 How Crop Plants Sense the Stress: Signaling and Pathway |
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2.1 Abiotic Stress and its Recognition by Plant |
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3 Plant Response to Drought and Salinity Stress |
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3.1 Drought Stress and Agriculture |
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3.2 Nature of Drought and Plant Response |
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4 Genetic Basis of Drought Tolerance |
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4.1 Salinity Stress: Complexity and its Impact on Agricultural Production |
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4.1.1 Effect of Salinity Stress on Plant Cell |
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4.1.3 Transpirational Flux |
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4.1.4 Role of Ca2+ in Relation to Salt Stress |
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4.2 Water Loss due to Salinity Stress |
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4.3 Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance |
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4.4 Determinants for Salt Tolerance |
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15 | (3) |
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5 Rational Strategies for Developing Drought and Salt Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants |
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18 | (2) |
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6 Resource Species Used for the Identification of Abiotic Stress Tolerant Genes |
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6.1 Saccharomycescerevisiae |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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7 Genetic Engineering for Enhancing Drought and Salt Stress Tolerance |
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22 | (15) |
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7.1 Improving Response to Drought Stress by Manipulating Single Action Genes |
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22 | (1) |
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7.2 Single Function Genes |
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22 | (1) |
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22 | (10) |
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32 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Proteins Coding Genes |
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33 | (2) |
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7.2.4 Genes for Ionic Balance |
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35 | (1) |
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7.2.5 Decreasing Root to Shoot Translocation of Na+ |
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36 | (1) |
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8 Targetting Pathways: Manipulating Regulatory Genes |
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37 | (23) |
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8.1 Role of Transcription Factors in the Activation of Stress Responsive Genes |
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37 | (19) |
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8.2 Role of Helicases inlmparting Tolerance to Abiotic Stress |
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56 | (1) |
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8.3 Signal Transduction Genes |
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57 | (2) |
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8.4 Targeting Pathways: Tandem Expression of Genes |
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59 | (1) |
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8.5 Modifying Function: Engineering C4Photosynthetic Pathway into C3 Crops |
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59 | (1) |
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9 Epigenetic and Post-Transcriptional Control |
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60 | (1) |
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10 Choice of Promoters: When and How Much to Express |
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61 | (6) |
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11 Applications of Chloroplast Engineering for Abiotic Stress Tolerence |
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67 | (1) |
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12 Means of Stress Impositions, Growth Conditions, and Evaluations |
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68 | (1) |
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13 Conclusion and Future Perspectives |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (15) |
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2 Biotechnological Approaches for the Development of Heat Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants |
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85 | (4) |
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2 Effects of Heat (HT- induced) Stress on Crop Plants |
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2.1 Morphological, Anatomical and Phenological Effects |
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90 | (1) |
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2.1.1 Morphological Effects |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Phenological Effects |
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92 | (1) |
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2.2 Physiological Effects |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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2.4 Effects on Reproduction and Development |
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97 | (3) |
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3 How Plants Respond to the Heat Stress |
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100 | (3) |
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3.1 Mechanism of Tolerance |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (1) |
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4 Heat stress and Biotechnology |
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103 | (4) |
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4.1 Marker Assisted Selection and QTL Mapping for Heat Stress Tolerance |
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105 | (1) |
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4.2 Genetic Engineering and Transgenic Approaches for Thermo Tolerance |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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5 Conclusion and Future Perspectives |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (17) |
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3 Heat Shock Proteins: Role and Mechanism of Action |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (5) |
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3.1 Thermal Stability of HSPs |
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130 | (1) |
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3.2 Classification of Heat Shock Proteins |
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3.3 Role of Different HSPs |
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132 | (2) |
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4 HSPs/Chaperones Network |
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134 | (3) |
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5 Genetically Modified Plants for-Heart Stress Tolerance |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (5) |
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4 Reactive Oxygen Species Generation, Antioxidants and Regulating Genes in Crops under Abiotic Stress Conditions |
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2 Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) |
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145 | (2) |
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2.1 Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Generation Sites in Plant cells |
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146 | (1) |
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3 Antioxidant Defense System in Crop Plants |
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147 | (3) |
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3.1 Non-Enzymatic Antioxidants |
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147 | (2) |
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3.2 Enzymatic Antioxidants |
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149 | (1) |
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4 ROS Regulation and Abiotic Stress Tolerance Genes in crops |
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150 | (5) |
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150 | (1) |
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4.1.1 Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (1) |
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4.1.3 Ascorbate Peroxidase (APX) |
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152 | (1) |
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4.1.4 Glutathione Reductase (GR) |
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153 | (1) |
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4.1.5 Abscisic acid (ABA) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (4) |
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6 Similar to RCD One (SRO) Proteins |
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159 | (1) |
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7 Calcium-Binding Proteins and Calcium Transporters |
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159 | (1) |
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8 Other Functional Proteins |
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160 | (1) |
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9 Conclusion and Future Perspectives |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (13) |
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5 Antioxidant Defense System in Plants against Abiotic Stress |
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Krishna Prakash Gyanendra K. Rai |
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175 | (4) |
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2 Antioxidant Defense System in Plants |
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2.1 Avoidance of ROS Production |
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180 | (1) |
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2.2 Non enzymatic ROS Scavengers |
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181 | (1) |
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2.2.1 Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (3) |
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185 | (1) |
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2.3 Enzymatic ROS Scavengers |
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186 | (1) |
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2.3.1 Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Ascorbate Peroxidase (APX) |
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189 | (1) |
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2.3.4 Glutathione reductase |
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3 Conclusion and Future Perspectives |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (11) |
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6 Heat Stress and its Effects on Plant Growth and Metabolism |
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203 | (1) |
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2 Responses of Plants to Heat Stress |
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204 | (8) |
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2.1 Morpho-phenological Responses to Heat Stress |
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206 | (1) |
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2.2 Physiological Responses of Heat Stress |
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206 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Stomatal Conductance |
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2.2.3 Relative Water Content |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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2.2.6 Membrane Thermostability |
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209 | (1) |
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2.2.7 Compatible Osmolytes and Hormones |
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209 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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2.2.8 Secondary Metabolites |
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2.2.8.1 Polyamines, Polyamine Oxidases and Flavonoids |
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3 Heat, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants |
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3.1 Sites of Production of Reactive Oxygen Species |
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213 | (1) |
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3.2 Damage Caused Due to ROS |
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214 | (1) |
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3.3 Antioxidative Defense System in Plants |
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3.3.1 Non-Enzymatic Antioxidants y |
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216 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Enzymatic Antioxidants |
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217 | (1) |
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3.3.2.1 Superoxide Dismutase |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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3.3.2.4 Ascorbate Peroxidase |
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219 | (1) |
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3.3.2.5 Glutathione Reductase |
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220 | (1) |
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4 Heat Stress Specific Proteins |
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220 | (3) |
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4.1 Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) and Chaperons |
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220 | (2) |
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4.2 Heat Sensing and Signaling Molecules |
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222 | (1) |
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5 Conventional Breeding Approach for Heat Tolerance |
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223 | (1) |
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6 Expressed Sequence Tags: A Molecular Approach to Study Growth Processes and Stress Mechanisms |
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224 | (2) |
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7 Transcriptome Studies in Plants at Various Developmental Stages |
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226 | (7) |
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7.1 Transcriptome Studies under Abiotic Stresses |
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227 | (3) |
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7.2 Expression Profiling Studies Based on Microarray Experiments |
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230 | (1) |
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7.3 Use of cDNA Microarray |
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231 | (2) |
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7.4 Limitations in the Use of Microarrays |
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8 Conclusion and Future Perspectives |
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233 | (2) |
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7 Defense Mechanism in Plants against Abiotic Stresses |
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267 | (24) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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3 Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases |
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269 | (1) |
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4 Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species |
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269 | (2) |
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5 Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (5) |
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6.2 Gama Amino Butyric Acid (AGBA) |
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274 | (1) |
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6.6 ABA and metabolic adjustments |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (13) |
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8 Breeding Approaches to Overcome Abiotic Stress |
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291 | (2) |
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2 History of Plant Breeding in India |
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293 | (1) |
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3.1 Conventional Breeding Approaches |
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294 | (2) |
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296 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Selection under Domestication |
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296 | (1) |
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3.1.4 Pure Line Selection |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (3) |
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3.1.8 Mutational Breeding |
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310 | (2) |
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3.2 Unconventional Methods |
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312 | (1) |
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3.2.1 Marker Assisted Breeding |
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3.2.2 Biotechnological Approaches |
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315 | (1) |
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4 Conclusion and Future Perspectives |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (5) |
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9 Morphological, Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Responses of Plants to Drought Stress |
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321 | (20) |
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322 | (1) |
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2 Effects of Drought Stress on Crop Plants |
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323 | (3) |
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3 Successful Strategies under Drought Stress - Resistance, Acclimatization and Plasticity |
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326 | (1) |
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4 Response of Crop Plants to Drought Stress |
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326 | (8) |
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4.1 Physiological Implication of Drought |
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326 | (1) |
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4.1.1 Stomatal Behaviour during Drought Stress |
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4.1.2 Effect on Pigment Composition and Photosynthesis |
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4.1.3 Effect on Osmotic Adjustment |
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4.2 The Molecular Responses Regulated During Drought |
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4.2.1 ABA induces Gene Expression during Water Deficit |
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330 | (2) |
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5 Conclusion and Future Perspectives |
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334 | (2) |
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336 | (5) |
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10 Stomatal Activities against Abiotic Stress and Selection of Potential Tolerant Horticultural Crops |
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2 Stomatal Stress and Effect on the Plants |
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342 | (4) |
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4 Driving Force and Pathway of Transpiration |
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347 | (3) |
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350 | (2) |
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6 Selection of Fruits Crops |
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352 | (1) |
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7 Potential Fruit Crops for Dry land Arid Region |
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352 | (2) |
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8 Selection of Vegetable Crop and Importance of Vegetable Crops in Arid Region |
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354 | (2) |
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8.1 Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Hedges Plants |
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354 | (1) |
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8.2 Suitable Ornamental Trees |
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355 | (1) |
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8.3 Suitable Ornamental Shrubs for Arid Region |
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