Sustainable Solutions for Elemental Deficiency and Excess in Crop Plants

This book covers all aspects of deficiency of essential elements and excess of toxic ones in crop plants. The metal deficiency and toxicity are the two sides of same problem that are threatening to sustainable agricultural growth. The book presents prospective strategies for the management of elemental nutrition of crop plants. Chapters are arranged in a manner so as to develop a lucid picture of the topic beginning from basics to advanced research. The content is supplemented with flow charts and figures to make it convenient for readers to holistically grasp the concepts. It will be a value addition for students, research scholars and professionals in understanding the basics as well latest developments in the area of metal deficiency and excess in crop plants.

This book covers all aspects of deficiency of essential elements and excess of toxic ones in crop plants. The metal deficiency and toxicity are the two sides of same problem that are threatening to sustainable agricultural growth. The book presents prospective strategies for the management of elemental nutrition of crop plants. Chapters are arranged in a manner so as to develop a lucid picture of the topic beginning from basics to advanced research. The content is supplemented with flow charts and figures to make it convenient for readers to holistically grasp the concepts. It will be a value addition for students, research scholars and professionals in understanding the basics as well latest developments in the area of metal deficiency and excess in crop plants.

Part 1 - General aspects.- Chapter 1 - Elemental concentrations in soil, water and air.- Chapter 2 - Deficiency of essential elements in crop plants.- Chapter 3 - The toxicity and accumulation of metals in crop plants.- Chapter 4 - Effect of deficiency of essential elements and toxicity of metals on human health.- Chapter 5 - An overview of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium: Key players of nutrition process in plants.- Chapter 6 - The mechanisms of trace element uptake and transport up to grains of crop plants.- Chapter 7 - Biofortification of crop plants: A practical solution to tackle elemental deficiency.- Chapter 8 - An overview on management of micronutrients deficiency in plants through bio-fortification: a solution of hidden hunger.- Chapter 9 - Biological interventions towards management of essential elements in crop plants.- Chapter 10- Biotechnological approaches to enhance crop quality for iron and zinc nutrition.- Chapter 11- Toxic metals in crops: A burgeoning problem.- Chapter 12 - Heavy metal contamination of environment and crop plants.- Chapter 13 - Mechanism of Toxic Metal Uptake and Transport in Plants.- Chapter 14 - Cadmium: Bioavailability in Soils and Phytotoxicity.- Chapter 15 - Cadmium: Uptake in plants and its alleviation via crosstalk between phytohormones and sulfur.- Chapter 16- Agronomic management practices to tackle toxic metal entry into crop plants.- Chapter 17- Microbial inoculation to alleviate the metal toxicity in crop plants and subsequent growth promotion.- Chapter 18 - Genetic engineering to reduce toxicity and increase accumulation of toxic metals in plants.