This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current achievements and future possibilities for the application of epigenetic and epigenomic techniques to the improvement of crops. Creating crops more resilient to the stresses caused by climate change will be an important part of a climate-smart and sustainable agriculture strategy for the future. All critical environmental stressors are explored: temperature, salt, drought, pollutants, pests, fungi, bacteria, and viruses. The exciting...

The "Treaty of Amritsar" anthology offers a profound exploration of imperial dynamics and sovereignty in the mid-19th century India, presented through a remarkable intersection of official narratives, political correspondence, and detailed treaty documentation. This collection situates itself in the rich tapestry of colonial and regional history, reflecting the complex relationship between the British Empire and the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. The anthology includes a diverse rang...

Metal Oxides explores the multidimensional applications of metal oxides from nanostructured innovations to sustainable solutions.The book begins with the fundamentals of metal oxides, covering aspects such as their structure, synthesis techniques, characterization methods, and surface modification strategies. It expands into nanostructured metal oxide thin films, photocatalytic applications, nanocomposites for energy storage, and nanoengineering approaches to enhance surfa...

Sustainable management of soils is an important global issue of the 21st century. Feeding roughly 8 billion people with an environmentally sustainable production system is a major challenge, especially considering the fact that 10% of the world’s population at risk of hunger and 25% at risk of malnutrition. Accordingly, the 68th United Nations (UN) general assembly declared 2016 the “International Year of Pulses” to raise awareness and to celebrate the role of pulses in human nutrition and...

The book discusses the basics of aptamers and the advent of aptamer-based technology in recent times. The book covers the diverse applications of aptamers, such as in detection of animal and plant pathogens, disease diagnosis and therapeutics, environmental contamination detection etc. Besides these applications, the book also describes the use of these synthetic or modified DNA, as drug delivery vehicles.The different chapters describe how the binding capacity and specificity of a...