In Silico Approach for Sustainable Agriculture

This book explores the role of in silico deployment in connection with modulation techniques for improving sustainability and competitiveness in the agri-food sector; pharmacokinetics and molecular docking studies of plant-derived natural compounds; and their potential anti-neurodegenerative activity. It also investigates biochemical pathways for bacterial metabolite synthesis, fungal diversity and plant-fungi interaction in plant diseases, methods for predicting disease-resistant candidate genes in plants, and genes-to-metabolites and metabolites-to-genes approaches for predicting biosynthetic pathways in microbes for natural product discovery.  

The respective chapters elaborate on the use of in situ methods to study biochemical pathways for bacterial metabolite synthesis; tools for plant metabolites in defence; plant secondary metabolites in defence; plant growth metabolites; characterisation of plant metabolites; and identification of plant derivedmetabolites in the context of plant defence. 

The book offers an unprecedented resource, highlighting state-of-the-art research work that will greatly benefit researchers and students alike, not only in the field of agriculture but also in many disciplines in the life sciences and plant sciences.

- Genes to Metabolites and Metabolites to Genes Approaches to Predict Biosynthetic Pathways in Microbes for Natural Product Discovery. - Role of Functional Bacterial Phylum Proteobacteria in Glycine max Growth Promotion Under Abiotic Stress: A Glimpse on Case Study. - Methanogenic Archaea in Paddy Agricultural Fields. - In Silico Study of the Geminiviruses Infecting Ornamental Plants. - In Silico Methods to Predict Disease-Resistance Candidate Genes in Plants. - In Silico Approach in Tracing Persistence and Survival of Rhizobium in Soil. - Bradyrhizobia-Mediated Drought Tolerance in Soybean and Mechanisms Involved. - In Silico Approach to Analyze the Biochemical Pathways of Bacterial Metabolite Synthesis. - In Silico Modulation Techniques for Upgrading Sustainability and Competitiveness in Agri-food Sector. - Bioinformatic Tools to Study the Soil Microorganisms: An In Silico Approach for Sustainable Agriculture. - Sustainable Agriculture: Role of Metagenomics and Metabolomics in Exploring the Soil Microbiota. - In Silico Plant Growth Metabolites. - Pharmacokinetic and Molecular Docking Studies of Plant-Derived Natural Compounds to Exploring Potential Anti-Alzheimer Activity. - In Silico Biochemical Pathways for Bacterial Metabolite Synthesis. - In Silico Characterization of Plant Secondary Metabolites. - In Silico Identification of Plant-Derived Secondary Metabolites in Defense.