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Crop Production In Stress Environment: Genetic And Management Option

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In order to meet the food, feed, fiber, fuel needs of ever increasing human and animal population world over, particularly in developing nations of Africa and Asia and South America, a commensurate enhancement in crop production has to be in place. The ultimate aim of sustainable agriculture is be to enhance food production on continuous basis while maintaining the natural resource base in accordance with carrying capacity of supporting agro-eco system. Most of the progress in increasing crop production has been realized in favorable environments and high input conditions. In such areas environmental concerns in terms of depletion of natural resource base including soil degradation due to over mining of nutrients, imbalanced fertilization, salinity due to excessive irrigation, water deficits and environmental pollution affecting food chain have already become apparent and points to ponder. Moreover, climatic changes such as increased atmospheric temperature, uncertainty in rainfall; perpetual droughts and floods of varying intensities etc. lead to environmental fragility which adversely affects crop production. These are serious issues which need to be looked into, if the food requirements of future generation are to be met on sustainable basis. This would need a holistic system approach to harness natural resources for the welfare of mankind through scientific management of land and water resources, use of appropriate agro-technology and judicious exploitation of biodiversity and genetic options for enhancing crop production especially in stress environments. Keeping these facts in view, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishaw Vidyalaya, Jablapur and the Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management (SSARM) jointly organized an International Conference on "Sustainable Crop Production in Stress Environment: Management and Genetic Options" during Feb. 9-12, 2005 at JNKVV, Jabalpur (M.P.), India. This book is based on the research findings presented by eminent scientists from India and abroad. Major purpose of this publication is to highlight the technologies related to management of natural resources and crop improvement/ gene technologies that are developed at global level to minimize the effects of biotic and abiotic stresses on crop production and for ameliorating yield and stress tolerance potential of crops in green and grey areas as well as socio-economic aspects.

Singh DP

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SECTION I: CROP IMPROVEMENT FOR STRESS RESISTANCE-PERSPECTIVES

Harnessing Science and Technology for Sustainable Rice Based Production Systems
Inter-Linkages and Association Among Stress Tolerance Traits and their Utilization for Crop Improvement in Stress Environments
Client-Oriented Breeding: A Better Way of Describing Farmers Participation in Plant Breeding
Designing of Crop Improvement and Seed Production Programmes for Sustainable Production Under Stress Environments
Triticale: An Escalating Stress Tolerant Crop in the Carpathian Basin Region of Europe
Prospects of Improving Drought Tolerance in Common Bean
Genetic Options for Drought Management in Sorghum
Genetic Enhancement of Stress Tolerance in Chickpea: Present Status and Future Prospects
Maize and Wheat Breeding Under Stress Conditions in Hungary
Variability Among Disomic Chromosome Substitution Lines of Wheat for Content and Uptake of Important Micronutrients

SECTION II: BREEDING FOR RESISTANCE TO ABIOTIC STRESS

Breeding Drought Tolerant Chickpea Genotypes Using Morpho-Physiological Traits
Root Characteristics Related to Drought Tolerance in Chickpea
Some Physiological Responses of Snap Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) to Water Stress During Reproductive Period
Physiological Mechanisms of Heat Tolerance in Snap Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.)
Plant Genes Influencing Heat Tolerance in Wheat
Delayed Leaf Senescence, Meteorological Parameters, Morphological Traits and their Association with Grain Yield in Wheat
Effect of Early and Terminal Heat Stress on Biomass Partitioning, Chlorophyll Stability and Yield of Different Wheat Genotypes
Response of Sorghum Genotypes to High Night Temperature
Selection of N Use Efficient Maize Genotypes
Evaluation of Pigeonpea Genotypes for Phosphorus Use Efficiency

SECTION III: BREEDING FOR RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC STRESS

Exploitation of Host Plant Resistance for the Development of Wilt Resistant Chickpea Genotypes
Development of Resistant Lines of Onion against Purple Blotch
Inheritance and Allelic Relationship of Genes Giving Resistance to Pod Fly in Pigeonpea (Cajanus Cajan)
Identification of Morphological/Productivity Traits for Chilo Partellus Resistance in Maize
Screening for Multiple Resistance to Biotic Stresses in Groundnut
Screening of Fieldpea Genotype against Rust
Screening of Sorghum Germplasm against Shoot Fly (Atherigona Soccata Rondani)
Screening of White Onion Germplasm for Year Round Production
Morhpophysiological Disorders Induced in Damping-Off Pathogen Aphanomyces Cochlioides By Host Rhizoplane Bacteria
Isolation and Characterization of Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria from the Rhizoplane of Rice, Wheat and Tomato Cultivated in Bangladesh
Understanding of Ecochemical Interactions Between Plants and Zoospores: Potentials for Biorational Control of the Peronosporomycete Soil Borne Phytopathogens
Rhizo-Biocomplex: An Important Concept to Regulate Rhizospherous Environment for Sustainable Crop Production

SECTION IV: BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR RESISTANCE TO STRESS

Biotechnological Approaches for Improving the Tolerance of Wheat to Abiotic Stress
Genetic Diversity of Photo-Period Insensitive and Sensitive Genotypes of Soybean Determined By Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (Aflp) Markers
Study of Genetic Diversity in Different Genotypes of Brassica Napus By Sds-Page
Studies on Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Tomatoes
Performance of Transgenic Cotton Hybrids to Combat Bollworms At Farmers Fields
In Vitro Screening for Salt Tolerance in Sugarcane
Studies on the Anther Culture of Groundnut: Callus Induction and Differentiation from Anther Cultures in Arachis Species
Investigation of Salt Tolerance in Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) with in Vitro Methods
Improving the Anther Culture Efficiency of Recalcitrant Indica Rice Varieties By Combination of Cultu+W400re Media and Temperatures
Identification and Characterization of New Microsatellite Makrers Associated with Apparent Amylose Content in Rice
Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to Fiber Quality Traits in Upland Cotton
Mapping New Qtls for Improvement of Downy Mildew (Sclerospora Graminicola (Sacc.) J. Schroet J Resistance in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum Glaucum (L.) R. Br.)

SECTION V: NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN STRESS ENVIRONMENT

Natural Resource Management Options for Rainfed Vertisols and Associated Soils of India
Determination of Optimum Fertilizer Recommendations Using A Computer Model of Nitrogen Balance
Growth Analysis of Indian Mustard as Influenced By Nitrogen Levels
Influence of Phosphorus and Sulphur Application in Indian Mustard
Soil Alkalinity and Yield of Different Cotton Cultivars Under Rain Fed Farming
Conservation and Utilization of Rainfed Areas through Agroforestry Interventions - An Overview
Integrated Farming System Under Stress Environment
Evaluation of Sustainability Indices of Improved Management Practices of Dryland Agriculture in Western Madhya Pradesh
Water Stress Management for Crop Production in Black Alkali Soils
Evaluation of Optimum Range of Soil Moisture Stress for Establishment of Rabi Crops in Vertisols
Sustainable Production of Food, Energy and Industry Raw Materials through New Crop Rotation Systems Involving Perennial Rhizomatous Grasses
Seasonal Variability of Percolation from Tanks in Vertisols of Narsinghpur District
Possibilities of the Evaluation of Productivity and Sustainability of the Farming Systems in Temperate Climate Zone
Influence of Phoshporus and Zinc on Yield Attributes and Yield of Green Gram Under Irrigated Arid Conditions of Western Rajasthan
Utilization of Humic Acid in Crops Production - An Overview
Effect of Temperature and Moisture Stress on Teh Soil Bacterial Community Structures
Biological Control of Heavy Metal Mobilization and Transport with Consequences for Phytoremediation and Food Contamination
Influence of Heavy Metals on Seed Germination and Biochemical Components of Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus (L.) Moench) Seedlings
Priming in Relation to Seed Vigour in Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus L. Moench)
Dry Matter Partitioning: Nodulation and their Impact on Grain Yield in Urdbean in Response to Climatic Changes
Intercropping in Hot Arid Regions - A Key to Resource Conservation
An Integrated Approach to Manage Soybean Diseases for Sustainable Yield and Production
Use of Vam Fungi in Some Selected Agro-Forestry Trees in Stress Conditions
Development of Pest Forecast Models for Key Pests of Sorghum
Weather Based Forewarning Model for Groundnut Leaf Miner
Role of Abiotic Factors on Population Dynamics of Pigeonpea Pod Fly (Melanagromyza Obtuse Malloch)
Efficacy of Some Plant Products against Termite Management in Irrigated Wheat

SECTION VI: SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Gender Policy and Mainstreaming in Agricultural Research: Possibilities and Constraints
Gender Differentials in Food Intake, Disease and Health Care in Agriculture and Dairy Farming Systems in Haryana, India
Household Food Security of Tribal Farmers in Jharkhand
Conservation and Exploitation of the Horticultural Diversity in Chhattisgarh for Sustainable Agricultural Development
Production Potential and Economics of Mustard Based Crop Sequences on the Farmers' Field in Rajasthan
Technological Gaps in Pest Management Among Rural Women in Coastal Agro Eco-System of Orissa
Cotton Production Risk Management through Crop Insurance: A Case Study of Nimar Valley of Central India
Promotion of Productive High Quality G. Arboreum Cotton to Meet the Needs of Cultivators of Rainfed Ecosystem Vis-À-Vis Textile Industries

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