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Plant, Environment and Sustainability

Editor

Prof. (Dr.) P. C. Trivedi Ph.D., Post Doct. (USA), F.L.S. (London), F.B.S., F.P.S.I.

F.N.S.I., F.B.R.S., F.M.A., F.E.S., F.N.R.S., F.I.A.T.

Vice-Chancellor Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University,

Gorakhpur – 273009 (U.P.), India

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Preface

Professor Chander Parkash Malik-the doyen of plant biology in India, a scholar who

is the architect of a major restructuring of plant researching in this country. This

includes histoenzymology, Cell biology, Cytogenetics, chemical embryology and

now molecular biology especially, use of molecular markers in understanding

genetic divergence in various crop plant species.

He is founder of Botany Department at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

and headed the same for more than two decades. He built a strong school of plant

Reproductive biology and Crop Productivity.

He was elected to the Fellowships of several Academies including Indian

National Science Academy, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, etc. He is

also recipient of several coveted national and International awards including Rafi

Ahmad Kidwai Prize by ICAR, Bir Bal Sawhney Gold Medal, J.J.Chinoy Gold Medal.

He was also President Indian Science Congress ( Plant Sciences), and President

International Society of Plant Morphology.

I had the unique pleasure to work with him closely on several occasions

especially after he joined SADTM, now Jaipur National University, Jaipur. As

President of Indian Botanical Society we discussed, shared and proposed several

novel ideas to promote plant sciences. He is full of devotion, diligence and

insurmountable energy to acquire latest knowledge on different aspects of

biotechnology.

A perusal of various titles comprising this volume shows that they cover bio-

drainage, carbon and nitrogen assimilation and dynamics in productivity, cadmium

uptake. And future concern for health, The present volume “Plant, Environment

and Sus tainability” is compiled in his honor and. recounts his contributions in

the varied fields of plant biology especially stress physiology- a tribute to his wide

academic contributions. Mixed with feelings of honor, affection and great

satisfaction, this volume is dedicated to him.

I admire him because he knows clearly what he wants out of life , and what he

wishes to accomplish..

Well versed in instrumental music, he perhaps enhances the intensity of his

consciousness of life in him!

A perusal of various titles comprising this volume shows that they cover

photoreceptors for flowering, antioxidant efficacy, role of phytoalexins, ABC

transporters, Prospects of herbal medicine, mitigation of green house gases,

fluoride pollution in India, scientific methods of research, flowering, plant growth

regulators, molecular mechanism (s) of drought tolerance, electrophysiology of

trapping mechanisms in carnivorous plants, etc. The twenty articles cover wide

varieties of topics.

The topics are bound to enthuse the readers and create eagerness to dwell into

new information and insights, especially with the speed of new discoveries being

made regularly.

I thank all the contributors for their outstanding outputs.

P C Trivedi

Contributors

1. ANDOLA, HARISH C.

Biodiversity Conservation and

Management Thematic group

G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan

Environment & Development

Kosi-Katarmal

Almora, 263 643, Uttarakhand, India

Centre for Aromatic Plants Selaqui,

Dehradun

Herbal Research and Development

Institute, Uttarakhand

2. ANGRISH, R.

Department of Forestry

CCS Haryana Agricultural University

Hisar

3. BANERJEE, MEENAKSHI

Laboratory of Algal Biotechnology

Department of Bioscience

Barkatullah University

Bhopal (M.P)

4. BELL, MIKE

Agency for Food and Fibre Sciences,

QDPI, PO Box 23, Kingaroy 4610,

Queensland, Australia

5. BHAT, JA

Department of Plant Pathology

Punjab Agricultural University

Ludhiana-141 004, India.

6. BHAT, M. A.

Sher e Kashmir University of

Agricultural Sciences and

Technology

Srinagar (J&K) 190 001

7. BHAT, ZA

Department of Horticulture

(Pomology)


Ludhiana-141 004, India

8. BHATT, I. D.





Kosi-Katarmal


9. DAR, WA


SKAUST, Shalimar-191121

10. DATTA, K . S.

Department of Botany and Plant

Physiology


Hisar

11. DHAWAN, ASHOK K.

Plant Molecular Biology Division

Centre for Plant Biotechnology,

CCS HAU New Campus

Hisar-125004, Haryana, India

12. EISENSTEIN, EDWARD

Institute for Bioscience and

Biotechnology Research

University of Maryland

USA

13. GOPINATH, PATHIYOOR

College of Horticulture

Kerala Agricultural University

Thrissur

14. GOSAL, SATBIR S.

School of Agricultural Biotechnology


Ludhiana, 141 004, Punjab, India.

15. GUPTA, NEHA

Department of Botany


Ludhiana- 141 004

E-mail: [email protected]

16. JAIN, NIDHI

School of Life Sciences

Jaipur National University

Jaipur;

17. JOTHIMANI, P.

Dept. of Environmental Sciences

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Coimbatore, 3.

18. KALIA, RAJWANT K.



CCS HAU New Campus


19. KASHYAP, PREM L.



Ludhiana, 141004

E. Mail: [email protected]

20. KAUR, BHAVNEET

Institute for Bioscience and

Biotechnology Research

University of Maryland

USA,

21. KAUR, SUMIT I.



Ludhiana, 141004

22. KRISHNAVENI, K .

(Seed Science and Technology)

Professor, Department of Market

Extension

Directorate of Extension Education


Coimbatore – 641 003

23. KUMAR, KRISHAN

Department of Horticulture

(Pomology)


Ludhiana-141 004, India

24. MALWAL, MANVI


University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

25. MIGLANI, GURBACHAN S.

Adjunct Professor

School of Agricultural Biotechnology


Ludhiana, 141 004

26. NAMITA

Division of Landscape and

Floriculture

IARI, New Delhi, India;

27. PARAMA, V. R. RAMAKRISHNA

Dept of Soil Science

University of Agricultural Sciences

GKVK, Bangalore 65

28. PUROHIT, VIJAY KANT

High Altitude Plant Physiology

Research Centre

H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central

University)

Srinagar Garhwal, 246 174 -

Uttarakhand, India

E. mail:

[email protected]

29. RAI, MANOJ K.



CCS HAU New Campus


30. RANI, C.

Department of Botany and Plant

Physiology


Hisar

31. RAO, R. C. NAGESWAR

Agency for Food and Fibre Sciences

QDPI, PO Box 23

Kingaroy 4610, Queensland,

Australia

32. RASHID, RIZWAN

Department of Vegetable Crops


Ludhiana-141 004, India.

33. RAWAL, R. S.





Kosi-Katarmal


34. RAWAT, M. S. M.

Department of Chemistry

H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central

University)

Srinagar Garhwal, 246 174 -

Uttarakhand, India

35. RAWAT, SANDEEP





Kosi-Katarmal


36. SANGEETHA, R.

Dept. of Environmental Sciences


Coimbatore, 3.

37. SANGHERA, GULZAR S.

SKUAST (K) Rice research and

Regional Station

Khudwani, Anantnag-192102, J&K,

India.

38. SARDANA, VIRENDER

Department of Plant Breeding and

Genetics


Ludhiana-141 004

39. SARIN, RENU


University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

40. SASHIDHAR, V. R.


QDPI, PO Box 23


Australia

Dept of Crop Physiology


GKVK, Bangalore 65

41. SHANTALA, L.

Dept of Crop Physiology


GKVK, Bangalore 65

42. SHARMA, PUSHP

Department of Plant Breeding and

Genetics


Ludhiana-141 004

43. SINGH, ROHTAS



CCS HAU New Campus


Email: [email protected]

44. SMITHA JOHN. K



Thrissur

45. SUSHAMA P. K .



Thrissur

46. THIND, S. K .



Ludhiana

E. mail: [email protected]

47. TOKY, O. P.

Department of Forestry


Hisar

E-mail: [email protected]

48. TRIVEDI, LILY


University of Rajasthan

Jaipur

49. TRIVEDI, P. C.


University of Rajasthan

Jaipur

50. VERMA, AMAN

School of Life Sciences

Jaipur National University

Jaipur

51. VERMA, VIDHI

Laboratory of Algal Biotechnology

Department of Bioscience

Barkatullah University

Bhopal (M.P)

52. WANI, SHABIR H.

Central Institute of Temperate

Horticulture

Rangreth, Srinagar, (J&K) 190 007

E. mail:

[email protected]

53. WRIGHT, G. C.


QDPI, PO Box 23


Australia

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Contents

1 Bio-drainage: A Waterlogging and Salinity Control Option ............... 1 O. P. Toky1*, R. Angrish1, K. S. Datta2 and C. Rani2

2 Electrophys io logy of Trapping Mechanism in Carnivorous

Plants ............................................................................................... 19 Neha Gupta and S. K. Thind

3 Carbon and Nitrogen Ass im ilation: Mechanism s for

Productivity ..................................................................................... 41 Pushp Sharma and Virender Sardana

4 Nitrogen Dynamics : Growth, Uptake and Dis tribution in Crops : An Ecophysio logica l Perspective .......................................... 65 Pushp Sharma and Virender Sardana

5 High Cadmium Uptake by Plants in Coas tal Acid Soils of

Southern India Partia lly Nullifies Good Recom m ended

Managem ent Practice: A Future Concern for Health and the

Aus tra lian Exam ple of Rem edial Measure ....................................... 87 V. R. Ramakrishna Parama1, Mike Bell2, L. Shantala3, G. C. Wright4 and R. C. Nageswar Rao5, V. R. Sashidhar6

6 Photoreceptors for Flowering Tim e, Seed Germ ination and

Tropism ........................................................................................... 93 S. K. Thind

7 Recent Trends in Applications of Plant Growth Regulators in

Tis sue Culture ................................................................................ 111 Rohtas Singh*, Rajwant K. Kalia, Manoj K. Rai and Ashok K. Dhawan

8 Molecular Techniques for Managing Drought Tolerance in

Plants - QTL Approach ................................................................... 139 Shabir H. Wani1 M. A. Bhat3 and Satbir S. Gosal2

9 Therm ophilic Cyanobacter ia: The Wonder Organisms .................. 157 Vidhi Verma and Meenakshi Banerjee*

10 Regulation of Plant Behavior through Potentia l

Anti-Gibberellin Compounds ......................................................... 169 Aman Verma1, Nidhi Jain1 and Bhavneet Kaur2

11 Antioxidant Efficacy of Arid Region Plants .................................... 203 Renu Sarin and Manvi Malwal

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