Plant Small RNA for Food Crops provides foundational insights into the role of small RNA in food crops in varying environmental conditions and how it can help in developing molecular frameworks to support agricultural sustainability to feed the world’s population. Small RNA populations have been widely identified in various plants and have been reported to be involved in regulating the molecular functioning of plants and their responses for biotic and abiotic environmental factors. Until now, however, a detailed compilation of role of small RNAs in food crops growth, yield and environmental responses had been unavailable.
This book provides a detailed description of role of various small RNAs whose utilization in a range of food crops may serve to improve sustainability, productivity, and maintenance during environmental stress conditions. It brings together the reported small RNAs along with their applications specific to food crops, but also covers recent studies, innovations and future perspectives.
1. Plant Small RNA in Food Crops - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. List of contributors - p. Page iv 7. Editors biography - p. Page vii 8. Preface - p. Page viii 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 10. List of Tables - p. Page xii 11. Chapter 1 : Food crops, growth and productivity as an important focus for sustainable agriculture - p. Page xii 12. Chapter 2 : Challenges and opportunities to sustainable crop production - p. Page 18 13. Chapter 3 : Molecular mechanisms and strategies in Response to abiotic stresses for the sustainability of crop production under changing climate - p. Page 42 14. Chapter 4 : Small RNAs as emerging regulators of agricultural traits of food crops - p. Page 59 15. Chapter 5 : Exploring small RNA in food crops: techniques and approaches - p. Page 87 16. Chapter 6 : Plant small RNAs: biogenesis, mechanistic functions and applications - p. Page 124 17. Chapter 7 : RNAi based approaches for abiotic and biotic stresses tolerance of crops - p. Page 165 18. Chapter 8 : Regulation of morphogenesis and development in food crops: role of small RNA - p. Page 206 19. Chapter 9 : Small RNA – regulator of biotic stress and pathogenesis in food crops - p. Page 224 20. Chapter 10 : Small RNA networking: host-microbe interaction in food crops - p. Page 261 21. Chapter 11 : Small RNAs involved in salt stress tolerance of food crops - p. Page 287 22. Chapter 12 : miRNAs perspective in mitigating waterlogging stress in plants - p. Page 336 23. Chapter 13 : Molecular mechanisms alleviating drought stress tolerance in crop plants - p. Page 356 24. Chapter 14 : Grain development and crop productivity: role of small RNA - p. Page 380 25. Chapter 15 : Food crops improvement: comparative biotechnological approaches - p. Page 435 26. Chapter 16 : Small RNA transgenesis for abiotic stress tolerant food crops - p. Page 494 27. Chapter 17 : Scope of small RNA technology to develop biotic stress tolerant food crops - p. Page 531 28. Chapter 18 : Future prospective of small RNA molecules: food crop improvement and agricultural sustainability - p. Page 564 29. Index - p. Page 592
Plant Small RNA for Food Crops provides foundational insights into the role of small RNA in food crops in varying environmental conditions and how it can help in developing molecular frameworks to support agricultural sustainability to feed the world’s population. Small RNA populations have been widely identified in various plants and have been reported to be involved in regulating the molecular functioning of plants and their responses for biotic and abiotic environmental factors. Until now, however, a detailed compilation of role of small RNAs in food crops growth, yield and environmental responses had been unavailable.
This book provides a detailed description of role of various small RNAs whose utilization in a range of food crops may serve to improve sustainability, productivity, and maintenance during environmental stress conditions. It brings together the reported small RNAs along with their applications specific to food crops, but also covers recent studies, innovations and future perspectives.
1. Plant Small RNA in Food Crops - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. List of contributors - p. Page iv 7. Editors biography - p. Page vii 8. Preface - p. Page viii 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 10. List of Tables - p. Page xii 11. Chapter 1 : Food crops, growth and productivity as an important focus for sustainable agriculture - p. Page xii 12. Chapter 2 : Challenges and opportunities to sustainable crop production - p. Page 18 13. Chapter 3 : Molecular mechanisms and strategies in Response to abiotic stresses for the sustainability of crop production under changing climate - p. Page 42 14. Chapter 4 : Small RNAs as emerging regulators of agricultural traits of food crops - p. Page 59 15. Chapter 5 : Exploring small RNA in food crops: techniques and approaches - p. Page 87 16. Chapter 6 : Plant small RNAs: biogenesis, mechanistic functions and applications - p. Page 124 17. Chapter 7 : RNAi based approaches for abiotic and biotic stresses tolerance of crops - p. Page 165 18. Chapter 8 : Regulation of morphogenesis and development in food crops: role of small RNA - p. Page 206 19. Chapter 9 : Small RNA – regulator of biotic stress and pathogenesis in food crops - p. Page 224 20. Chapter 10 : Small RNA networking: host-microbe interaction in food crops - p. Page 261 21. Chapter 11 : Small RNAs involved in salt stress tolerance of food crops - p. Page 287 22. Chapter 12 : miRNAs perspective in mitigating waterlogging stress in plants - p. Page 336 23. Chapter 13 : Molecular mechanisms alleviating drought stress tolerance in crop plants - p. Page 356 24. Chapter 14 : Grain development and crop productivity: role of small RNA - p. Page 380 25. Chapter 15 : Food crops improvement: comparative biotechnological approaches - p. Page 435 26. Chapter 16 : Small RNA transgenesis for abiotic stress tolerant food crops - p. Page 494 27. Chapter 17 : Scope of small RNA technology to develop biotic stress tolerant food crops - p. Page 531 28. Chapter 18 : Future prospective of small RNA molecules: food crop improvement and agricultural sustainability - p. Page 564 29. Index - p. Page 592
