Advances in agronomy. Volume 129 / edited by Donald L. Sparks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sparks, Donald L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agronomy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Agronomy.

Agronomy--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, California : Academic Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial. Six volumes are published yearly which ensures that authors' contributions are disseminated to the readership in a timely manner. Timely and state-of-the-art reviewsDistinguished, well recognized authorsA venerable and iconic review seriesTimely publication of submitted reviews

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in AGRONOMY; Advances in Agronomy; Advances in AGRONOMY; Copyrights; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Advances in Host Plant and Rhizobium Genomics to Enhance Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Grain Legumes; 1. Introduction; 2. Host Plant and Environmental Stress Factors Impacting SNF; 2.1 Host-Rhizobium Physiological and Biochemical Factors; 2.2 Mineral Nutrition of the Host Plant, High Nitrates in Soils, and Starter Nitrogen; 2.3 Drought, Salinity, and Heat Stress; 3. Genomics-led Intervention to Select for Promiscuous Germplasm

3.1 Selection Environment for Evaluating Germplasm and Breeding Populations for SNF3.2 From Conventional to High-Throughput Assays to Phenotype N2-Fixing Traits; 3.3 Genetic Variation and Traits Associated with SNF; 3.3.1 Variability for SNF in Germplasm; 3.3.2 Genotype, Environment, and Strain Interactions; 3.3.3 Relationships of SNF with Agronomic Traits; 3.4 Abiotic Stress and N2 Fixation; 3.5 Identifying Promiscuous Germplasm for Use in Breeding; 3.6 QTL Associated with SNF Traits; 3.7 Cloning and Gene Expression Associated with SNF; 3.7.1 Plant Genes and SNF; 3.7.1.1 Model Legumes

3.7.1.2 Grain Legumes3.7.2 Plant Genes Expression and SNF; 3.7.2.1 Model Legumes; 3.7.2.2 Grain Legumes; 4. Genomics-led Intervention to Select for Effective Rhizobium Strains; 4.1 Rhizobium Genetic Resources, Host Specificity, and Diversity; 4.2 Host-Rhizobium Interaction and Competition with Indigenous Rhizobium Strains; 4.3 Host (Wild Relatives)-Rhizobium Symbiosis to Identifying Stress Tolerant Rhizobium Strains; 4.4 Harnessing Sequence Diversity among the Rhizobium Genomes to Enhance Host-Rhizobium Symbiosis; 4.5 Rhizobial Endophytes in Host and Nonhost on Plant Growth and Development

5. Challenges and Opportunities to Combining High SNF Traits Into Improved Genetic Background5.1 Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Host-Rhizobium Symbiosis: a Breeding Challenge; 5.1.1 Plant-Rhizobium Interactions for Alleviating Abiotic stress(es); 5.1.2 Mycorrhizal Fungi Alleviate Abiotic Stress in Plants; 5.1.3 Selecting for Nitrogen Fixation Drought Tolerance in Breeding Programs; 5.1.4 Overexpressing Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase Gene Improves Drought Tolerance and SNF; 5.2 Delayed Leaf Senescence in Relation to Photosynthesis, Symbiosis, and Productivity

5.3 Selecting for High Nitrogen Fixation Ability into Improved Genetic Background5.4 SNF Projects to Harness Host-Rhizobium Symbiosis; 6. Metabolic Reconstruction and Modeling to Predicting SNF; 6.1 Reconstructing Metabolic Network to SNF; 6.2 Modeling to Predict Nitrogen Fixation; 7. Perspectives; Acknowledgments; References; Climate Change: Implications for Stakeholders in Genetic Resources and Seed Sector; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Improved Seed: Major Contributor to Crop Yield Gains; 2. Plant Genetic Resources; 2.1 Conserving Crop Wild Relatives and Landraces; 2.2 Gene Banks

2.3 Global Plan of Action

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 05, 2015).

ISBN:

0-12-802347-3

0-12-802138-1