New Approach on Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture and Fishery (Research and Applied)
Keywords:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture and Fishery, Role of Secondary Metabolite, Water Footprint Management, Agri-Food Industries, Health Building Functional Compounds, Ethno-Medicinal and Therapeutic Potentialities, Medicinal Herb, Non Timber Forest Resources, Forest Dwellers, Ayodhya Hills, Purulia District, Methylamine Residues, Bhopal Soil, Water under Diverse, Climatic FactorsSynopsis
Plants face an enormous number of enemies and therefore have evolved stacks of defense mechanisms by which they are able to tackle various kinds of abiotic and biotic stress like fungi, bacteria, viruses, parasites, weeds, and insects. To overcome the biotic and abiotic stresses they have evolved multiple mechanisms of defense. These stresses result in abnormal physiology of the plant which impairs the plant’s normal growth, structure, and functions. For accommodating these changes in their fluctuating growth conditions and for better functional flexibility under the influence of various abiotic factors without impacting various physiological and biochemical processes plants have developed numerous mechanisms by producing a repertoire of metabolites in response to changing environment that plays a variety of roles (Yang et. al., 2018). Metabolites are the intermediates and end products of various metabolic processes. The plant produces a vast and diverse assortment of organic molecules, which are classified into two major groups: primary and secondary metabolites. Primary metabolites are intermediate or end products of all living systems, essential for the growth and life of plants. Secondary metabolites are products that do not significantly participate in the direct growth and development of the plant. Their absence does not result in the death of the plants, unlike primary metabolites. These bioactive compounds are used in pharmaceuticals, flavorings, and agrochemical industries.
Chapters
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Role of Secondary Metabolite in Plant Defense
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Water Footprint Management in Agri-Food Industries
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Secondary Metabolites as Health Building Functional Compounds
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Ethno-Medicinal and Therapeutic Potentialities and Update of Different Species of Aloe –A Miraculous and Wonderful Ancient Medicinal Herb
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Role of Non Timber Forest Resources in the Livelihood of Forest Dwellers in Ayodhya Hills Areas of Purulia District, West Bengal
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Implications of Methylamine Residues in Bhopal Soil and Water under Diverse Climatic Factors
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The Need and Prospects for New Approaches in Horticultural Crop Production
