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Plant Health Check: Emerging Methods for Disease Detection
Protecting crop health is critical in agriculture, driven by an increasing need for sustainable methods amid a growing worldwide population. This...
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Does Climate Change Heighten the Risk of Xylella fastidiosa Infection?
Climate change is a prominent global concern that has substantial implications for ecosystems and the well-being of plants, including the escalation...
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Analyzing Pest Risk in the Context of Climate Change
Pests pose a significant threat to global food security and agricultural productivity. Climate change has exacerbated the impact of pests by...
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Nanofungicides: A Promising Solution for Climate-Resilient Plant Disease Management
Worldwide plant disease caused a 13% loss and it is calculated to be 2000 billion dollars. Plant pathogenic fungi such as Rhizoctonia solani and...
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Effects of Climate Change on Plant Diseases
Climate change is a long-term alteration in weather statistics, posing serious threats to global food safety besides environmental sustainability...
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Molecular Markers for the Detection and Analysis of Somaclonal Variation
A diverse number of molecular techniques are nowadays available to approach the analysis of the genetic stability of plant material regenerated from...
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Tissue Culture of Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.): Between Somaclonal Variation and Mass Propagation
Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is an important commercial and agricultural crop. It has been the subject of varied research aimed at optimizing the...
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Somaclonal Variation in Olive
Tissue culture is commonly used in olive with different purposes. Apart from commercial large-scale plant production, it is applied as a complement...
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Factors Influencing Somaclonal Variation in Date Palm, Detection and Selection for Application in the Plantation
The use of somaclonal variations may suppose an advantage over conventional plant breeding aiming at introducing new traits for increased fertility,...
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Response of Cultivated Industrial Crops to Abiotic Stress: Strategies to Enhance Target Metabolite Productivity
Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) are known for their valuable secondary metabolites, such as terpenoids and steroids, fatty acid-derived...
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Harnessing In-Vitro Propagation for the Sustainable Conservation of Medicinal Plants: Challenges and Prospects
This chapter explores the dynamic interplay between in-vitro propagation techniques and the sustainable conservation of medicinal plants, a critical...
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In-vitro Propagation to Conserve Medicinally Important Plants: Insight, Procedures, and Opportunities
The utilization of plant tissue culture for the purpose of identifying and isolating bioactive phytocompounds has a wide range of industrial...
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Phytochemical Importance of Medicinal Plants as Potential Sources Against Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases include Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia and depression. Decreased...
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Harnessing the Power of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants for Natural Product Innovation
Aromatic and medicinal plants are a repository of phytochemicals, which have been utilized for millennia to prevent life-threatening diseases. These...
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Clove: Tiny Buds with Global Fame
Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry (Myrtaceae), commonly known as clove, is a median sized tree indigenous to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia...
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Plant Essential Oils as Multifunctional Biomolecules for Applications in Therapeutics, Food and Other Industries
Essential oils (EOs), derived from the different plant parts including flowers, leaves, barks, roots, stems, and fruits, are an intricate blend of...
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Wheat Data Integration and FAIRification: IWGSC, GrainGenes, Ensembl and Other Data Repositories
Wheat data integration and FAIRification are key to tackling the challenge of wheat improvement. The data repositories presented in this chapter play...
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Smart Fertilizers: The Prospect of Slow Release Nanofertilizers in Modern Agricultural Practices
Currently, the nutritional demands of this rapidly expanding population are approaching their peak, and all the available conventional farming...
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Nanofertilizers: Challenges and Future Trends
An intriguing area of innovation that has the potential to enhance crop yields, soil health, and food quality is the creation and application of...
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Selenium Nanomaterials: Contribution Toward Crop Development
The current climatic conditions, environmental practices, and immoderate use of chemical-based fertilizers and pesticides have undesirable effects on...