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Description / Table of Contents: Part I – User manual and architectural concepts. Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. How to use this book 6 -- Chapter 3. Architectural concepts and key to the models -- Part II. Identification keys -- Chapter 4. Key to the groups of families of trees and shrubs (groups 1 to 52) -- Chapter 5. Keys to families of trees and shrubs -- Chapter 6. Supplementary keys -- Chapter 7. Keys to the groups of families of lianas and woody epiphytic (groups 53 to 57) -- Chapter 8. Keys to families of lianas and woody epiphytes -- PART III. Description of the families -- Chapter 9. Acanthaceae to Asteraceae -- Chapter 10. Bignoniaceae to Buxaceae -- Chapter 11. Cactaceae to Cycadaceae -- Chapter 12. Dichapetalaceae to Dipterocarpaceae -- Chapter 13. Ebenaceae to Euphorbiaceae -- Chapter 14. Fagaceae -- Chapter 15. Gentianaceae to Goupiaceae -- Chapter 16. Hamamelidaceae to Humiriaceae -- Chapter 17. Icacinaceae s.l. to Irvingiaceae -- Chapter 18. Juglandaceae -- Chapter 19. Lamiaceae to Lythraceae -- Chapter 20. Magnoliaceae to Myrtaceae -- Chapter 21. Nyctaginaceae,- Chapter 22. Ochnaceae to Oxalidaceae -- Chapter 23. Pandaceae to Putranjivaceae -- Chapter 24. Rhabdodendraceae to Rutaceae -- Chapter 25. Sabiaceae to Symplocaceae -- Chapter 26. Tetramelaceae to Torricelliaceae -- Chapter 27. Ulmaceae s.l. to Urticaceae -- Chapter 28. Verbenaceae to Vochysiaceae -- Chapter 29. Zygophyllaceae s.l -- Chapter 30. Herbaceous versus arborescent habit in the families and orders of flowering plants - evolutionary trends.

Description / Table of Contents: Reference genome sequence of flax -- Repeat DNA sequences in flax genomes -- Pale flax (Linum bienne): an underexplored flax wild relative -- Flax breeding -- QTL mapping: strategy, progress and prospects in flax -- Genetics of abiotic stress in flax. QTL and candidate genes for flax disease resistance -- Key stages of flax bast fiber development through the prism of transcriptomics -- Metabolomics and transcriptomics-based tools for linseed improvement.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Floral morphology and phenology -- 3. Pollen grain morphology, viability, and insect visitation -- 4. The phenology of Rubus glaucus Benth. characterized by the BBCH scale -- 5.Propagation and cultivation -- 6.Fruit and chromosome number -- 7.Post-harvest physiology and nutritional facts -- 8.Genetic diversity -- 9.Breeding programs -- 10.Morphological diversity -- 11.Rubus glaucus and climate change.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 -- Introduction -- 2. Southern tropical and subtropical rainforests -- 3. Multi-faced southern seasonal tropics 3.1 Heterogeneity of the savanna biomes: a southern perspective -- 4. Southern mediterranean: an extratropical plant marvel -- 5. Dry face of the ‘wet hemisphere’: southern deserts and semideserts -- 6. Austral temperate forests: a biome-classification conundrum -- 7. Southern ‘steppes’ and other grassy oddballs -- 8. The biomes of the coldest corners of the World -- 9. Synthesis: A New Global Zonobiome System -- 10. Further Challenges and Research Agenda -- References.

Description / Table of Contents: The Biology of the Citron -- Citron Genomics -- Citron Phytochemistry -- Selected Aspects of Commercial Production in Etrog Orchards -- Preserving Etrog Quality After Harvest: Doctrine and Practice -- Citron Arthropod Pests in the Mediterranean, Their Origin and Notes On Their Biology and Management -- Diseases of the Etrog Citron and Other Citrus Trees -- The Citron ( Citrus medica L.) in China -- The Citron in Italy and Its cultivation in Calabria -- The Citron in Corsica -- The Citron in the United States -- The Citron in Mediterranean Food and Beverages -- 'Fruit of the Goodly Trees’: The Talmudic Discourse on the Etrog Citron -- From Theophrastus to the Present: The Citron in Medicine -- The Etrog Citron in Art -- The Etrog Citron in Midrashic and Kabbalistic Literature -- From ‘An Etrog’ to ‘One's Etrog’: A Literary Analysis of S.Y. Agnon’s Story -- History of the Citron in Ancient Israel and the Near East -- The Etrog Citron Trail to the North: Genoa and Trieste -- The Corfu Etrog Citron Polemic -- The Grafted Etrog Citron Controversy -- Etrog Citrons of the Land of Israel in Modern Times.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 The History of Cannabis -- Chapter 2 The Bioactive Components of Plants -- Chapter 3 Chemical Constituents of Cannabis -- Chapter 4 The Bioactive Components of Cannabis -- Chapter 5 Neurological Effects of Cannabis -- Chapter 6 Psychotropic Effects of Cannabis -- Chapter 7 The Analgesic effects of Cannabis -- Chapter 8 Cannabis and Perinatal Development -- Chapter 9 Cannabis and Multiple Sclerosis -- Chapter 10 Cannabis and Cancer -- Chapter 11 Cannabis and Parkinson’s disease -- Chapter 12 Cannabis and the Skin -- Chapter 13 Antiviral Activities of Cannabis -- Chapter 14 Alkaline Phosphatase Stimulation.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Current Status of Population Extinction and Biodiversity Crisis of Medicinal Plants -- 2. Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Phytochemical Diversity: A Fountainhead of Potential Drugs against Human Diseases -- 3. Threats and opportunities for sustainable use of medicinal plants in Brazilian Atlantic Forest based on the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities -- 4. Climate Change Impact on Medicinal Plants: An Insight from the IUCN Red List Of Threatened Species -- 5. Securing Conservation Status of Paris Polyphylla, a Medicinally Important Plant of the Indian Himalayan Region -- 6. Endophytic Fungal Diversity in Solanaceous Medicinal Plants and Their Beneficial Impact -- 7. Genetic Studies on Threatened Medicinal Plants of Brazil: Mind the Gap -- 8. Medicinal Plants of North-east India: Biodiversity and Their Ethno-Medicinal Values -- 9. Strategies for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants -- 10. Scientific Databases for Conservation of Medicinal Plants -- 11. International Trade of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) -- 12. Inventorization of Ecology, Ethnobotany and Conservation Status of Dactylorhiza hatagirea: Problems Progress and Prospects -- 13. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants -- 14. Traditional Practices of Ethnomedicinal Plants in North-East Region of India and Their Conservation for Sustainable Utilization -- 15. Occurrence and Diversity of Major Naphthoquinones in Higher Plants: Their Distribution and Conservation Strategies -- 16. Astragalus fridae genetic Source,Applications, and Conservation -- 17. Tinospora cordifolia as a Potential Candidate for Health Care Of Post-Menopausal Women -- 18. The Potential Role of Medicinal Plants, Traditional Herbal Medicines and Formulations to Overcome SARS-CoV-2 Induced Health Crisis -- 19. Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses in the Traditional Health Care System -- 20. In-Vitro conservation and propagation of endangered Ethno-Medicinal Orchids from the Northeast Region of India -- 21. Artificial Seed Production and Cryopreservation Technology for Conservation of Plant Germplasm with Special Reference to Medicinal Plants -- 22. Biotechnological Studies on Nasturtium Officinale (Watercress) - An Endangered Species of Significant Relevance in Medicine, Cosmetic, and Food Industries -- 23. Isatis tinctoria L. (woad) – Cultivation, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, and Utilization -- 24. Tissue Culture Techniques to Conserve Endangered Medicinal Plants with Antimicrobial and Antiviral Activities -- 25. Insights into the In Vitro Approaches for the Production of Secondary Metabolites Towards The Conservation of Medicinal Orchids -- 26. Biotechnological Approaches for Ex Situ Conservation of Medicinal Plants -- 27. Conservation of Medicinal Plants by Tissue Culture Techniques -- 28. Current Status of Metabolic Engineering of Medicinal Plants for Production of Plant-derived Secondary Metabolites -- 29. Stationary, Agitated and Bioreactor Cultures of Verbena officinalis L. (Common Vervain) - A Potential Rich Source of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds for Pharmacy, Health Food Industry and Cosmetology.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 -- Root-knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), Chapter 2 -- Meloidogyne species: Threat to Vegetable Produce, Chapter 3 -- hemotaxis in Root-Knot Nematodes, Chapter 4 -- Phytohormone-Mediated Feeding Site Development, Chapter 5 -- 5. Current and Future Studies on the Genes for Parasitism in Meloidogyne, Chapter 6 -- Natural Product Repertoire for Suppressing the Immune Response of Meloidogyne species, Chapter 7 -- Epigenetic Mechanisms and their Role in Root Gall Formation,Chapter 8 -- Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) and Root Gall Elucidation, Chapter 9 -- 9. Root-Knot Disease Complex: An Interactive Perspective with Microorganisms, Chapter 10 -- Breeding for Resistance in Vegetables against Meloidogyne species causing Root Gall Disease, Chapter 11 -- An Overview of Predacious Fungi for the Management of Root-knot Disease in Vegetables, Chapter 12 -- Biofertilizer of Organic Origin for Management of Root Galling Disease of Vegetables, Chapter 13 -- Prospects for the Use of Metabolomics Engineering in Exploring and Harnessing Chemical Signalling in Root Galls.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Agronomic Biofortification- An Effective Tool for Alleviating Nutrient Deficiency in Plants and Human Diet -- 2. The Role of Biofortification in Enhancing Plant Growth, Development, Yield, and Quality -- 3. Improving Zinc Biofortification in Plants 4. Biofortification of Zinc: Uptake from the Soil and Transportation up to the Grains through ZIP Family Transporters -- 5. Mechanisms of Iron Uptake and Homeostasis in Plants: Implications for Biofortification in Cereal Grains -- 6. Selenium Biofortification in Agronomic Crops -- 7. Selenium Bio-fortification in Cereal Crops: An Overview -- 8. Nanoparticles Based Biofortification in Food Crops: Overview, Implications, and Prospects -- 9. Role of Nanoparticles in Improving Biofortification -- 10. Role of Nanoparticles in Improving Biofortification of Zinc and Iron in Vegetables -- 11. Scope of Seed Priming in Inducing Biofortification in Plants -- 12. Biofortification Through Seed Priming in Food Crops; Potential Benefits and Future Scope -- 13. Biochar for the Improvement of Crop Production -- 14. Phytohormones as Stress Mitigators in Plants.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Importance of integrating physiological breeding to augment crop breeding -- 2. Stacking of complex traits through physiological pre breeding -- 3. Strategies to develop heat and drought tolerant wheat varieties following physiological breeding -- 4. Developing crop varieties by physiological breeding for improving plant nutrition -- 5. Role of Transpiration in Regulating Leaf Temperature and its Application in Physiological Breeding -- 6. Photosynthesis as a trait for improving yield potential in crops -- 7. Cuticular waxes and its application in crop improvement -- 8. Radiation use efficiency (RUE)-target for improving yield potential: Current status and future prospect -- 9. Application of Stable Isotopes in Crop Improvement -- 10. Root phenotyping for improved resource use efficiency in crops -- 11. Root system architecture and phenotyping for improved resource use efficiency in crops -- 12. Harnessing Root associated traits and Rhizosphere efficiency for Crop improvement -- 13. High throughput phenomics of crops for water and nitrogen stress -- 14. Metabolomics as a selection tool for abiotic stress tolerance in crops -- 15. Remote Sensing Algorithms and their Applications in Plant Phenotyping -- 16. Endophyte mediated crop improvement: Manipulation of abiotic stress‐specific traits -- 17. Impact of high temperature stress on selected food grain crops -- 18. Morpho-physiological basis of finger millet to withstand climatic extremes: A special reference to drought -- 19. Comprehending the physiological efficiency of millets under abiotic stress -- 20. Role of Next-generation sequencing in trait identification, genetic mapping, and crop improvement -- 21. Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Agriculture.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Science and philosophy -- Chapter 2 Student’s proposal, dissertation, or thesis -- Chapter 3 Research integrity and publication ethics -- Chapter 4 Good Research Practices -- Chapter 5 Publication 101 -- Chapter 7 Lessons learned from Nature’s reports -- Chapter 8 Success can be learned.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of orchid mycorrhizal symbiosis from genetic information -- 2. Breeding of orchids using conventional and biotechnological methods: Advances and future prospects -- 3. Biotechnological interventions and societal impacts of some medicinal orchids -- 4. Gene expression profiling in orchid mycorrhizae to decipher the molecular mechanisms of plant-fungus interactions -- 5. Exploring the potential of in vitro cultures as an aid to production of secondary metabolites in medicinal orchids -- 6. Ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry, medicinal potential and biotechnology strategies for the conservation of orchids from the Catasetum genus -- 7. Diversity and antimicrobial potential of Orchidaceae-associated fungal endophytes -- 8. Asymbiotic seed germination in terrestrial orchids: Problems, progress and prospects -- 9. Progress and prospect of orchid breeding: An overview.

Description / Table of Contents: Gasotransmitters signaling in plants under abiotic stress: An overview -- Influence of gasotransmitters on the physiology of plants with respect to abiotic stress tolerance -- Gasotransmitters and omics for abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- Advancement in the biology of gasotransmitters: H2S, NO, and ethylene -- Hydrogen sulfide: An evolving gasotransmitter regulating salinity and drought stress response in plants -- Ethylene synthesis and redox homeostasis in plants: Recent advancement -- Nitric oxide and cellular redox homeostasis in plants -- The function of hydrogen sulfide in plant responses to salinity and drought: new insights -- Hydrogen peroxide and its role in abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- Interaction of ethylene and H2S in plant stress management.

Description / Table of Contents: Background of Mulberry: Origin and Distribution, Domestication, Taxonomy, Cytology and Biodiversity -- Cultivation, Utilization and Economic benefits of mulberry in an Indian Context -- Mulberry Breeding for higher leaf Productivity -- Mulberry genome analysis: Current status, challenges, and future perspective -- Relationship between genome size and ploidy level in mulberry -- Transcriptomics: Current status and future prospects for identifying trait specific genes in mulberry -- Proteomics in mulberry -- Current status and importance of DUS testing in Mulberry -- Molecular diagnostics of soil borne and foliar diseases of mulberry: Present trends and future perspectives -- Transgenic Mulberry (Morus spp.) for Stress Tolerance: Current Status, Challenges and Future Perspectives -- Application of mulberry and mulberry silkworm by products for medical use -- Application of green synthesized nanoparticles in sustainable mulberry production: current trends and future perspectives -- Future Perspectives of Mulberry Genomic Research.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Impact of Nanotechnology on Plant Cell Biology -- Part I Cellular Mechanisms -- 2. Effect of Nanomaterials on Water and Solutes Translocation in Plants -- 3. Response of Plant Photosynthesis to Nanomaterials -- 4. Impact of Nanomaterials on Chlorophyll Content in Plants -- 5. Interactions of Nanomaterials with Plant Pigments -- 6. Impact of Nanomaterials on Plant Secondary Metabolism -- 7. Toxic Effects of Nanomaterials on Plant Cellular Mechanisms -- Part II Cellular Macromolecules -- 8. Interaction of Nanoparticles with Plant Macromolecules: Carbohydrates and Lipids -- 9. Interaction of Nanomaterials with Plant Macromolecules: Nucleic Acid, Proteins and Hormones -- 10. Influence of Nanomaterials on Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant Defense Activities in Plants -- 11. 2D-Nanosheets Based Hybrid Nanomaterials Interaction with Plants -- Part III Agricultural Implications -- 12. Nanomaterial Impact on Plant Morphology, Physiology and Productivity -- 13. Role of Nanomaterials in Improving Crop Productivity -- 14. Role of Nanomaterials in Plant Cell and Tissue Culture -- 15. Role of Nanomaterials in Improving the Nutritional Value of Crops -- 16. Role of Nanomaterials in Improving Crop Tolerance to Abiotic Stress -- 17. Plant Mediation to Tolerate Cadmium Stress with Selenium and Nano-selenium -- 18. Synthesis and Applications of Cellulose Nanomaterials Derived from Agricultural Waste and Byproducts.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Taxonomy and Evolution of the tribe Triticeae Dumort -- 3. Genome structure of Triticeae species -- 4. B Chromosomes -- 5. Orphan genera of the subtribe Triticineae Simmonds -- 6. Secale L -- 7. Classification of the wheat group (the genera Amblyopyrum, Aegilops, and Triticum) -- 8. Amblyopyrum (Jaub. &Spach) Eig -- 9. Aegilops L -- 10. Triticum L. -- 11. Evolution of the diploid species of the sub-tribe Triticineae -- 12. Evolution of the allopolyploid species -- 13. Evolution of wheat under cultivation -- 14. Future prospects -- 15. References. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India: A bridge from Traditions to modern wellbeing -- 2. Holy basil (Ocimum sanctum L.) - an important indian medicinal and aromatic plant: its properties, utilization and genetic improvement -- 3. Ethnomedicinal Importance of Common Weeds of the Family Asteraceae in the Tribal Belt of Rajasthan, India -- 4. Cydonia oblonga Mill. - Wound healing properties -- 5. Artemisia annua L. - A comprehensive review on pharmacological properties -- 6. Mesua ferrea L - Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology -- 7. Linum usitatissimum L. - Rich store house of pharmacologically active metabolites -- 8. Gymnema sylvestre R.Br.: - Phytochemicals and Medicinal Properties -- 9. Medicinal and Aromatic plants of India used in the treatment of skin disorders -- 10. Traditional uses and properties of Indian medicinal plants in the treatment of Vitiligo -- 11. Indian MAPs with hepato-protectant potentials -- 12. Selected Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Mucormycosis, in India -- 13. Selected Indian Medicinal And Aromatic Plants For Prophylactic Therapy -- 14. Conservation Strategies Of Indian Medicinal Plants.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to MAPs in Turkey -- Ethnobotany in Turkey: Retrospect and Prospect -- Natural Dye Plants in Turkey -- Phytochemical and Biological Characteristics of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Species from Turkey.-The genus Salvia in Turkey: Morphology, Ecology, Phytogeograpy, Endemism and Threat Categories -- Threatened Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Conservation Studies in Turkey -- Cultivation and Breeding of MAPs in Turkey -- Traditional Uses and Cultivation of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) in Türkiye -- Turkish Oregano (Origanum spp.) – Biodiversity, Cultivation, Traditional & Commercial Uses -- Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic Trees in Turkiye: Laurel (Laurus nobilis), Sumac (Rhuscoriaria), Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) and Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) -- Turkish Soaproot (Radix gypsophylae) -- Traditional Farming of Apiaceae Species in Turkiye: Pimpinella anisum L., Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Cuminum cyminum L.) -- Traditional Uses of Turkish Asteraceae Species -- Anti-aging effect of Turkish medicinal plants on skin: Focus on recent studies.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Marine Litter in Africa -- Chapter 2. Marine litter sources and distribution pathways -- Chapter 3. Impacts and Threats of Marine Litter to Africa Chapter -- Chapter 4. Legal and Policy Frameworks to address marine litter through improved livelihoods -- Chapter 5. The way forward, building upon-the-ground innovation.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. An Overview of our research -- 2. Recovery of Food Production from Radioactive Contamination Caused by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident -- 3. Annual Reduction of Transfer Factors of Radiocesium from Soil to Rice Cultivated in a KCl Fertilized and Straw Plowed-in Paddy Field from 2015 to 2021 -- 4. Effects of radiocesium from suspended matter and fallout on agricultural products -- 5. Verification of Uptake and Transport Properties of Cesium in Hydroponically Cultivated Quercus Serrata -- 6. Candidates for breeding target genes related to cesium transport in plants after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident -- 7. Evaluation of the Absorption of Different Forms of Cesium from Soil -- 8. Structure, Composition, and Physicochemical Properties of Radiocesium-Bearing Microparticles Emitted by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident -- 9. Verification of Effects on Crops and Surrounding Environment in Agriculture Using Radioactively Contaminated Grass Silage Compost Made by Aerobic Ultra-High Temperature Fermentation -- 10. Transport of 137Cs into Fruits after External Deposition onto Japanese Persimmon Trees -- 11. Progress Towards Managing Radiocesium Contamination in Orchards -- 12. Overview of Radiocesium Dynamics in Forests: First Decade and Future Perspectives -- 13. Toward the Estimation of Radiocesium Activity Concentration in Trunks of Coppiced Quercus Serrata: Leaf Availability Instead of Felling -- 14. Decomposition of Organic Matters in a Forest Floor Enhanced Downward Migration of Radioactive Cs after the Accident of the FDNPP -- 15. Effect of exchangeable and non-exchangeable potassium in soil on cesium uptake by Quercus serrata seedlings -- 16. Ten-year Transition of Radiocesium Contamination in Wild Mushrooms in the University of Tokyo Forests after the Fukushima Accident -- 17. Challenge to resume production of mushroom bed logs by potassium fertilizer application -- 18. Studies on the revitalization of radioactive-contaminated mushroom log forests: focus on shoots -- 19. Contribution of cesium-bearing microparticles to cesium in soil and river water of the Takase River watershed and their effect on the distribution coefficient -- 20. Global Fallout: Radioactive Materials from Atmospheric Nuclear Tests That Fell Half a Century Ago and Where to Find Them -- 21. Resilience Education Program in Iitate Village for the Young Generation.

Description / Table of Contents: Background -- Research design -- Linking traffic and land use to stormwater quality -- Human health risk assessment from toxic chemical pollutants in stormwater -- Implications for stormwater management and recommendations for future research.

Description / Table of Contents: Impact of Persistent Pollutants on Water Quality -- Marine microplastics: abundance, ecotoxic consequences of associated anthropogenic contaminants and interactions with microorganisms -- World profile of foreseeable strategies for the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from water -- Plasticizers, plastic monomers, and their transformation products in environmental waters and wastewater -- Occurrence and Removal of phthalates from aqueous medium using bismuth tungstate-based photocatalysts -- Application of electrochemical technologies for the efficacious removal of persistent organic pollutants from wastewater -- Recent progress in Electrochemical/Electro-oxidation technology: its applicability in highly efficient treatment of persistent organic pollutants specially from coal processed wastewater.

Description / Table of Contents: Contamination characteristics of soils and biological and chemical behavior of chromium in soil.-Mechanisms of Cr(VI) reduction by microorganisms -- Microbial remediation of chromium-contaminated soil -- Mechanism of chemical reduction of Cr(VI) -- Chemical remediation of chromium-contaminated soil -- Case of chrome-contaminated site remediation project.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Introduction to Phytosequestration - Strategies for Mitigation of Aerial Carbon Dioxide and Aquatic Nutrient Pollution -- Chapter. 2. Global Climate: Chronological Perspective -- Chapter. 3. Sources and Monitoring Tools of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide -- Chapter. 4. Global Warming: Impacts of Temperature Escalation -- Chapter. 5. Carbon Capture and Storage -- Chapter. 6. Future Climate through the Window of Climate Models -- Chapter. 7. Societal Responses to Anthropogenic Climate Change -- Chapter. 8. Monitoring of Nutrient Pollution in Water -- Chapter. 9. Impacts of Nutrient Pollution -- Chapter. 10. Phytomediation of Nuisance Pollution.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Important Features of Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation -- Part. I: Green nanoremediation: generating eco-friendly nanoremediators -- Chapter. 2. Green-synthesis of nanomaterials for environmental remediation -- Chapter. 3. Nanoremediation: main strategies, advantages and disadvantages - Strategic methods of nanoremediation through nanomaterials synthesized from microbes -- Chapter. 4. Fungi-based synthesis to generate nanomaterials to nanoremediation -- Chapter. 5. Algae-based synthesis to generate nanomaterials to nanoremediation -- Chapter. 6. Plant-based synthesis to generate nanomaterials to nanoremediation -- Chapter. 7. Innovations on the synthesis of metal nanoparticles to nanoremediation -- Part II: Important green nanomaterials in the management of environmental pollution -- Chapter. 8. Main green nanomaterials to water remediation -- Chapter. 9. Green non-carbon-based nanomaterials to environs remediation -- Chapter. 10. Green Iron nanoparticles for nanoremediation -- Chapter. 11. Green Silver nanoparticles for nanoremediation -- Part III: Conjugating nanoremediation to other remediation strategies -- Chapter. 12. Green-based nanomaterial and plants in nanophytoremediation strategies -- Chapter. 13. Main interactions of green nanomaterials and microorganisms on nanoremediation protocols -- Part. IV: Safety aspects and analysis of nanoremediation -- Chapter. 14. Supporting nanotechnology safety through nanoinformatics -- Chapter. 15. Conventional strategies of environmental pollution remediation versus Green Nanoremediation -- Chapter. 16. Using nanoremediation strategies: cost/benefit analysis -- Chapter. 17. Strategies to evaluate nanoremediation efficiency.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 – Status of POPs Pollution in India -- Chapter 2 – Regulatory framework, Policies and Programs in POPs Management in India -- Chapter 3 – POPs Associated with Plastic Waste -- Chapter 4 – Transport of POPs from Source to Sea -- Chapter 5 – Environmental Monitoring Techniques of Targeted POPs -- Chapter 6 – Environmental and health impact -- Chapter 7 – International Regulatory Frameworks and Best Practices in Management of POPs -- Chapter 8 – Overview of Use and Release Sources of the Seven New POPs -- Chapter 9 – Analysis of Gaps in Management of POPs in India -- Chapter 10 – Case Studies-Tapi and Daman Ganga River Basins in Gujarat. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Mycotoxins and Their Producers: Diversity, Side Effects and Control -- Chapter 2. Seed-Borne Mycoflora and Their Management -- Chapter 3. Rhizosphere Mycobiome: Roles, Diversity, and Dynamics -- Chapter 4. Phyllosphere Mycobiome: Diversity and Function -- Chapter 5. Plant Mycobiome in Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 6. Plant-Fungus Interactions in Rust Diseases -- Chapter 7. Rust Haustoria -- Chapter 8. Recent Advancement in Fungal Biocontrol Agents -- Chapter 9. New Perspectives on Fungal Siderophores -- Chapter 10. Biogenic Synthesis of Nanoparticles Mediated by Fungi -- Chapter 11. Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi for Growth Improvement and Resistance Induction -- Chapter 12. An Insight into Fungi in Forest Ecosystems -- Chapter 13. Recent Progress on Fungal Enzymes -- Chapter 14. Endophytic Fungi as Sources of Novel Natural Compounds -- Chapter 15. Symbiotic Relationships with Fungi: From Mutualism to Parasitism -- Chapter 15. Symbiotic Relationships with Fungi: From Mutualism to Parasitism -- Chapter 16. Roles and Benefits of Mycorrhiza -- Chapter 17. Mycorrhizal Networks: A Secret Interplant Communication System -- Chapter 18. Impacts of Climate Change on Plant Mycobiome. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An Introduction to Haematococcus -- Chapter 2. Nutritional studies and optimization of biomass from unicellular microalgae Haematococcus sp.-Chapter 3. Abiotic stress factors and high astaxanthin accumulation in Haematococcus pluvialis -- Chapter 4. Haematococcus: Cultivation for Astaxanthin Production -- Chapter 5. Bottlenecks in the cultivation processes of Haematococcus pluvialis -- Chapter 6. Biochemistry of Haematococcus -- Chapter 7. Lipids, lipidomics and biosurfactants of Haematococcus -- Chapter 8. Genetic engineering approaches for Haematococcus: Recent developments in genome sequencing and strain improvement -- Chapter 9. Food and Food Packaging Technology -- Chapter 10 Algae Materials for Bionanopesticides: Nanoparticles and composites -- Chapter 11. Environmental Impacts Related to Upstream and Downstream Processing of Haematococcus pluvialis -- Chapter 12. Therapeutic potential of Haematococcus pluvialis in the field of drug delivery -- Chapter 13. Clinical applications of Haematococcus. - Chapter 14. In silico exploration of therapeutics in Haematococcus pluvialis -- Chapter 15. Algal Polymers, Proteins and Pigments for Industrial Applications -- Chapter 16. Valorising Haematococcus biomass for commercial applications -- Chapter 17. Biotechnological applications of Haematococcus: Future perspectives -- Chapter 18. Commercialization of Haematococcus-based products: Current status and future forecast -- Chapter 19. Bioenergy Applications of Haematococcus.-.

Description / Table of Contents: Plant Evolution and Systematics 1982–2022: Changing Questions and Methods as Seen by a Participant -- Plants in Space: Novel Physiological Challenges and Adaptation Mechanisms -- Terrestrialization: The Conquest of Dry Land by Plants -- Legacies of Human Land Use Impacts in Central European Forests -- Global Forest Biodiversity: Current State, Trends, and Threats -- An Overview on Dendrochronology and Quantitative Wood Anatomy Studies of Conifers in Southern Siberia (Russia) -- Holobionts in the Plant Kingdom -- Evolution of Holobiont-Like Systems: From Individual to Composed Ecological and Global Units -- Plant Proteolysis in Development: Insights and Functions -- Experimental Evidence for Fruit Memory and Its Applications to Post-harvest Physiology and Technology: An Overview -- Movement of Aquatic Oxygenic Photosynthetic Organisms -- An Overview of the Ability to Capture Nutritional and Water resources through the Leaves and Roots of Epiphytic Bromeliads -- Phi Thickenings: Their History, Current Status and Role(s) in Mechanically Strengthening the Plant Root.

Description / Table of Contents: Origin of watermelon -- Whole genome sequencing of watermelon and other relevant genomic resources -- Watermelon Genetic Resources and Diversity -- Watermelon genomic resources for disease resistance -- - The NLR family of disease resistance genes in cultivated watermelon and other cucurbits: opportunities and challenges -- Mapping of economic and quality related loci in watermelon -- Genetics and genomics of fruit and quality traits of watermelon -- Genetics and genomics of host resistance and develop disease tolerant cultivars of watermelon -- Molecular and Metabolic Regulation of Nutraceuticals in Watermelon -- Challenges of Traditional breeding in watermelon.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Review of Literature -- Data Base and Methodology -- India’s Forest Cover, Forest policies and Acts and Impact of Governance on Forest Cover -- Institutions & Enforcement at Local Level -- Forest Dependency and Forest Governance in South Bengal and North Bengal Forest Divisions -- Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Khikeya Semy*, Ruokuonuo Kuotsu -- Ethnobotanical study of medicinal herbs used by the Naga tribals of Eastern Himalayas -- khikeyasemy@gmail.com -- 2. Ahirrao YA1, Patil MV2 and DA Patil3* -- Ethnomedicinal Use-reports of Seeds As Tapped From Herbal Vendors In North Maharashtra (India) -- dapatil_10aug@yahoo.com -- 3. Pious Soris Tresina, Murugeswaran Santhiya Selvam, Vallinayagam Sornalakshmi and Veerababu Ramasamy Mohan -- Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary -- vrmohanvoc@gmail.com -- 4. Jayalekshmi C V 1† , Reshma K Ramesh 1† , Vijai M 2† & Suresh V* -- Ethnomedicinal Plants used by Irula Tribal Settlement of Attappady in Palakkad District Kerala, India -- 5. Jayalekshmi C V 1† , Reshma S 2† & Suresh V* -- Folk Medicine Of Chittur Taluk In Palakkad District, -- 6. R. Manikandan 1 , S.P. Nithya, R. Mehala Devi -- Checklist Flora of Sunderdhunga Valley, Western Himalaya, with Emphasis on Ethno-Medicinal Plants -- 7. Pinki Gogoi, Pyonim Lungphi, A.P. Das & Ayam Victor Singh * -- Phytomedicines Used In Respiratory Diseases By Traditional Healers Of Lakhimpur & Dhemaji Districts Of Assam, India -- 8. Lydia Yeptho*, T. Ajungla -- Understanding phytomedicinal gastronomic culture of the Nagas in Nagaland, India -- 9. Ritee Basu, Sukanya Dasgupta, Spoorthy N Babu, Ayesha Noor* -- Medicinal Plants in the Indian Traditional Medicine and Current Practices -- 10. Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Jaidev Chauhan, Vijay Kant Purohit and Pratti Prasad -- Conservation of RET Medicinal and Aromatic plants, for their Appraisal in Traditional Medicines and Current practices in Indian Himalayan Region -- 11. Neva Chaudhary 1* , Suresh K. Ghimire 2 and Ram P. Chaudhary -- Traditional Amchi Medicinal Practice in trans-Himalayas of Nepal: Conservation and Bioprospecting -- 12. Salman Majeed 1* , Muhammad Zafar 1 , Mushtaq Ahmad 1,2 , Shazia Sultana 1 , Muhammad Fethi, Ozdemir 3 , Omer Kilic 4 , Ghulam Yaseen 5 , Nabila 1 -- Appraisal of Medicinal Plants Diversity Inhabited in Deserts Areas -- 13. Karma Yeshi, Phurpa Wangchuk -- Bush Medicinal Plants of the Australian Wet Tropics and Their Biodiscovery Potential -- 14. Kausar Rashid1*, Sufiya Rashid1, Aijaz Hassan Ganie2, Irshad A. Nawchoo1, Mudasir A. Tantry3, Anzar A. Khuroo4 -- Trillium govanianum, a promising endemic medicinal herb of the Himalaya -- 15. K. Abirami, P. Revathi, K. Thenmozhi* and K. Sowndhararajan -- Comprehensive Review on Wild Basil Genus Orthosiphon of Lamiaceae -- 16. T. Soumya, P. R. Jayasree and P. R. Manish Kumar -- Zingiberaceae plants – a cornucopia of promising chemotherapeuticals for cancer cure -- 17. Nikita Patel and Ramar Krishnamurthy -- Moringa oleifera Accessions: Perspectives and application as nutraceuticals and phytomedicines -- 18. Sreeja Puthanpura Sasidharanc, Xuefei Yanga,b, Karuppusamy Arunachalama,b* -- An overview of ethnobotany, phytochemicals and pharmacological properties of Ficus species -- 19. Sunil Kumar 1 , Bikarma Singh 2,3 -- Phytochemistry and pharmacology of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don and Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz -- 20. Naveen Dhingra* 1 , Shaligram Sharma 2 , Pratima Kumari 3 and Anand Kar 4 -- Resilience Activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra in Relation to Cancer: Chemistry and Mechanism -- 21. Reshmi Chembrammal 1 *, Aswathi Pokkadath 2 and John Ernest Thoppil 3 -- Strobilanthes: A plethora of phytomedicine -- 22. Sonia Mol Joseph* And Amala Dev A.R -- Annonaceae: Tropical medicinal plants with potential anticancer compounds: An overview -- 23. Suman Thamburaj † , Chayanika Sarma † , Anju Mariam Johnson † , Akhila Etikala † and Suresh Kumar Kalakandan* -- Biocolorant from Anisochilus carnosus: A natural food preservative -- 24. Azhagu Saravana Babu. P 1 , Vajiha Aafrin. B 2 , Sagorika Goyali 1 , Geethika. M 1 , Sugumari.V 1 , M. Sukumar -- Therapeutic properties of Nardostachys jatamansi and its applications in Post Chemotherapy induced hair loss in cancer patients -- 25. Marney Pascoli Cereda -- Phototherapeutic potential of cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz). -- 26. Saranya Surendran and *Raju Ramasubbu -- Phytochemistry and Pharmacological studies of Indian Cinnamomum Schaeff. -- 27. Silvy Mathew, Reshma Rajan -- Medicinal properties and population studies on Sarcostigma kleinii Wight &Arn. -- 28. Anjana Krishnan1, Jomy Joseph2 and Sudha Kalyanikutty1*, -- The Utility of Natural Mucilage from the Medicinal plant, ‘Patha’ (Cyclea peltata) as an Alternative for Solidifying Agent in Cell Growth Media -- 29. S. N. Preethamol 1 * and John E Thoppil 2 -- Secondary metabolites in Ophiorrhiza brunonis Wight &Arn. (Rubiaceae): A lead towards its anticancer potential -- 30. Kajal Chakraborty -- Marine macroalgae as a treasure house of bioactive compounds and nutraceuticals -- 31. Kapish Kapoor †1* , Priyal Jain †2 Joohee Pradhan †1* -- Plant metabolites as new leads to herbal drug discovery: Approaches and Challenges -- 32. Mudasir Maqbool 1 , Kitika Shenmar 2 , Ansab Akther 3 , Reyaz Hassan Mir 2 , Adil Farooq Wali 4* , Roohi Mohi-ud-din 5* -- Biochanin A Chemistry, Structural Modifications, and Therapeutic Applications: An Update -- 33. Biswajit Patra 1 , Nibedita Das 2 , Mohammad Zaki Shamim 3 , Tapan Kumar Mohanta 4, Bishwambhar Mishra 4 , Yugal Kishore Mohanta 5* -- Dietary Natural Polyphenols Against Bacterial and Fungal Infections: An Emerging Gravity in Health care and Food industry -- 34. Joohee Pradhan 1 * Purnima Paliwal 2† Sunita Panchawat 1† Rohini Trivedi 3† , and Devshree Gayakwad 4† -- Phyto-constituents as Potential Leads for the Development of Novel Antiepileptic Drugs -- 35. Hitesh Chopra 1 , Shabana Bibi 2 , Yugal Kishore Mohanta 3 , Sony Kumari 3 , Atif Amin Baig 4* -- Role of Polyphenols in Cardiovascular diseases -- 36. Alankar Shrivastava -- Steam Distillation: Principle And Applications For The Extraction Of Essential Oils From Plants -- 37. Durga Prasad Barik -- Factors Influencing Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation Efficiency In Plants – A Case Study -- 38. Dr T V Binu, C B Athira -- Evaluation Of Medicinal Planttager With Reference To Its Substitute -- 39. Shipra Jha1, Shilpi Yadev2 -- Biotechnology: Production of Natural Bioactive Compounds from Leguminous Plants & Disease Management -- 40. Pawan Mulani*, Dr.Sweta S.Koka, Anirudh Padiyar, Dr. R.K. Maheshwari, Dr. G.N. Darwhekar -- Novel Ecofriendly Method Of Extraction For Fixed Oils Using Solvent Action Of Solid Solubilizers -- 41. 1Yasotha Jeyaram, 2Priya Prasannan, 1Arjun Pandian, 2*Ramasubbu Raju -- Conservation attempts of woody medicinal plants of India by Biotechnological tools -- 42. M.V Lakshmi, S. Jeyaraj, and T.S Swapna -- Conservation of endangered medicinal plants by in-vitro propagation methods -- 43. Nadia Iqbal 1* , Sidra Nisar Ahmed 2 , Urooj subhan 1 , Nageen Arif 1 , Humaira Saleem 1 , Farah Deeba 1 -- Application of biotechnology to produce plant-derived biologically important compounds -- 44. Mehmet Zeki Kocak 1 * , Mustafa Güven Kaysim 2 -- Appraisal of Medicinal Plants for Pharmacological Properties -- 45. Yuhong Zheng 1 , Xin Shi 2 , Li Fu 3* -- Pharmacological properties and tissue culture method of endangered medicinal plants -- 46. Morvarid Noormohammadi 1 , Farzad Shidfar 2* -- Natural compounds with pharmacological properties in clinical trials -- 47. Aswathi Pokkadath1, Reshmi Chembrammal2, and John Ernest Thoppil3 -- Phytopharmacological aspects of the genus Terminalia -- 48. Priyanka Soni 1 , Md. Sajid Ghufran 2 and Govinda Rao Duddukuri 3 * -- Anticancer potential of plant-derived compounds: An overview of their epigenetic mode of action -- 49. Nikita Kale -- Treatment of Cancer Using Combination of Herbal & Novel Drug Delivery System -- 50. Nisha Sam Nirmala* 1 , Navina Bala Krishnan 1 , Vaishnavi Vivekanandan 1 , Krishnaraj Thirugnanasambantham -- Anti-Inflammatory Potential Of Lead Compounds And Their Derivatives From Medicinal Plants -- 51. Tanima Bhattacharya a,b# , Debashrita Das c# , Hitesh Chopra d , Atif Amin Baig* e -- Alzheimer disease treatment using natural foods: A perspective overview -- 52. Anjali Saharan 1 , Harkiran Nehra 2 , Chander Parkash 3 , Rakesh Kumar Sindhu 4 , Inderjeet Verma 3 -- Natural products used for the treatment of an autoimmune disorder -- 53. Cristina M. Pérez Zamora 1,2*† , Carola A. Torres 1,2*† and Ana M. Gonzalez 3 -- Strategies to improve antimicrobial activity of natural products: approaches and challenges -- 54. Sinimol Thekkekkoottumughath Peethambaran1* -- Plants Described In Ayurveda With Immunomodulatory Potential -- 55. B Sumithra 1*, Sanjeeb Kumar Mandal 1, B Bishwambhar Mishra 1, Mounika KVSSN 1, Caleb Joel Raj J 1, Aishwarya CVS 1. -- Plant-derived drugs for Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders -- 56. Afroze Naveed Basha 1 , Ramya Subramanian 2 , Kandeepan Chithan 1 , Gopinath Gurulingam, Vincent 3 , Karthigeyan Murugesan 3 , Ananthavalli Ramachandran 3 , Sivakumar Pethanan 3 , Mani, Panagal 4 , Chella Perumal Palanisamy 5* , Jayakumararaj Ramaraj 6* -- Properties and mechanism of antimicrobial agents from plant derived essential oils -- 57. Thomson Alex 1 , Alankar Shrivastava 2* , Damanpreet Kaur Lang 3 , Rakhi Khabiya 4, Sweta S. Koka 4 , Yasmin Sultana 1* -- Nanotechnological Modus Operandi For The Delivery Of Cytotoxic Phytochemicals -- 58. a Arun John and b Rinu Elizabeth Roy -- Plant Based Green Nano Particles In Cancer Diagnosis And Chemotherapy -- 59. Jeyanthi Palanivelu, R. Sai Nandhini, Kalpana Shree S, Phalguni Maity, G.S.Madhumathi, Anindita Bhar , Jeyanthi Palanivelu* -- Use Of Nanoparticles In Cancer Therapy Using Plant Resources -- 60. Md. Sajid Ghufran 1* , Priyanka Soni 2 and Govinda Rao Duddukuri 3 -- The global concern for cancer emergence and its prevention: A systematic unveiling of the present scenario -- 61. Shaikh Ajij Ahmed Makbul 1,* Sayeedur Rahman 2 -- Regularly used poisonous medicinal pl.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- I. Melatonin as an antioxidant -- Chapter 1. Melatonin and the metabolism of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in higher plants -- II. Melatonin, biosynthesis, plant growth, development and reproduction -- Chapter 2. Melatonin in Plants: Biosynthesis, Occurrence and Role in plants -- Chapter 3. Abiotic stress-induced modulation of melatonin biosynthesis accompanying phytohormonal crosstalk in plants -- Chapter 4. Role of melatonin in embryo, seed development and germination -- Chapter 5. Melatonin metabolism in seeds: physiological and nutritive aspects -- Chapter 6. Melatonin in plant growth and signaling -- Chapter 7. Functions and prospects of melatonin during pre-fertilization reproductive stages in plants -- Chapter 8. Melatonin and fruit ripening physiology: crosstalk with ethylene, nitric oxide, hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen sulfide -- Chapter 9. Melatonin and postharvest biology of fruits and vegetables: augmenting the endogenous molecule by exogenous application -- Chapter 10. Melatonin language in postharvest life of horticultural crops -- III. Melatonin and its signaling in biotic and abiotic stress -- Chapter 11. Melatonin-mediated regulation of biotic stress responses in plants -- Chapter 12. Emerging roles of melatonin in mitigating pathogen stress -- Chapter 13. Eco-physiological and morphological adaptive mechanisms induced by melatonin and hydrogen sulfide under abiotic stresses in plants -- Chapter 14. Melatonin in plants under UV stress conditions -- Chapter 15. Molecular physiology of melatonin induced temperature stress tolerance in plants -- Chapter 16. Melatonin-mediated salt tolerance in plants -- Chapter 17. Role of phytomelatonin in promoting ion homeostasis during salt stress -- Chapter 18. Positive regulatory role of melatonin in conferring drought resistance to plants -- Chapter 19. Potential, mechanism and molecular insight of melatonin in phytoremediation.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 01: The Role of Gas Transmitters in Plant Hormonal Responses to Abiotic Stress -- Chapter 02: Understanding the involvement of gasotransmitters in the regulation of cellular signalling and adaptive responses against UV-B mediated oxidative stress in plants -- Chapter 03 Signaling Pathways of Gasotransmitters in Heavy Metal Stress Mitigation -- Chapter 04: Volatile signaling molecules in plants and their interplay with the redox balance under challenging environments: new insights -- Chapter 05: Alleviation of Plant Stress by Molecular Hydrogen -- Chapter 06: Understanding the role of nitric oxide and its interactive effects with phytohormones in mitigation of salinity stress -- Chapter 07 Nitric oxide – a small molecule with big impacts on plants under heavy metal stress -- Chapter 08: Nitric oxide: a key modulator of postharvest fruit and egetable physiology -- Chapter 09: Interaction of hydrogen sulfide with other phytohormones during physiological and stress conditions -- Chapter 10: Gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and its role in plant development and defense responses -- Chapter 11 Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) signaling in plants responding to abiotic stresses -- Chapter 12 Hydrogen sulfide metabolism and its role in regulating salt and drought stress in plants -- Chapter 13 Functional Roles of Hydrogen Sulphide in Postharvest Physiology of Fruit and Vegetables -- Chapter 14: Carbon compounds as gasotransmitters in plants under challenging environment -- Chapter 15: Carbon monoxide (CO) and its association with other gasotransmitters in root development, growth and signaling.

Description / Table of Contents: Ch 1. Plant invasion and climate change: a global overview -- Ch 2. Impacts of plant invasions on ecosystem functionality: a perspective for ecosystem health and ecosystem services -- Ch 3. Menace of Plant Invasion: A View from Ecological Lens -- Ch 4. Role of extreme climate events in amplification of plant invasion -- Ch 5. Plant Invasion as Gleaned from Parasara's Vrkshayurveda -- Ch 6. Water, wind, and fire: extreme climate events enhance the spread of invasive plants in sensitive North American ecosystems -- Ch 7. Understanding eco-geographical relationship in invaded ranges by Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. – An intercontinental case study on Acacia invasions -- Ch 8. Invasive plants in India: their adaptability, socio-ecological impacts, and response to changing climate -- Ch 9. Plant invasion in an aquatic ecosystem: A new frontier under climate change -- Ch 10. Plant invasion and soil processes: A mechanistic understanding -- Ch 11. Plant invasion dynamics in mountain ecosystems under changing climate scenario -- Ch 12. The role of epigenetics on plant invasions under climate change scenario -- Ch 13. Comparative assessment of Machine Learning Algorithms for habitat suitability of Tribulus terrestris (Linn): An economically important weed -- Ch 14. Strategies of plant invasion and management for the conservation and restoration of degraded poor agricultural lands -- Ch 15. Plant Invasion and Climate Change: An Overview on History, Impacts and Management Practices -- Ch 16. Biochar: a tool for combatting both invasive species and climate change -- Ch 17. An action plan to prevent and manage alien plant invasions in India.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Atmospheric oxidation and secondary particle formation -- Haze Source Tracing -- Numerical Model of Atmospheric Haze -- Research and Development, Industrialization, and Application of Advanced Instruments -- Multi-Pollutant Collaborative Treatment Technology and Special Equipment of Atmospheric Haze.

Description / Table of Contents: Part1. Soil Pollution by Micro and Nanoplastics -- Chapter1. Soil Pollution by Micro and Nanoplastics: An overview -- Chapter2. Soil Pollution by Micro and Nanoplastics: Sources, Fate and Impact -- Chapter3. Abundance and Distribution of MPs and NPs in Soil – A Global Scenario -- Chapter4. Methodology of assessing micro plastics and nano plastics in the environment -Recent advances in the practical approaches -- Chapter5. Persistence of Micro and Nanoplastics in Soil -- Chapter6. Microplastics as a carrier of antibiotic resistance genes - a revision of literatureiz -- Part2. Trophic transfer of Micro and Nanoplastics -- Chapter7. Phytoaccumulation of Micro and Nanoplastics: Root Uptake -- Part3. Toxicity of Micro and Nanoplastics -- Chapter8. Toxicity Effects of Micro and Nanoplastics in Terrestrial Environment -- Chapter9. Ecological Impacts and Toxicity of Micro and Nanoplastics in Agroecosystem -- Chapter10. Micro and Nanoplastics on Plant Functionalities -- Chapter11. Cellular and Animal Toxicities of Micro and Nanoplastics -- Part4. Bioremediation of Micro and Nano plastics- polluted soil -- Chapter12. Restoration of Micro/Nanoplastics-contaminated Soil by Phytoremediation -- Chapter13. Bacterial Remediation of Micro/Nanoplastics-contaminated soil -- Chapter14. Mycoremediation of Micro and Nano Plastics (MNPs) – contaminated Soils -- Chapter15. Emerging Techniques for the Mitigation of Micro and Nanoplastics in Soil -- Chapter16. Micro and Nanoplastics in Agricultural Soils: Challenges and Future directions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Water decontamination through Thiamethoxam removal using DL menthol-octanoic acid Deep Eutectic Solvent : Molecular dynamics insights -- Chapter 2: Methyl Red dye abatement from aqueous solution using Calcium Ferrite and Manganese Ferrite magnetic nanocomposite: Kinetics and isotherm study -- Chapter 3: Adsorption of Fluoride onto PANI-Cl jute fibre - designing higher flow rate and initial concentration column reactor from a batch reactor -- Chapter 4: Biosynthesis of Nano Zero valent Iron (nZVI) using Shorea robusta Leaf Extract and its application in UV-assisted Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange -- Chapter 5: Method Development for detection of 2-Methylpyridine by High Performance Liquid Chromatography -- Part 2 - Industrial effluent treatment, reuse and conservation -- Chapter 6: Importance of cost functions for biological treatment of wastewater -- Chapter 7: Removal of heavy metals by Laterite soil -- Chapter 8: Removal of Methylene Blue from wastewater by Red Sandy soil-Based Alkali activated binder -- Chapter 9: Assessment and Treatment of iron from industrial wastewater using activated carbon derived from Parkia Speciosa pod -- Chapter 10: Activated Carbon developed from Phumdi biomass and Deccan Hemp for adsorption of Methylene Blue -- Chapter 11: An experimental study of Metanil Yellow dye remediation using Fe-Mn Bimetal oxide composites -- Chapter 12: Optimization of electrocoagulation process parameters using magnesium electrodes for treating pharmaceutical wastewater containing salicylic acid -- Chapter 13: Optimization of process parameters for biodegradation of Cresol by mixed bacterial culture using Response Surface Methodology -- Chapter 14: Biological degradation of Cresol containing wastewater using mixed microbial culture in presence of heavy metals -- Part 3 - Monitoring of industrial emission and control -- Chapter 15: Development of a simplistic model for the prediction of reactive air pollutants in the atmosphere -- Chapter 16: Controlling Air and Metal pollution in industrial area Singrauli, India: Role of plants -- Part 4 - Industrial solid waste management -- Chapter 17: Enhancing the dewatering ability of sludge by locally available biomass -- Chapter 18: Production of Xylose from Water Hyacinth Biomass (WHB) (lignocellulosic waste) for Xylitol production: waste to wealth -- Chapter 19: A simplistic mathematical model for two-stage Anaerobic Digestion of plastic wastes -- Part 5 - Handling and disposal of hazardous waste -- Chapter 20: Modeling migration of Cr(VI) contaminant through Clay Liner using Hydrus-3d -- Chapter 21: Electrokinetic remediation of total Chromium from contaminated soil -- Chapter 22: Low-Cost recovery of Cadmium from wastewater by soil bacteria -- Part 6 - Case Studies on industrial pollution control -- Chapter 23: Tannery waste management in India: A case study -- Chapter 24: Removal of natural organics and selected antibiotics using PAC and AL electrode: A study for Jumar River -- Chapter 25: Quantification of floating plastics using UAV images and Identification of Microplastics in Ukkadam tank -- Chapter 26: Study of wastewater treatment in Hindustan Coca-Cola plant at Khurda -- Part 7 - Innovative technologies in industrial waste management -- Chapter 27: In Vitro Performance Analysis of Ti and Zn doped Hydroxyapatite made from waste Eggshells -- Chapter 28: Production of non-toxic, non-polluting herbal soaps using plant extracts having anti-microbial activity -- Chapter 29: Decolourization of Textile Dye RR 141 using electrochemical process.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Environmental Mercury Exposure – A Continuing Challenge -- Chapter 2. Mercury Contamination in Food : An Overview -- Chapter 3. Research Trend on Mercury (Hg) Contamination of Water Resources: A Bibliometric Review -- Chapter 4. Impact of mercury and its toxicity on health and environment: a general perspective -- Chapter 5. Effects of Mercury: Neurological and Cellular Perspective -- Chapter 6. Mercury Adsorption using Biowaste Biochar: A Green Technology Approach -- Chapter 7. Removal of Mercury of Wastewater by Different Natural Biomasses -- Chapter 8. Microbial Remediation of Mercury: An Overview -- Chapter 9. Remediation Strategies of Environmental Mercury: An Overview of its Environmental Persistence, Associated Threats and Health Impacts -- Chapter 10. Mercury Remediation: Easing Biochar Approach -- Chapter 11. Application and Development Strategies of Nano-Adsorbents on Mercury Remediation -- Chapter 12. Amputation of Mercury from Wastewater: Perspectives of Action Methods -- Chapter 13. Environmental Mercury Toxicity and its Bioremediation -- Chapter 14. Biosorption of Mercury from Aqueous Solutions by Biosorbents.

Description / Table of Contents: 1-Xenobiotics in the urban ecosystems: Current status and trend analysis -- 2-Urban water cycle: A potential source and sink of xenobiotics -- 3-Xenobiotics in the urban soils: Sources and environmental concerns -- 4-Major strategies for the assessment of xenobiotics in the urban soils -- 5-Advancements in the analytical techniques for precise xenobiotic assessment -- 6-Xenobiotics in urban soils: Bioavailability and threat levels -- 7-Transport and metabolism of xenobiotics in the urban ecosystem -- 8-Xenobiotics and soil microbial community in the urban ecosystem -- 9-Impact of xenobiotics on urban agriculture/crops -- 10-Xenobiotics and urban plants: impact and threat levels -- 11-Food chain contamination and impact of xenobiotics on human health -- 12-Biotransformation of xenobiotics in the urban ecosystem -- 13-Phytoremediation and xenobiotics: exploring the potential of selected plants -- 14-Remediation strategies for xenobiotics in urban soils -- 15-Socioeconomic impacts and policy measures for xenobiotics in urban ecosystems -- 16-Management and regulatory aspects of xenobiotics: Government initiatives.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Types of Environmental Pollution and Its Effects On The Environment and Society -- Chapter 2: Geostatistical Methods and Framework For Pollution Modelling -- Chapter 3: GIS-based Modelling for Estimation of Water Quality Parameters: A Review -- Chapter 4: Air Quality Monitoring Using Geospatial Technology and Field Sensors -- Chapter 5: Geospatial Techniques and Methods for Monitoring and Assessment of Soil Contaminants -- Chapter 6: Geospatial Modelling and Framework For the Detection and Mapping of Noise Pollution -- Chapter 7: Urban Areas and Air Pollution: Causes, Concerns and Mitigation -- Chapter 8: Constructing The Dynamics of Water Quality Parameters Using Geospatial Technology and In Situ Observations -- Chapter 9: Urban Air Quality Monitoring and Modelling Using Ground Monitoring, Remote Sensing and GIS -- Chapter 10: Assessment of Soil Contamination Using Remote Sensing and Spatial Techniques -- Chapter 11: Noise Pollution Modelling Using Gis Techniques in Srinagar City -- Chapter 12: Geostatistics Interceded Groundwater Quality Study With Emphasis on Kriging Across the Andhra Pradesh State Of India -- Chapter 13: Air Quality and Human Health -- Chapter 14: Significance of Geo-Visualization Tools For Pollution Monitoring -- Chapter 15: Environmental Pollution Control Measures And Strategies: An Overview Of Recent Developments -- Chapter 16: Environmental Legislation and Global Initiatives.

Description / Table of Contents: Microplastics as Emerging Pollutants in Urban Waterways -- Factors Influencing MPs Presence in Urban Waterways -- Risk Associated with MPs in Urban Waterways -- Case Study—Risks Posed by MPs Presence and Transport in Brisbane River Sediments, Australia -- Practical Implications and Recommendations for Further Research.

Description / Table of Contents: How the three organ-produced signals: auxin, cytokinin and gibberellin, induce and regulate wood formation and adaptation -- Role of plant growth regulators in the plant-environment interaction and epigenetic regulation of auxin -- The role of auxin and cytokinin signaling components in de novo shoot organogenesis -- Mechanism of crosstalk between cytokinin and gibberellin -- In vitro responses of some Mediterranean fruit crops to auxin, cytokinin and gibberellin treatments -- Integrative approach of the root architecture by interaction between auxin and nutrients -- Insights into Biosynthesis and Signaling of Cytokinins during Plant Growth, Development and Stress Tolerance -- Cytokinin signaling in plants under salt stress -- Auxin and Cytokinin Signaling in Plant Stress Response -- Gibberellins' cross talk and signal transduction in plant stress response -- Crosstalk between Salicylic acid and Auxins, Cytokinins and Gibberellins under biotic stress -- Understanding the crosstalk between chromatin remodeling mechanism and phytohormones signaling for maintenance of plant developmental plasticity: an insight -- Phytohormone-mediated regulation of sprouting in tuber and storage root crops -- Role of phytohormones in plant-microbial interaction -- Iron toxicity tolerance in rice: roles of auxins and gibberellins -- New auxin and cytokinin related compounds based on synthetic low molecular weight heterocycles.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Molecular Farming in Plants: Introduction and Applications -- Chapter. 2. Tools and Techniques Used in Plant Molecular Farming -- Chapter. 3. Production of plant natural products in heterologous microbial species -- Chapter. 4. Sustainable Manufacturing of Vaccines, Antibodies, and other Pharmaceuticals -- Chapter. 5. Limitations, Biosafety, ethics, regulatory issues in molecular farming in plants -- Chapter. 6. Conclusion and Perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Plant Metal and Metalloid Transport -- Chapter 2. Heavy Metals: Transport in Plants and their Physiological and Toxicological Effects -- Chapter 3. The Role of ABC Transporter in Metal Tranasport in Plants -- Chapter 4. Cadmium, A Non-Essential Heavy Metal: Uptake, Translocation, Signaling, Detoxification, and Impact on Amino Acid Metabolism -- Chapter 5. Natural Resistance Associated Macrophage Proteins (NRAMP): Functional Significant of Metal Transport in Plants -- Chapter 6. Role of Heavy Metal Atpases in Transport of Cadmium and Zinc in Plants -- Chapter 7. The Versatile Role of Plant Aquaglyceroporins in Metalloid Transport -- Chapter 8. The Multidrug and Toxic Compound Extrusion (MATE) Family in Plants and Their Significance in Metal Transport -- Chapter 9. Molecular Mechanism of Aluminium Tolerance in Plants: An Overview -- Chapter 10. Functional, Structural, and Transport Aspects of ZIP in Plant -- Chapter 11. The Function of HAK as K+ Transporter and AKT as Inward Rectifying Agent in The K+ Channel -- Chapter 12. The Mechanism of Silicon Transport in Plants -- Chapter 13. The Copper Transport Mechanism in Plants -- Chapter 14. Plant Metal Tolerance Proteins: Insight Into their Roles in Metal Transport and Homeostasis for Future Biotechnological Applications -- Chapter 15. Co-Transport Mechanism in Plants for Metals and Metalloids -- Chapter 16. Metal Nanoparticles Implication, Transport, and Detection in Plants -- Chapter 17. Transcription Factors and Metal Stress Signalling in Plants -- Chapter 18. Heavy Metal Transporters, Phytoremediation Potential and Biofortification -- Chapter 19. Phytoremediation and Biofortification: Contrasting Yet Similar Approaches of Manipulating Plant Metal(Loid) Homeostasis for Societal Benefit.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An overview of medicinal plants of the Asteraceae family and their impact on human health -- Chapter 2. Artemisia annua L.: Traditional uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological activities -- Chapter 3. Artemisia indica Wild.: Ethnobotany, phytochemistry, pharmacological attributes and safety profile -- Chapter 4. Arnica montana L.: Traditional uses, bioactive chemical constituents, and pharmacological activities -- Chapter 5. Aster tataricus L.f.: Ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities -- Chapter 6.Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.: Ethnobotany, phytochemistry, pharmacological attributes and safety profile -- Chapter 7. Carthamus tinctorius L.: Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities -- Chapter 8.Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.: A Medicinal Plant with Diverse Traditional Uses, Bioactive Constituents, and Pharmacological Activities -- Chapter 9.Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore: Traditional uses, chemical constituents and biological activities -- Chapter 10. Dolomiaea costus (Falc.) Kasana & A. K. Pandey: Ethnomedicinal uses, bioactive chemical constituents and Pharmacological activities -- Chapter 11.Eclipta prostata (L.) L.: Traditional use, phytochemistry and pharmacology -- Chapter 12. Helianthus annuus L.: Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities -- Chapter 13. Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.: Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Agrochemicals in Soil and Environment: An Overview -- Chapter 2. Agrochemicals- Provenance, Environmental Fate and Remediation Measures -- Chapter 3. Impact of Agrochemicals on Soil Microbiota -- Chapter 4. Agriculture Pollution in Kerala, India with Special Reference to Endosulphan -- Chapter 5. An Intergenerational Community-Based Approach to Safe Farming and Environmental Health -- Chapter 6. Guidance on Pesticides Handling in Farming -- Chapter 7. Impact of Pesticides, Herbicides and Insecticides on the Ecosystem -- Chapter 8. Pesticides and its Effects on Plants: A Case Study of Deltamethrin -- Chapter 9. The Use of Glyphosate in Regions of Argentina and Colombia and its Socio-environmental Impacts -- Chapter 10. Impact of Insecticides on Soil and Environment and their Management Strategies -- Chapter 11. Role of Insect Pest Management in Agriculture Conservation -- Chapter 12. Mobility of Trace Elements in Agricultural Soils- Chapter 13. The effects of nutrient enrichment on nutrient-poor ecosystems: Insights from the study of serpentine soil plant relations -- Chapter 14. Soil Erosion and Sedimentation - A Source of Contamination and Impact on Agriculture Productivity -- Chapter 15. Plastics in the Soil Environment: An Overview -- Chapter 16. Lead and cadmium contamination in the soil environment: Impacts on plant growth and human health -- Chapter 17. Heavy metals contamination on farmlands in the crude oil exploration area -- Chapter 18. Effect of Trace Elements in Soils and Its Management -- Chapter 19. Remediation of Agrochemicals in Soil and Environment -- Chapter 20. Alleviation in the Toxicity of Heavy Metals on Agricultural Crops by Metal Resistant Bacteria -- Chapter 21. Bioremediation Strategies to Mitigate the Impact of Atrazine in the Environment: Recent Advances and Prospects. Chapter 22. Aspergillus Mediated Bioremediation of Agrochemicals- Current Progress and Future Perspectives -- Chapter 23. Implications of Phytohormones as Agro-chemicals under Dynamic Environmental Conditions -- Chapter 24. Role of Genetically Modified Bacteria for Alleviating of Agrochemical Impact on the Environment -- Chapter 25. ‘Omics Perspective’ - Molecular Blue-print for Agrochemical Remediation -- Chapter 26. Impact and Remediation of Agrochemicals in Soil and Environment: Conclusions and Future Perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. History of medicinal plants research in India -- Chapter 2. Importance of medicinal and aromatic plants in our day-to-day life -- Chapter 3. Major diseases of important medicinal and aromatic plants An Indian subcontinent perspective -- Chapter 4. Introduction to MAPs in India : Distribution , diversity and conservation and uses -- Chapter 5. Diversity of MAPs in India and its potential -- Chapter 6. Ethnomedicinal , phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of Arnebia species -- Chapter 7. Diversity of medicinal and aromatic plants with special reference to endemic plants of India -- Chapter 8. Distribution, chemical composition and ethnomedicinal appraisal of endangered medicinal plants of Kashmir Himalaya , India -- Chapter 9. Chemical diversity and ethnobotanical survey of Indian MAP species -- Chapter 10. Traditional uses of medicinal and aromatic plants among Indian tribes -- Chapter 11. Opportunities and challenges in ethnobotanical survey of Indian medicinal and aromatic plants -- Chapter 12. Breeding of MAPs in India : Achievements and prospects -- Chapter 13. Conservation of wild MAPs : Constraints achievements and prospects -- Chapter 14. Quality assurance and quality control of MAPs in India -- Chapter 15. Chromatographic analysis of medicinal plants for quality control -- Chapter 16. Expanding horizones : Role of biotechnology in MAP research, production and utilization -- Chapter 17. Role of biotechnology in MAP research, production and utilization -- Chapter 18. Integrated transcriptomics and proteomics approaches to study secondary metabolic pathways in medicinal plants: Recend trends -- Chapter 19. Demand and use of medicinal plants of India -- Chapter 20. Major diseases of medicinal and aromatic plants : An overview of constraints in production and management strategies -- Chapter 21. Role of medicinal and aromatic plants in the cosmetic industry -- Chapter 22. Harbouring the potential of medicinal and aromatic plants of India: A biotechnological approach -- Chapter 23. Quality assurance of cultivated and aromatic plants : Good agricultural and collection practices (GAP and GCP) -- Chapter 24. Breeding and Germplasm preservation of medicinal and aromatic plants of India.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Brassica juncea: A Crop for Food and Health -- Chapter 2. Botanical Descriptions of Brassica juncea: Taxonomy, Cytology, Cytogenetics and Phylogenetic Relationships -- Chapter 3. Chemical Composition of Oil and Cake of Brassica juncea: Implications on Human and Animal Health -- Chapter 4. Genepools of Brassica -- Chapter 5. Genetic Diversity Characterization and Population Structure in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 6. Classical Genetics and Traditional Breeding in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 7. Heteroploidy in Brassica juncea: Basics and Applications -- Chapter 8. Introgression Breeding in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 9. In vitro Culture for Micropropagation, Somatic Embryogenesis, Somatic Mutation, and Somatic Hybridization in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 10. Genetic Modification of Brassica juncea: Current Scenario and Future Prospects -- Chapter 11. Molecular Linkage Mapping in Brassica juncea: Founding the basis for Marker Assisted Selection -- Chapter 12. Brassica juncea Genome Sequencing: Structural and Functional Insights -- Chapter 13. Brassica juncea Genome Assemblies – Characteristics and Utilization -- Chapter 14. Resequencing in Brassica juncea for Elucidation of Origin and Diversity -- Chapter 15. Large Scale Genome Analysis: Genome Sequences, Chromosomal Reorganization, and Repetitive DNA in Brassica juncea and Relatives -- Chapter 16. Brassica juncea L. : Chloroplast Genome -- Chapter 17. Transcriptomics Research and Resources in Brassica spp -- Chapter 18. Metabolomics of Brassica juncea -- Chapter 19. Proteomics Approach to Uncoverkey Signaling Pathways in Brassica juncea in Abiotic and Biotic stress -- Chapter 20. Genomics Approaches to Understand the Evolution of Brassica juncea -- Chapter 21. Regulatory Genes in Development and Adaptation, and Their Utilization in Trait Improvementin Brassica juncea: Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 22. Advanced Molecular Breeding for Yield -- Chapter 23. Advanced Breeding for Oil and Oil Cake Quality in Brassica juncea -- Chapter 24. Advances in Breeding Strategies for Improving Stress Tolerance in Brassicas -- Chapter 25. Genome Editing in Polyploid Brassica Crops.

Description / Table of Contents: Adverse effects of herbal medicines -- Interactions between herbal and conventional medicines -- Molecular basis of herbal adverse drug reactions (ADRs) -- Detecting and assessing signals of herbal safety concerns -- Spontaneous reporting of suspected herbal ADRs: national and global perspectives -- Herbal-sector: initiated schemes for reporting herbal ADRs -- Industry and regulatory perspectives on herbal ADRs and ADR reporting -- Applying pharmacoepidemiological methods to investigating safety of herbal medicines -- Impact of traditional herbal medicinal products directive on pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines -- Communication of herbal safety concerns -- Risk management strategies for herbal medicines -- Pharmacogenomics and herbal medicines -- Nomenclature and quality of herbal medicines. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. History of Biodiesel -- Chapter 3. Anacardiaceae -- Chapter 4. Apocynaceae -- Chapter 5. Arecaceae -- Chapter 6. Asteraceae -- Chapter 7. Betulaceae -- Chapter 8. Brassicaceae -- Chapter 9. Caryocaraceae -- Chapter 10. Chrysobalanaceae -- Chapter 11. Clusiaceae -- Chapter 12. Combretaceae -- Chapter 13. Compositae -- Chapter 14. Cornaceae -- Chapter 15. Cucurbit -- Chapter 16. Cyperaceae -- Chapter 17. Dipterocarpaceae -- Chapter 18. Euphorbiaceae -- Chapter 19. Fabaceae -- Chapter 20. Irvingiaceae -- Chapter 21. Linaceae -- Chapter 22. Magnoliaceae -- Chapter 23. Malvaceae -- Chapter 24. Meliaceae -- Chapter 25. Nyssaceae -- Chapter 26. Oleaceae -- Chapter 27. Papavaraceae -- Chapter 28. Pedaliaceae -- Chapter 29. Poaceae -- Chapter 30. Putranjivaceae -- Chapter 31. Rosaceae -- Chapter 32. Rutaceae -- Chapter 33. Salicaceae -- Chapter 34. Salvadoraceae -- Chapter 35. Sapindaceae -- Chapter 36. Sapotaceae -- Chapter 37. Schisandraceae -- Chapter 38. Simaroubaceae -- Chapter 39. Simmondsiaceae -- Chapter 40. Solanaceae -- Chapter 41. Sterculiaceae -- Chapter 42. Theaceae -- Chapter 43. Zygophyllaceae -- Chapter 44. Catalyst for Transesterification -- Chapter 45. Standards for Biodiesel.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomic Designing For Abiotic Stress Tolerant Soybean -- Designing the Rapeseed Genome for Abiotic Stress Tolerance -- Sunflower and Abiotic Stress: Genetics and Breeding for Resistance in the Post-Omics Era -- Integration of Genomics Approaches in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.): An overview -- Drought Tolerance in Rape and Mustard: Conventional and Molecular Approaches -- Genomic Designing For Sesame Resistance To Abiotic Stresses -- Abiotic Stresses in Castor Plant -- Designing Genomic Solutions to Enhance Abiotic Stress Resistance in Flax.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Breeding Field Crops – History, Current Status And Introspections -- Chapter 2: Wheat Breeding -- Chapter 3: Rice Breeding -- Chapter 4: Maize Breeding -- Chapter 5: Barley Breeding -- Chapter 6: Pearl Millet Breeding. Chapter 7: Sorghum Breeding. Chapter 8: Small Millets Breeding -- Chapter 9: Sugarcane Breeding -- Chapter 10: Jute Breeding -- Chapter 11: Cotton Breeding -- Chapter 12: Maintenance Breeding Of Pusa Basmati Varieties -- Chapter 13: Maintenance Breeding -- Chapter 14: Efficient Breeding Of Crop Plants -- Chapter 15: Brassica Breeding -- Chapter 16: Groundnut Breeding -- Chapter 17: Soybean Breeding -- Chapter 18: Castor Breeding -- Chapter 19: Sunflower Breeding -- Chapter 20: Chickpea Breeding -- Chapter 21: Pigeonpea Breeding -- Chapter 22: Mungbean Breeding -- Chapter 23: Urdbean Breeding -- Chapter 24: Lentil Breeding -- Chapter 25: Fieldpea Breeding -- Chapter 26: Lathyrus Breeding.

Description / Table of Contents: Flowering phenology in a restinga community: seven years of study -- Dioecy: the dimorphic sexual system and pollination in restinga vegetation -- Male and female sterility in flowering plants -- Broad-scale variation of phytoplankton richness in Brazilian inland waters -- The Importance of Palynology to Taxonomy -- Ecological Palynology -- Scientific Exploration Commission (1859-1861): Freire Allemão and the invisible network of collaborators -- The former Imperial Plant Nursery of Quinta da Boa Vista -- Medicinal plants used in Quilombola communities in Piranga, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil -- From mulungu to mamulengo”: The sharing of knowledge among teachers, academic researchers and mamulengueiros (traditional puppeteers) in a participatory workshop -- Biocultural heritage through museological narrative as a way of return on research in historical ethnobotany -- Conclusion of the reflections on Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities.

Description / Table of Contents: Tomato -- Potato -- Capsicums -- Eggplant -- Vegetable Brassica -- Cucurbits -- Allums -- Amaranth.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomics of Abiotic Stress Resistance in Malus domestica -- Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Resistant Banana -- Genetic Improvement of Citrus Limon (L. Burm f.) for Resistance to Mal Secco Disease -- Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Resistant Grapevine -- Wild and Related Species as a Breeding Source for Abiotic Stress Resistance of Peach Cultivars and Rootstocks -- Genomic Designing of new Almond-Peach Rootstock-variety Combinations Resistance to Plum pox virus -- Genomic Designing of New Plum Pox Virus Resistant Plumcot -- Integrated Genomic Designing and Insights for Disease Resistance and Crop Protection against Pathogens in Cherry -- Development of Abiotic Stress Tolerant Berries.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Broomcorn Millet Genome -- Chapter 2. Buckwheat Genome and Genomics -- Chapter 3. Tef [Eragrostistis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] -- Chapter 4. The Apricot Genome -- Chapter 5. Chinese Jujube: Crop Background and Genome Sequencing -- Chapter 6. The Longan (Dimocarpus longan) Genome -- Chapter 7. The Mangosteen Genome -- Chapter 8. The Passion Fruit Genome -- Chapter 9. The Soursop Genome (Annona muricata L., Annonaceae) -- Chapter 10. Underutilised Fruit Tree Genomes from Indonesia -- Chapter 11. The Bambara Groundnut Genome: From the Crop to the Genome -- Chapter 12. Grasspea -- Chapter 13. The Lablab Genome -- Chapter 14. The Perennial Horse Gram (Macrotyloma axillare) Genome, Phylogeny, and Selection Across the Fabaceae -- Chapter 15. Breeding and Genomics of Pigeonpea in the Post-NGS Era -- Chapter 16. Rice Bean -- Chapter 17. The Winged Bean Genome: One Species Supermarket -- Chapter 18. Castor Bean: Recent Progress in Understanding the Genome of this Underutilized Crop -- Chapter 19. Genome Resources for Ensete Ventricosum (enset) and Related Species -- Chapter 20. Yam Genomics -- Chapter 21. The African Eggplant -- Chapter 22. Sequencing of the Bottle Gourd Genomes Enhances Understanding of the Ancient Orphan Crop -- Chapter 23. Advances and Prospects in Genomic and Functional Studies of the Aquatic Crop, Sacred Lotus -- Chapter 24. Utilising Public Resources for Fundamental Work in Underutilised and Orphan Crops.

Description / Table of Contents: Biosystematics and Botanical Descriptions of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Sp.) in India -- Genetic Diversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Seabuckthorn -- Current Status of Chromosome-based Gender Determination in Seabuckthorn -- Analytical Techniques for the Biochemical Profiling in Seabuckthorn -- Effect of Processing and Storage on Seabuckthorn Products -- Metabolomic Diversity of Seabuckthorn Collections from Different Geographical Regions -- Deciphering the Proteomes and Nanotechnological Potential of an Unexplored Plant Seabuckthorn -- Biotechnological Approaches for Seabuckthorn Improvement -- Repertoire of Molecular Markers and their Applications in Seabuckthorn -- Barcoding-based Identification of Hippophae species -- Transcriptome Sequencing and Analysis of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Sp.) -- Mining of Microsatellites and Transcription Factors in Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Sp.) Transcriptomes -- Frankia – The Endo-micro-symbiont of Hippophae Sp -- Medicinal and Nutraceutical Properties of Seabuckthorn -- Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of the Anti-oxidative Activity of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) -- Knowing More About Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)- A Promising Source of Safe and Effective Medical Radiation Countermeasure -- Methods in Seabuckthorn Breeding -- Global Distribution of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Sp.) Resources and their Utilization .

Description / Table of Contents: 1.Phytochemical genomics: integration of omics approaches for understanding genomic basis of phytochemicals -- 2.Gene-metabolite networks -- 3.Computational approaches in phytochemical genomics -- 4.Databases relevant to phytochemicals and genes responsible -- 5.Biosynthetic pathways of important metabolites using genomics and metabolomics approaches -- 6.Phytochemical diversity and the diverse roles of phytochemicals in plants -- 7.Role of genomics and metabolomics for breeding crops with higher quantity of metabolites -- 8.Metabolic quantitative trait loci mapping of medicinal plants and crops -- 9.Tools for metabolomics analysis of plants -- 10.Trichomes as an important chemical factories of metabolites -- 11.Stress and metabolites -- 12.Evolution of metabolite diversity and defense mechanisms in plants -- 13.Pathway engineering of genes -- 14.Demand-supply of phytochemicals and the need for ensuring sustainable supply of plants -- 15.Drug discovery and omics -- 16.Gene editing technologies for scaling up production of secondary metabolites -- 17.Medicinal plants and use of omics approaches -- 18.Metabolomics of important medicinal plants -- 19.Transcriptomics of important medicinal plants.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Grape Species -- Grape Rootstocks Breeding -- Grape Scion And Rootstock -- Biotic Stresses And Rootstock Selection -- Abiotic Stresses And Rootstock Selection -- Rootstocks And Vineyard Design Considerations -- Function Of Grape Rootstock -- Choosing Grape Rootstock -- Nursery Stock Certification And Testing Programs -- Commercial Grape Rootstocks Selections. .

Description / Table of Contents: Designing Commonbean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.)For Abiotic Stress Tolerance -- A Scintillating Journey Of Genomics In Simplifying Complex Traits And Development Of Abiotic Stress Resilient Chickpeas -- Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) -- Advanced Breeding Strategies For Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Cowpea -- Breeding For Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Lentil In Genomic Era -- Genomic Design For Abiotic Stress Resistance In Pigeonpea -- Genetic and Genomic Research for Abiotic stresses in faba bean -- Genomic Designing For Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Mungbean And Urdbean -- Genomic Designing Towards Development of Abiotic Stress Tolerant Grass Pea for Food and Nutritional Security.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. History, Botanical and Taxonomic Description, Domestication and Spread -- Chapter 2. Economic, Nutritional and Health Importance -- Chapter 3. Genetic and Genomic Resources for Crop Improvement in Finger Millet -- Chapter 4. Paradigm Shift from Genetics to Genomics: Characterization of Diversity and Prospects of Molecular Markers -- Chapter 5. Molecular Mapping in Finger Millet -- Chapter 6. The Complete Genome Sequence of Finger Millet -- Chapter 7. Comparative Genomics in Finger Millet -- Chapter 8. Finger Millet Transcriptome Analysis Using High Throughput Sequencing Technologies -- Chapter 9. Seed Biology and Packaging of Finger Millet Using Omics Approaches for Nutritional Security -- Chapter 10. A Nutritional Crop Factory of Quality Seed Storage Proteins for Combating Malnutrition -- Chapter 11. Finger Millet Genome Analysis and Nutrient Transport -- Chapter 12. Finger Millet as Input Use Efficient and Organic By Default Crop -- Chapter 13. Molecular Basis of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Finger Millet -- Chapter 14. Genetic Transformation for Crop Improvement and Biofortification -- Chapter 15. Novel Prospective On Suppression of Ageing By The Consumption of Finger Millet -- Chapter 16. Finger Millet Holistic Value Chain Approach.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Model Legume, Medicago truncatula in the Genomic Era: Speeding Up Discoveries in Legume Biology -- Chapter 2. Genome-Wide Association Studies in Medicago truncatula -- Chapter 3. Tnt1 Insertional Mutagenesis In Medicago truncatula for Gene Function Analysis -- Chapter 4. Fast Neutron Bombardment (FNB)-Induced Mutant Resources in Medicago truncatula -- Chapter 5. Medicago Truncatula as s Model to Decipher Powdery Mildew Resistance in Legumes -- Chapter 6. Transcriptional Networks in Medicago truncatula: Genomic and Functional Overview During Root Nodule Symbiosis -- Chapter 7. Understanding of Root Nodule Development at Level of Systems Biology as Obtained by High Throughput Transcriptomic Approach -- Chapter 8. Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies a Medicago truncatula Tnt1 Insertion Mutant in the VIT8 Gene that is Essential for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation -- Chapter 9. Regulation of Leaf Blade Outgrowth: In Medicago truncatula -- Chapter 10. Function of Medicago truncatula WOX Genes and their Diversity -- Chapter 11. Early Stages of Seed Development In Medicago truncatula: Lessons from Genomic Studies -- Chapter 12. Seed Maturation Events in Medicago truncatula: Focus on Desiccation Tolerance -- Chapter 13. Functional Genomic and Genetic Studies of Organ Size Control in Medicago truncatula: An Overview.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: values of pollution free atmosphere -- Plant and Algae Classes Recognition, Biomass Production and Potential Source of Biofuel -- Plant and Algae Metabolites Alternative and Clean Source of Energy -- Mechanism and methods of extraction of biofuels -- Metabolic routes to biofuels extraction -- Optimizations on steps involved on biofuel obtainment and their validation -- Economic consideration on biofuel and energy security -- Technical challenges of biofuel obtainment -- Conclusion and Future Perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction to Plant Histopathology -- Chapter 2 - Sample Preparation for light and Electron microscopy -- Chapter 3 - Plant Histopathology techniques -- Chapter 4 - Fungal detection Chapter 5 - Bacteria detection -- Chapter 6 - Virus detection.

Description / Table of Contents: Current situation of water pollution in China -- Challenges and opportunities to treat water pollution -- Facing water pollution under rapid changing environment: China’s experiences -- Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Microfiber Pollution – A Sustainability Issue -- Microfiber Shedding of Textile Materials – Mechanism and Analysis Techniques -- Factors Influencing Microfiber Shedding – Role of Textile and Apparel Characteristics -- Domestic Laundry – A major cause of microfiber shedding -- Impact of microfiber/Microplastic pollution -- Microfiber Pollution Prevention - Mitigation Strategies and Challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Towards the Development of Compact and High Efficiency Adsorption Heat Pumps -- Chapter 3 Synthesis and Characterization of Various MOFs and MOFs-Zeolite Com-posites: Water Adsorption and Rapid Cooling Production -- Chapter 4 Specific Heat Capacity of Carbon-based Composites for Adsorption Heat Pump and Desalination Applications -- Chapter 5 Characterizing Adsorbent Materials Employing Atomic Force Microscopy -- Chapter 6 Advanced Adsorbents for Ecological Applications: Water Harvesting from the Atmosphere and Recuperation Heat and Moisture in Ventilation Systems -- Chapter 7 Thermochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Waste to Activated Carbon: A Potential Resource for Industrial Wastewater Treatment -- Chapter 8 Carbon Nanomaterial-based Adsorbents for Water Protection -- Chapter 9 Nanoparticles-based Adsorbents for Water Pollutants Removal.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 -- Organic pollutants: Past, present and the future. Chapter 2 -- Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Sources and adverse effects to human health and Environment. Chapter 3 -- Assessment of POPs in water. Chapter 4 -- Monitoring of POPs: A Global Perspective. Chapter 5 -- Organochlorines and organophosphates: Bioaccumulation and Toxicity. Chapter 6 -- Pharmaceutical pollutants in water: Toxicity and health hazards. Chapter 7 -- Textile organic chemicals in water: Pervasive toxicity to humans and aquatic animals. Chapter 8 -- Organic toxins in cosmetic products: Quantification and risk evaluation. Chapter 9 -- Disinfectant products: toxicity and health hazards. Chapter 10 -- Obesogens and obesity: Challenges and prospects. Chapter 11 -- Pheromones: A Potential alternative to organic recalcitrant compounds. Chapter 12 -- Microplastics as carriers of organic pollutants: An overview. Chapter 13 -- Removal of POPs through degradation mechanisms by possible technologies. Chapter 14 -- Microbes assisted adsorptive removal of melanoidin from distillery effluents. Chapter 15 -- Remediation of dye effluents using algal species. Chapter 16 -- Recovery of organic nutrients through the remediation of solid waste. Chapter 17 -- Post -- consumer organic waste management and nutrients recovery through ecofriendly techniques. Chapter 18 -- Instrumental applications in the analysis of various organic pollutants.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: State of the science on organic micropollutants in water and wastewater -- Chapter 1-Emerging contaminants in water and wastewater: monitoring, risk assessment and remediation techniques -- Chapter 2-Legacy and emerging contaminants in water: Origin, distribution and implications for human exposure and health -- Chapter 3-Groundwater contamination by persistent organic pollutants in India- A review -- Chapter 4-Fate, Transport and Effects of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Urban Environment -- Chapter 5-Phenoxyacid herbicides in water ecosystems- a review on their fate, risk assessment and remediation techniques -- Part 2: Monitoring of organic micropolluntants and their associated risks -- Chapter 6-Water contamination and sources of plasticizers in Asia: a review -- Chapter 7-Antifouling Strategies & Environmental Issues in Industrial Cooling Water Systems in the Marine Environment -- Chapter 8-Measuring emerging contaminants in freshwater systems -- Chapter 9-Optical Techniques in Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Water and Waste Water -- Part 3: Current approaches for remediation of organic micropollutants -- Chapter 10-Pharmaceuticals in Indian Aquatic Environment: Risk and Implications for Management -- Chapter 11-Suspect and Non-target Screening of Pharmaceuticals in Water and Wastewater Matrices -- Chapter 12-Human exposure and health risks -- Chapter 13-Carbamazepine Residues in Wastewater and River Water: Occurrence, Estimation of Use, and Disposal of this Drug in a Small Community in Western Kentucky, USA -- Chapter 14-Source, Treatment and Management Options of Contaminants of Emerging Concerns (CECs) in Water -- Chapter 15-Emerging Contaminants in Water: Potential Risks and Remedial Techniques -- Chapter 16-Emerging Contaminants Removal from Domestic Wastewater by Advanced Treatment Technologies -- Chapter 17-Treatment Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater -- Chapter 18-Novel strategies to treat organic micropollutants -- Chapter 19-Advanced treatment technologies to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes from urban wastewater -- Chapter 20-Nanotechnology based treatment strategies for removal of antibiotic and antibiotic byproducts from waste water -- Chapter 21-Levels, sources and removal efficiency of PCDDs/PCDFs and dl-PCBs in water and wastewater in Poland and Europe under the European water directives.

Description / Table of Contents: PartI. State of art and sustainable remediation approaches -- Chapter1. Utilizing organic wastes for probiotic and bioproduct development: a sustainable approach for management of organic waste -- Chapter2. Bioremediation as an alternative and sustainable strategy against environmental pollutants – A review on recent advances -- Chapter3. Recent developments on the application of nanomaterials in Environmental Remediation - A review -- Chapter4. Nano-Bioremediation: An Advanced Technique for Revitalizing the Tarnished Resource -- Chapter5. Application of Biochar in the remediation of contaminated soils as a viable approach for cleaner soil system – A review -- Chapter6. Vermitechnology- an eco-friendly approach for organic solid waste management and soil fertility improvement – a review -- Part2. Waste Management for a Cleaner Environment -- Chapter7. Propelling the future biofuel research: plant breeding, genomics and genetic engineering strategies for cleaner environment -- Chapter8. Microbial Approaches for Bioconversion of Agro-Industrial Wastes -- Chapter9. Contemporary approach for electronic waste management -- Chapter10. Waste recycling and the circular bioeconomy a comprehensive review of recent researches. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Understanding and management of abiotic and biotic stress in plants -- 1. Plant responses under abiotic stress and mitigation options towards agricultural sustainability -- 2. Plant viruses: Factors involved in emergence and recent advances in their management -- 3. Crop plants under metal stress and its remediation -- 4. Exploiting host resistance in management of vascular wilt in major pulses of India -- 5. Atmospheric nitric oxide (NO) regulates ozone (O3)-induced stress in plants: Ally or Foe? -- 6. Brassinosteroids: A wonder growth regulator to alleviate abiotic stresses in plants -- 7. Structural and functional role of plant dehydrins in enhancing stress tolerance -- 8. Adaptation of microalgae to temperature and light stress -- 9. Halopriming: Sustainable approach for abiotic stress management in crops -- 10. Naturally growing native plants of wastelands: Their stress management strategies and prospects in changing climate -- 11. Vulnerability and resilience of sorghum to changing climatic conditions: Lessons from the past and hope for the future -- 12. Recent updates in plant disease management -- 13. Heat stress in wheat: Impact and management strategies towards climate resilience -- Part II Potential of microbes in plant stress management -- 14. Plant-microbe interactions in combating abiotic stresses -- 15. Cadmium stress management in plants: Prospects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria -- 16. Harnessing the power of microbes to overcome heavy metal stress in crop plant -- 17. Halotolerant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: A futuristic direction to salt stress tolerance -- 18. Outside the cell surface: Encoding the role of Exopolysaccharide producing rhizobacteria to boost the drought tolerance in plants -- 19. Potential of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhancement of plant growth and its role in improving soil health under abiotic stress -- 20. Soil application of plant growth promoting fungi for sustainable agriculture in the new decade -- 21. Deep insights into the role of endophytic fungi in abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- 22. Post-green revolution degradation of agricultural land in India: Role of mycorrhizae in the sustainability of agriculture and ecosystems -- Part III Strategies and technological advances for crop improvement -- 23. Integrated OMICS approaches to ameliorate the abiotic stress in Brassica napus -- 24. Proteomics – A powerful tool for understanding saline stress response in germinating seed -- 25. Role of secondary metabolites and prospects of engineering secondary metabolite production for crop improvement -- 26. Interventions of nanotechnology for the growth and stress tolerance in crop plants -- 27. Remote Sensing Technology: A new dimension in the detection, quantification and tracking of abiotic and biotic stresses.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Constructed wetlands as a green and sustainable technology for domestic wastewater treatment under the arid climate of rural areas in Morocco (Laila Mandi) -- Chapter 2. Efficiency of constructed wetlands and wastewater stabilization ponds for wastewater treatment in northern Algerian Sahara (Khaled Bouchama) -- Chapter 3. A review of constructed wetlands types and plants used for wastewater treatment in Egypt (Mohamed S. Gaballah) -- Chapter 4. Two decades of experience on Nature-Based Solutions for wastewater treatment in Egypt, Palestine and Tunisia (F. Masi) -- Chapter 5. Constructed Wetlands for wastewater management in Egypt: an overview of 30-years experiences in small / medium-size treatment plants (Hussein I. Abdel-Shafy) -- Chapter 6. Constructed wetland as an efficient technology for the treatment of urban/industrial wastewater in the arid regions: Morocco as a model (Ayoub El Ghadraoui) -- Chapter 7. Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands for horticulture wastewater treatment under a hot climate in Ethiopia (Frank van DIEN) -- Chapter 8. Constructed Wetlands in a community setting in Mombasa, Kenya (Sarah den Haring) -- Chapter 9. Performance of Constructed Wetlands in a hot tropical climate: the case of Tanzania (Jamidu H.Y. Katima) -- Chapter 10. Constructed wetlands lessons from Israel, Jordan and Palestine: the effect of plants and filter media on CW performance (Hassan Azaizeh) -- Chapter 11. Performance of decentralized Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands for reuse in agricultural irrigation in Jordan: enhancing nitrogen removal (Ghaida Abdallat) -- Chapter 12. Constructed wetlands for sustainable wastewater treatment in Oman: experiences from research and case studies (Alexandros I. Stefanakis) -- Chapter 13. Constructed Wetlands for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment – Case Studies from Pakistan (Atif Mustafa) -- Chapter 14. Constructed wetland case studies for municipal and glass industry wastewater treatment in Iran (Amir Gholipour) -- Chapter 15. Research and case studies of Sludge Treatment Wetlands in hot and arid climates: experiences and opportunities for sustainable sludge management (Alexandros I. Stefanakis) -- Chapter 16. Full-scale experiences of arid and semi-1 arid land-based decentralized constructed wetlands in India and China (Meera Keraliya) -- Chapter 17. Performance assessment of Constructed Wetland in a semi-arid region in India employing SWOT analysis (Kirti Avishek) -- Chapter 18. Novel media and unit configurations in advanced Constructed Wetlands: case studies under hot climate in Thailand (Thammarat Koottatep) -- Chapter 19. Treatment Wetlands in Atacama 1 Desert, Chile: experiences and lesson learnt from wastewater treatment and reuse (Ismael Vera-Puerto) -- Chapter 20. Wastewater Gardens systems in Yucatan, Mexico; northwest Australia; northern Algeria and southern Iraq (Mark Nelson) -- Chapter 21. Selected Constructed Wetlands case studies in Africa, Asian and Latin American countries (M.A. El-Khateeb).

Description / Table of Contents: Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Cassava -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Cocoa -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Coconut -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Coffee -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Cotton -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Ornamental Crops -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Jute -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Mulberry -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Sugarcane -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Tobacco -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Yam.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Hulun Buir Steppe floristic features and vegetation classification -- Chapter 2. The atlas of main communities on the Hulun Buir Steppe -- Chapter 3. The atlas of main rangeland plants on the Hulun Buir Steppe.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. History and Current Status of Worldwide Production -- Chapter 2. Origin, Evolution, Taxonomy, and Germplasm -- Chapter 3. Scion Cultivar Breeding -- Chapter 4. Rootstock Breeding and Propagation -- Chapter 5. D. lotus Genome -- Chapter 6. D. oleifera Genome -- Chapter 7. Chloroplast Genome of Diospyros Species -- Chapter 8. Sexual System and Its Evolution -- Chapter 9. Sex Expression in Chinese Persimmons -- Chapter 10. Chinese PCNA -- Chapter 11. Japanese PCNA -- Chapter 12. Fruit Size Control -- Chapter 13. Transcriptomics During Artificial Deastringency Treatment.

Description / Table of Contents: Tomato -- Potato -- Capsicums -- Eggplant -- Vegetable Brassicas -- Cucurbits -- Allium -- Amaranth -- Carrot.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Melastomataceae diversity and distribution -- 2. History of Classification of the Melastomataceae -- 3. General morphology and terminology -- 4. Historical biogeography of Melastomataceae -- 5. An overview of Melastomataceae classification and phylogenetics -- 6. Revisiting character evolution in the Myrtales and its bearing on classification: Should the circumscription of Melastomataceae include the “memecyloids”? -- 7. Systematics of Kibessieae -- 8. Systematics of Astronieae -- 9. Phylogeny and systematics of Henrietteeae -- 10. The tribe Miconieae: many genera or one genus? -- 11. Systematics and taxonomy of the Merianieae -- 12. Systematics of Bertolonieae and Trioleneae -- 13. Systematics of Blakeeae -- 14. The tribe Cyphostyleae; exceptions that prove the rules -- 15. Systematics of Sonerileae and Dissocheteae: creating order out of chaos -- 16. Systematics of Cambessedesieae -- 17. Systematics of Rhexieae -- 18. Systematics of Microlicieae -- 19. Systematic studies in the Neotropical tribe Marcetieae -- 20. Melastomateae: a review on the taxonomic history- morphology- molecular phylogeny and biogeography -- 21. Comparative floral ontogeny of Melastomataceae -- 22. Seed morphological features in Melastomataceae -- 23. Patterns of Chromosome Number Diversity and Evolution in the Melastomataceae -- 24. Apomixis in Melastomataceae: Diversity of developmental mechanisms and ecological consequences -- 25. Pollination syndromes and flower diversification in Melastomataceae -- 26. Stamen diversity in Melastomataceae: morphology- color and function -- 27. Patterns of diversification of Miconia (Miconieae) in the Greater and Lesser Antilles -- 28. Colonization by Melastomataceae and its diversification in the Atlantic Forest -- 29. A review of the paleobotanical record of Melastomataceae -- 30. Shapes of species responses to soil fertility in lowland Amazonian Melastomataceae -- 31. Seed germination ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae -- 32. Seed dispersal ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae -- 33. Myrmecophytism in the Melastomataceae -- 34. How non-native invasive Melastomataceae inform a greater understanding of the biology and genetics of the family -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The two contrary theories about organogenesis in morphology of the higher plants.-chapter 2. Saunders’ Leaf-skin Theory of Stem -- Chapter 3. Leaves are split axes -- Chapter 4. Re-evaluation of the evidences for the Telome Theory -- Chapter 5. What do hooded-awn barley, bitter bamboo, tortoise shell bamboo, paspalum and crabgrass show us? -- Chapter 6. The ontogenesis of higher plants -- Chapter 7. The organogenesis of higher plants -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Wood degradation, challenges and mitigation -- Chapter 2. Wood Decay by fungi: Challenges and Prevention -- Chapter 3. Wounding of Trees: The Precursor of Wood Decay -- Chapter 4.Economically important wood feeding insects - their Diversity, Damage -- Chapter 5. Wood degradation by termites: ecology, economics and protection -- Chapter 6. Wood borers of important fruit trees with special reference to Cerambycids -- Chapter 7. Prospects and advances in management of coconut wood borers -- Chapter 8. Teak heart wood borer Alcterogystia cadambae(Cossidae :Lepidoptera) a potential wood pest of teak and its Management -- Chapter 9. Hoplocerambyx spinicornis Newman: major heartwood borer of Sal Shorea robusta and its management in India -- Chapter 10.Bio-deterioration of Sandalwood (Santalum album L.): Agents and their Management -- Chapter 11.Insect borers of bamboo and their management -- Chapter 12. Wood Biodeterioration in marine environment -- Chapter 13. Natural durability of timber in terrestrial and marine realms of India: A contrasting feature -- Chapter 14. Degradation of Wood and Wooden products by insects and their Management -- Chapter 15. Basics of Wood Drying /Seasoning -- Chapter 16. Chemical Preservatives in Wood Protection . Chapter 17. Potential of Botanicals for Wood Protection -- Chapter 18. Preservation of Engineered Wood Composites (Solid wood Plywood, Block boards/Flush doors) made from Plantation Timbers -- Chapter 19. Wood modification for wood protection -- Chapter 20. Advancements in Nanotechnological Applications for Wood protection -- Chapter 21. Biodegradation: A Vital Component in Life Cycle Assessment of Wood -- Chapter 22.Invasion of wood degraders through wood import and need to strengthen the plant quarantine measures in India.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomic Design for Biotic Stresses in Soybean -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistance In Rapeseed.-Designing Sunflower For Biotic Stress Resilience: Everlasting Challenge -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Peanut -- Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistance In Rape And Mustard -- Genomic Designing For Resistance To Biotic Stresses In Sesame -- Biotic Stresses In Castor Plant -- Genomic Designing For Genetic Improvement Of Biotic Stress Resistance In Flax.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomic Designing For Biotic Stress Resistant Crops -- Chickpea Biotic Stresses -- Development of Biotic Stress Resistant Pea in the Post-Genomics Era -- Development of Biotic Stress Resistant Cowpea -- Tackling Lentil Biotic Stresses in the Genomic Era -- Development of Biotic-stress Resistant Pigeonpea -- Application of Genetic and Genomic Strategies to Address the Biotic Stresses in Faba Bean -- Genomic Designing Towards Biotic Stress Resistance in Mungbean and Urdbean -- Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistance in Grasspea.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomics of Biotic Stress Resistance in Malus domestica -- Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Banana -- Genetic Improvement of Citrus Limon (L. Burm f.) for Resistance to Mal Secco Disease -- Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Grapevine -- Wild and Related Species as a Breeding Source for Biotic Stress Resistance of Peach Cultivars and Rootstocks -- Genomic Designing of new Almond-Peach Rootstock-variety Combinations Resistance to Plum pox virus -- Genomic Designing of New Plum Pox Virus Resistant Plumcot -- Integrated Genomic Designing and Insights for Disease Resistance and Crop Protection against Pathogens in Cherry -- Development of Biotic Stress Tolerant Berries.

Description / Table of Contents: 1)Sources of selenium and nano-selenium in soil and plants -- (2)Use of selenium and nano-selenium in agro-biotechnologies -- (3)Selenium and nano-selenium as a new frontier of biostimulants -- (4)Selenium and nano-selenium in plant nutrition and crop quality -- (5)Uptake and metabolism of selenium in plants: recent progress and future perspectives -- (6)Synthesis and characterization of nano-selenium using plant biomolecules and their potential applications -- (7)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated salt stress tolerance in plants -- (8)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated drought stress tolerance in plants -- (9)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated heat stress tolerance in plants -- (10)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated cold stress tolerance in plants -- (11)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated heavy metal stress tolerance in plants -- (12)Selenium and nano-selenium mediated biotic stress tolerance in plants -- (13)Selenium bioavailability and nutritional improvements in crop plants -- (14)Effect of selenium application on quality improvements of seeds and fruits -- (15)The genetics of selenium accumulation by plants: recent progress and future perspectives -- (16)Agronomic bio-fortification crops with exogenous selenium application -- (17)Selenium toxicity and tolerance in plants: recent progress and future perspectives -- (18) Selenium bio-fortification for quality and nutritional improvements -- (19)Manipulation of selenium metabolism in plants for tolerance and accumulation -- (20)Selenium hyper-accumulation and phytoremediation: recent progress and future perspectives -- (21) Selenium in food chain in relation to human and animal nutrition and health.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Organic Management of Nematodes: Paradigms and Mechanisms -- 1. Biochemical Biopesticides for Phytonematode Sustainable Management: Status and Future Prospects (Thales Lima Rocha; Vera Lucia Perussi Polez; Lívia Cristina de Souza Viol; Reinaldo Rodrigues Pimentel, Danielle Biscaia; Jadir Borges Pinheiro) -- 2. Organic Nematicides: A Green Technique and its Overview for the Nematode Disease Management (Faryad Khan, Mohammad Shariq, Mohd Asif, Taruba Ansari, Saba Fatima, Arshad Khan, Mohd Ikram, Mansoor Ahmad Siddiqui) -- 3. Nematode Management Through Compost (Fisayo Yemisi Daramola, Samuel B. Orisajo and Omorefosa Osarenkhoe Osemwegie) -- 4. Biochemical/Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Nematode Management Through Organic Amendments: A critical Review (John Fosu-Nyarko, Rhys G. R. Copeland, Sadia Iqbal, Michael G. K. Jones) -- 5. Organic By-Products in the Suppression of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes (Alixelhe Pacheco Damascena, Marylia Gabriella Silva Costa, Júlio César Antunes Ferreira, Silvia Renata Siciliano Wilcken) -- 6. Nematode Management by Humic Acid (Seenivasan Nagachandrabosea, Sankaranarayanan Chellappab, and Devrajan Kandasamya) -- 7. Conventional and Organic Management as Divergent Drivers for Plant Parasitic Nematodes (PPNs) control (Kanika Khanna, Vandana Gautam, Dhriti Kapoor, Nandni Sharma, Pooja Sharma, Tamanna Bhardwaj, Puja Ohri, Renu Bhardwaj) -- Part 2. Organic Management of Nematodes: Global Case studies and Success Stories -- 8. Plant Extracts and Their Effect on Plant-parasitic nematodes: Case Studies from Africa (Ebrahim Shokoohi) -- 9. Organic Management of the Citrus, Pine and Related Nematodes (Reza Ghaderi, Manouchehr Hosseinvand) -- 10. Organic Management of Rice Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne graminicola (Ziaul Haque and Mujeebur Rahman Khan) -- 11. Strategies for the Organic Management of the Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) in Grapevine Under Desert Conditions in the North Coast of Peru (César Augusto Murguía Reyes) -- 12. Organic Fumigant Alternatives for Nematode Management in High-Value Crops in Florida (Johan Desaeger, Kaydene Williams, and Erin Rosskopf) -- 13. The False Root-Knot Nematode Nacobbus aberrans and its Ecological Management (Edgar Villar-Luna, Olga Gómez-Rodríguez, Hernán Villar-Luna, Liliana Aguilar-Marcelino, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq Al-Ani, and Ernesto Fernández-Herrera) -- 14. Plant Extracts, Sorghum and Crucifers Amendments and Pochonia chlamydosporia for the Management of Meloidodyne spp. and Nacobbus aberrans in Tomato and Chile Crops: the Mexican Experience (Ignacio Cid del Prado-Vera, Marco Antonio Magallanes-Tapia, Raúl Velasco-Azorsa, Arely Pérez-Espíndola) -- 15. Non-Conventional Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Musaceas Crops (Donald Riascos–Ortiz, Ana Teresa Mosquera–Espinosa, Francia Varón De Agudelo, Claudio Marcelo Gonçalves De Oliveira, Jaime Eduardo Muñoz–Florez) -- 16. Neem Cake Amendment Changes Soil Nematode Spatio-temporal Dynamics Across a Guava Orchard in the Brazilian Semiarid Region (Diego Arruda Huggins de Sá Leitão, Ana Karina dos Santos Oliveira, Douglas Barbosa Castro, Elvira Maria Régis Pedrosa).

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- The miracle of amber -- Floral characteristics -- Chapter1. Burmese amber flowers -- Chapter2. Baltic amber flowers -- Chapter3. Dominican amber flowers -- Chapter4. Mexican amber flowers -- General conclusions -- References.

Description / Table of Contents: Cassava -- Cocoa -- Coconut -- Coffee -- Cotton -- Ornamental -- Jute -- Mulberry -- Sugarcane -- Tobacco -- Yam.

Description / Table of Contents: Crocus sativus saffron: A 360 degree overview -- Reference genome of Saffron “The Golden condiment” -- “SaffronOMICS: Novel approaches towards putting saffron data at work” -- Bioinformatics for saffron-omics and crop improvement -- Genetic mapping and molecular markers in Saffron -- Soil Classification, Nutrient Management and Land Cover of Saffron Growing Areas of Kashmir Valley -- Cultromic and metabarcodic insights into saffron-microbiome associations -- “Saffron, bacteria and mycorrhiza” -- Diversity and bioprospection of fungal endophytic microbiome of Crocus sativus L. (saffron) -- Epidemiology and Management of Corm Rot of Saffron -- Pathogenicity and genetic diversity of microbes in Crocus sativus L. and various strategies combating diseases -- Tissue culture techniques for Saffron improvement -- Saffron production under control condition -- Saffron: Metabolomics and quality points of view -- Saffron in phytotherapy : Pharmocological properties and medicinal uses -- Economic Aspects of Saffron in the World -- Marketing prospects for Saffron in domestic market: the case of Moroccan PDO.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Advances in The Genomic and Transcriptomic Sequencing of North American Pines -- Chapter 2. Advances in Genetic Mapping in Pines -- Chapter 3. Transposable Elements in Pines -- Chapter 4. Genomics of Climate Adaptation in Pinus Lambertiana -- Chapter 5. Maritime Pine Genomics in Focus -- Chapter 6. Understanding the Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits in Loblolly Pine -- Chapter 7. Genomics of Disease Resistance in Loblolly Pine -- Chapter 8. Genomic Advances in Research on Genetic Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust in North American White Pines -- Chapter 9. Functional Genomics of Mediterranean Pines -- Chapter 10. Pinus Sylvestris as a Reference Plant Species in Radiation Research: Transcriptomics of Trees from the Chernobyl Zone -- Chapter 11. Genomic Selection in Scots (Pinus Sylvestris) and Radiata (Pinus Radiata) Pines -- Chapter 12. Community-Based Genome Resource Needs in Pines.