Tariq Aftab

Soumya Mukherjee

Piyali Mukherjee

This new book merges the concepts of traditional agriculture, crop sustainability, and intellectualproperty rights associated with plant protection and agricultural products. It discusses various strategies associated with crop tolerance to adverse environmental conditions and also highlights the role of agricultural intellectual property rights, along with the implications for plant patents, protection of farmers’ rights, and geographical indication in plant products, to provide a broader outlook toward strategies for sustainable agriculture and global food security associated with IPR. The chapters provide an overview of sustainable crop cultivation in traditional agriculture as well as with new biotechnological approaches. The volume explores several stress resilience strategies and issues for crops, considering how to mitigate the effect of increased carbon dioxide concentration, heavy metal pollution, over-salinized soils, and cold spells. It also discusses how to make desert farming more efficient; how to increase abiotic stress tolerance of crops with grafting, seed soaking/priming, soil amendment, and more. The chapters on agricultural intellectual property rights address IPR in conjunction with food security, the rights of farmers, legal applications and protection of plant patents, protection of traditional knowledge, international legal issues, and plant variety protection rights in agriculture and more.

Crop Sustainability and Intellectual Property Rights

František Baluška

Akula Ramakrishna

This book provides a comprehensive update on the recent developments concerning the role of plant neurotransmitters in signaling and communication. Physiological investigations over the past few decades have demonstrated that plants employ neurotransmitters in various signaling pathways. Plant-based neurotransmitters (serotonin, melatonin, dopamine, acetylcholine, and GABA) share biochemical similarities with those in animal systems in terms of their chemical nature and biochemical pathways. Plant–environment interaction associated with abiotic stress management, growth modulation, flowering, circadian rhythm, fruit ripening, and allelopathic interactions are a major focus of research in the field, and recent advances in genomic, trascriptomic, and metabolomic approaches have resulted in the deciphering of the molecular mechanisms associated with various neurotransmitters in plants. Other current and potential areas of investigation include the putative phytohormone phytomelatonin, and receptor-mediated signaling in plant neurotransmitters. Providing an up-to-date overview of molecular crosstalk mechanisms between various neurotransmitters, the book offers essential insights to help readers gain a better understanding of the physiology of plant signaling and communication with the environment.

Neurotransmitters in Plant Signaling and Communication

This book discusses the recent advancements in the role of various biomolecules in regulating root growth and development. Rhizobiology is a dynamic sub discipline of plant science which collates investigations from various aspects like physiology, biochemistry, genetic analysis and plant-microbe interactions. The physiology and molecular mechanisms of root development have undergone significant advancements in the last couple of decades. Apart from the already known conventional phytohormones (IAA, GA, cytokinin, ethylene and ABA), certain novel biomolecules have been considered as potential growth regulators or hormones regulating plant growth and development. Root phenotyping and plasticity analysis with respect to the specific functional mutants of each biomolecule shall provide substantial information on the molecular pathways of root signaling. Special emphasis provides insights on the tolerance and modulatory mechanisms of root physiology in response to light burst, ROS generation, agravitrophic response, abiotic stress and biotic interactions.

Rhizobiology: Molecular Physiology of Plant Roots

Architect your .NET applications by breaking them into really small pieces-microservices-using this practical, example-based guideAbout This Book* This book will show you the basics of microservices and when you should consider this architectural style* This book will help you understand how to implement separate services using the C#, ASP.NETMVC/Web API, and more* You'll learn to integrate services using ASP.NET Web API and Azure Service BusWho This Book Is ForThis book is for NET developers who are familiar with .NET framework and now want to learn how to implement microservices architecture in their .NET applications. It's ideal for developers who are completely new to Microservices or have just a theoretical understanding of this architectural approach and want to gain a practical perspective in order to better manage application complexityWhat You Will Learn* Compare microservices with Monolithic and SOA* Identify the appropriate service boundaries by mapping them to the relevant Bounded Contexts* Define the service interface and implement the APIs using ASP.NET Web API* Integrate the services via synchronous and asynchronous mechanisms* Implement service security policies using Azure Active Directory, OpenId Connect, and OAuth* Configure Azure Diagnostics and automatic scaling policies in AzureIn DetailMicroservices is an architectural style that promotes the development of complex applications as a suite of small services based on business capabilities.This book will help you identify the appropriate service boundaries within the business domain to ensure high cohesion and to define the correct service interfaces to promote loose coupling.We 'll start by looking at what microservices are, what the main characteristics are, and how they compare with Monolithic and SOA approaches. Next, we'll briefly go through the benefits of using this style, the challenges to consider, and the prerequisites to succeed when engaging in this approach.Moving forward, you 'll be introduced to a real-life application, implemented initially as a Monolith that is currently struggling to cope with increasing user demand and complexity. After assessing the current issues, we will begin the journey of transforming this application by splitting it into a suite of microservices.You'll identify the business domain boundaries as a reference for our service boundaries, split the application into multiple services, and define the service contracts. You'll be able to choose the appropriate integration techniques, set up an automated infrastructure to handle testing and deployment, and implement appropriate security policies to keep our services safe from unauthorized access. You'll find out how to configure and implement monitoring to ensure the health of our services, and configuring scaling to allow our application to quickly adapt to increased demand in the future.

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