Sustainable Crop Production

Chapter 1 Flowering Time: A Target Trait to Enhance Agricultural Productivity

Chapter 2 Remodelling Plant Development for Trait Engineering: Lessons from Morphological Innovations—Post-translational Modifications in Regulating Flowering Time

Chapter 3 Hormonal and Molecular Regulation of Root Traits in Arabidopsis in Response to Abiotic Stress: A Way Forward to Climate-Smart Crop Improvement Program

Chapter 4 Understanding Intricacies of Stamen Development Pathways Holds Key to Trait Manipulation for Hybrid Seed Production

Chapter 5 Bioengineering Photosynthesis to Drive Crop Improvement: Engineering Carbon-Concentrating Mechanisms, Kranz Anatomy, Chloroplast Mimics, and New Cellular Compartments

Chapter 6 Advancements in Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms and Synthetic Pathways to Enhance Photosynthetic Efficiency in C 3 Plants

Chapter 7 Quantum Dots and Photosynthesis

Chapter 8 Molecular Cues of Phytohormone-Mediated Modulation of Plant Abiotic Stress Responses

Chapter 9 Plant Hormones and Abiotic Stress Response

Chapter 10 Nature’s Own Engineers: Role of Rhizosphere Microbiome to Confer Resistance to Host Plants Against Drought and Salinity

Chapter 11 Strategic Manipulation of Pathogen Recognition Receptors in Plants for Efficient Perception of Fungal Pathogens: Benefits and Risks

Chapter 12 Plant Immunity Inducers: Discovery and Delivery for Crop Protection

Chapter 13 Engineering Artificial miRNAs to Prime Defense Responses Against Plant Pests and Pathogens

Chapter 14 Genetic and Molecular Basis of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Crop Plants

Chapter 15 Space Plant Biology: Growing Crops Beyond Planet Earth