Contents: Preface. The C.P. Malik--we know/Neelam Setia and R.C. Setia. 1. Methods of QTL analysis in crop plants : present status and future prospects/P.K. Gupta and P.L. Kulwal. 2. Photosynthesis and productivity of agricultural crops grown under elevated carbon dioxide/P.M. Swamy. 3. Orchids : chromosomes and their in vitro behaviour/S.P. Vij. 4. Algal diversity in India--an assessment of the threats and conservation needs/Inderdeep Kaur and A.K. Bhatnagar. 5. Mechanisms of cotton fibre development/Amarjit Singh Basra. 6. Agrobacterium tumefaciens : biology and recent advances/S.C. Bihani, Nidhi Kumari and S.L. Kothari. 7. Molecular genetic analysis of drought stress resistance in plants/V. Chinnusamy and K.C. Bansal. 8. Enzyme catalyzed regioselective esterification/trans-esterification of sugars and related compounds--an overview/S.S. Marwaha, J.K. Arora and Harish Kumar. 9. Proximate reproductive causes of decreased crop productivity in soils contaminated with heavy metals/Hans R. Dhingra. 10. Applications of halophilic enzymes in industries/M. Vivekanandan and A. Leela. 11. Diversity in fruit characters in some cucurbits of Agra and Kanpur regions/S.V.S. Chauhan. 12. The biology of fruit dehiscence in oilseed brassicas/R.C. Setia, Navjyot Kaur and Neelam Setia. 13. Some plant communities are more invisible than others. Why?/Zafar Reshi and B.A. Wafai. 14. Biohydrogen metabolism in cyanobacteria and green algae : strategies for production of an alternative clean fuel for the future/Meenakshi Banerjee. 15. Reproductive biology of safflower (carthamus tinctorius L.) : an overview/Aloka Kumari, A.K. Pandey and M.R. Dhakal. 16. An update on mycotoxins : methods of detection and management/Ishwar Singh and Ved pal Singh. 17. Spices as antimicrobial agents/Alka Sharma and Mamta. 18. Role of allelopathy in sustainable weed management/R.K. Kohli, Daizy R. Batish and H.P. Singh. 19. Endophytic diazotrophs in non-legumes and their molecular characterization/R.P. Gupta, Anu Kalia and Neelam Aggrawal. 20. In vitro rapid propagation of Withania somnifera (Indian ginseng), a highly valued medicinal plant through tissue culture/Binta G. Verdia, Ashok M. Dave and Yogesh T. Jasrai. 21. Role of agroforestry systems in arid and semi-arid India/O.P. Toky, Sandeep Arya and Bimlendra K. 22. Bio-accumulation of heavy metals by water hyacinth/Abha Garg. 23. Addition of new records of fossil plants to the mesozoic flora of the Rajmahal hills, Jharkhand, India/B.D. Sharma and O.P. Suthar. 24. Mechanism of action of plant growth retardants inhibiting Ga biosynthesis/S.K. Thind. 25. Management of viral and bacterial plant pathogens using biopesticides/Seema Choudhary, Garima Gupta and P.C. Trivedi. Index.
"The advancement in crop improvement in the past several decades have been phenomenal. During the last two decades or so enormous information about many facets of plant organization and development has been appearing. Some of these data are of great relevance and were sure to contribute significantly towards improvement of crop yield.
This book will be highly beneficial to student, teachers and research workers in the field of plant biotechnology, physiology, agriculture and plant science." (jacket)
