Contents
Section I: Abiotic Stresses & Plant Productivity: Physiological & Molecular Perspectives
1. Molecular Physiology of Dehydration Stress Responses in Plant: A Review— Hrishikesh Upadhyaya, Bhaben Tanti and Sanjib Kumar Panda
2. Exercise of Different Promoters in ABA Mediated Pathways Under Dehydration Stress In Crops Species— M.K. Adak
3. Drought, Agricultural Practices and Private Sector Lending for Sustainability in India— Swati Agrawal, Manoj Kumar, Prerna Singh and Kavita Shah
4. Small Heat Shock Proteins: The Thermal Stress Managers— Ankita Chandola, Vijai Pandurangam and Kamla Dhyani
5. Physiological Approach of Heat Tolerance in Wheat: A Good Tool to Screen Wheat for Heat Tolerance— Kamla Dhyani, Ankita Chandola, Shweta Sahni and Alok Shukla
6. Physiological Adaptations and Dynamics for Plant Productivity under Low Light Intensity— C. Aochen, J. Pohlong, S. S. Dutta, S. Pyngrope, S. Aochen and A. Pandey
7. Abiotic Determinants of Tree Seedling Growth in Tropical Dry Forests — Sachchidanand Tripathi, Rahul Bhadauria, Pratap Srivastava, Rishikesh Singh and A. S. Raghubanshi
8. Physiological Adaptation of Rice to Anaerobic Stress Conditions caused by Flooding During Germination and Early Growth and Its Implications in Crop Improvement— D. Vijayalakshmi, R. Naveen Kumar, C. Vijayalakshmi and M. Raveendran
9. Cadmium Enrichment in Soil : Plant Physiological Manifestation— Tapas Kumar Pandit and Dhiman Mukherjee
10. Legume Symbiosis under Abiotic Stresses- A Review— Ranju Gulati
11. Introduction to Phenomics and Its Application in Physiological Breeding— A. Nishant Bhanu, H.R. Bhandari, M.N. Singh and K. Srivastava
12. Image-based Plant Phenotyping— Ruchi Bansal, Jyoti Kumari, Rashmi Yadav and Sundeep Kumar
13. An Insight in to Signal Transduction Pathways and the Roles of Phyto-hormones : An Emerging Challenge in Plant Physiological Research— Md. Afjal Ahmad, Savita Jangde and Pravin Prakash
14.. Metal Toxicity in Plants: Induction of Oxidative Stress, Antioxidative Defense System, Metabolic Alterations and Phytoremediation— Arti Gautam and Rama Shanker Dubey
Section II: Plant Trace Elements in Plant Physiology
15. Nickel and its Role in Plant Physiology — Enrique J. Baran
16. Iodine: An Unique Element with Special Reference to Soil-Plant-Air System — Prasann Kumar and A. Hemantaranjan
Section III: Plant Functions Research in Agricultural Progression
17. Plant Purple Acid Phosphatases: Structure and Functions — Enrique J. Baran
18. Plant Lectins, Agricultural Advancements and Mammalian Toxicity — Prasann Kumar and Padmanabh Dwivedi
Section IV: Physiological Basis of Yield
19. Physiological Basis of Yield Variation — A. K. Trivedi, G. Pandey and V. K. Singh
Section V: Nutraceuticals, Medicinal & Aromatic Plant Wealth
20. Microalalgae as a Potential Source of Nutraceuticals and Pharmaceuticals — Surendra Singh, Ankita Kachhwaha and Rishibha Dixit
Comprehensive Review
21. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Wealth of India — Dhiman Mukherjee
Subject Index