Plant Science & Botany

Fenugreek
Improvement in Yield Potential through Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) and Depolymerized Polysaccharides

Editors: Tariq Ahmad Dar, PhD
Bilal Ahmad, PhD
Moinuddin, PhD
Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD

Fenugreek

In Production
Pub Date: Forthcoming December 2024
Hardback Price: $240 US | £180 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781774919163
Pages: Est. 340pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Notes: 14 color and 9 b/w illustrations

Fenugreek, a miraculous medicinal herb, can be extremely potent for diabetes, the most prevalent noncommunicable ailment in the world, and fenugreek seeds are well known for their medicinal properties that include relieving joint pain, lowering blood sugar level, restoring hair growth, as well as a dietary supplement for diabetes, menstrual cramps, and other conditions and to stimulate milk production during breastfeeding. Fenugreek is also a useful crop that helps to fix nitrogen in the soil, an important nutrient for plant growth. Keeping in view the tremendous medicinal applications of fenugreek, this new book offers a comprehensive review of fenugreek, highlighting its nutritional and medicinal applications while also discussing methods for enhancing its yield and quality by improving the growth, physiological, and biochemical parameters of the plant.

A combination of review and research chapters written by the experts from around the globe, Fenugreek: Improvement in Yield Potential through Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) and Depolymerized Polysaccharides, first begins with discussion of the origin and geographical distribution of fenugreek. It goes on to cover the characterization of bioactive compounds (BACs) in fenugreek and then presents effective methods to enhance the yield and quality. It examines the effect of plant growth regulators on growth and yield and looks at methods for heavy metal, biotic, and salinity stress alleviation in fenugreek. It also discusses fenugreek-enabled green synthesis of nanoparticles and its impact on growth factors. The influence of depolymerized sodium alginate on morpho-physiological and yield parameters of fenugreek is investigated along with ways to enhance the symbiotic nitrogen fixation of fenugreek.

This book provides valuable information on the medicinal importance, cultivation practices, and strategies to enhance the growth and yield of fenugreek that will be helpful for botanists and growers, researchers and scientists, as well as faculty and students.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Origin and Geographical Distribution of Fenugreek

Debarati Seal, Amit Layek, and Kaushik Pramanik

2. Role of Mineral Nutrients on Growth, Yield, and Active Constituents of Fenugreek
S. Venugopal, A. Laxman Kumar, S. Bharath Kumar, B. Maruthi, M. Akanksha, Jnanesha A. C., and Ranjith Kumar

3. Characterization of Bioactive Compounds (BACs) in Fenugreek
Priya Singla, Piverjeet Kaur Dhillon, and Madhu

4. Effects of Different Plant Growth Regulators on Growth, Yield, and Active Constituents of Fenugreek
Ajmat Jahan, M. Masroor A. Khan, Mohd Gulfishan, Khan Bilal Mukhtar Ahmed, Bilal Ahmad, and Yawar Sadiq

5. Plant Growth Regulators and Their Effect on Fenugreek Growth
Filza Mustafa

6. Symbiotic Rhizobia, Nitrogen Fixation, and Fenugreek
Muhammad Danish Toor, Lyubka Koleva, Muhammad Mughees Ud Din, Abdurrahman Ay, and Sher Muhammad Shahzad

7. Fenugreek-Enabled Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and its Impact on Growth Factors
Arindam Pal, Priya, Deepika Jeengar, Parikshit Uchai, Vyshnavi Sunil, and Vinod Kumar Dubey

8. Biotic Stress Alleviation in Fenugreek
Ab Waheed Wani, Harjinder Kaur, Themmeichon Chamroy, Anis A. Mirza, Rupesh Kaushik, Shakir Ali, Zarina, and Anmol

9. Salinity Stress Alleviation in Fenugreek
Ab Waheed Wani, Harjinder Kaur, Shakir Ali, Rupesh Kaushik, Zarina, Kondle Ravi, Ajay Saroha, Kounser Javid, and Batulla Rashid

10. Nanoparticles and Fenugreek
Harjinder Kaur, Rupesh Kaushik, Kondle Ravi, Shakir Ali, Ab Waheed Wani, Rehan, Ajay Saroha, and Afiya Khursheed

11. Omics and Fenugreek
M. Nithya Kruthi, Priyanka Sharma, Tushar Gupta, Naina Sharma, Shruti Pandey, Abhishek Sengupta, and Priyanka Narad

12. Influence of Depolymerized Sodium Alginate on Morpho-Physiological and Yield Parameters of Fenugreek
Tariq Ahmad Dar, Unjman Rashid, Bilal Ahmad, and K. R. Hakeem

13. Diseases Associated with Fenugreek
Ulfat Jan and Amir Hussain Sheir


Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Tariq Ahmad Dar, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, affiliated with Cluster University Srinagar, India

Tariq Ahmad Dar, PhD, is working as Assistant Professor at Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, affiliated with Cluster University, Srinagar, India. He is working on the different aspects of the effects of plant growth regulators, mineral nutrients, nanoparticles, and marine polysaccharides on the growth, physiology, and secondary metabolite production of medicinal and aromatic plants. He has published his research in journals of international repute and has about 15 publications to his credit to date. He has presented his work at various national and international conferences as well. Dr. Dar has qualified several competitive exams, including CSIR-NET, JKSET, and GATE (life sciences) and has been actively engaged in the teaching of plant physiology, biodiversity, plant ecology and taxonomy, cell and molecular biology, crop genetics, and plant breeding for the last six years. He earned his master’s degree (MSc) at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, and doctorate degree (PhD) in Botany (Plant Physiology) at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.

Bilal Ahmad, PhD
Assistant Professor, Government Degree College for Women Pulwama; University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

Bilal Ahmad, PhD, is working as an Assistant Professor at the Government Degree College for Women, Pulwama, affiliated with the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. He formerly worked as a lecturer at the Govt. Gandhi Memorial College, University of Jammu. Dr. Ahmad has more than four years of teaching experience in plant physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, and eco-physiology. He has studied the influence of various plant growth promoters, radiation-processed polysaccharides, and nanoparticles on different medicinal plants. He is the recipient of several awards at both international and national conferences and has reviewed various research articles for journals that include Journal of Hazardous Materials, Photosynthetica, etc. To date, Dr. Ahmad has authored 36 research publications in impact factor international journals and edited volumes of various books with international publishers. He earned his doctorate (Botany; specialization in Advanced Plant Physiology)at Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Moinuddin, PhD
Professor in Botany, Women’s College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Moinuddin, PhD, is a Professor of Botany at Women’s College at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India, from which he earned his PhD in Botany. He conducted his postdoctoral work on drought-stress physiology of wheat at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico, and various other crops at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, and the Indian Institute of Pulses Research (PRII), Gurgaon. He has been working on the effect on plant growth regulators (PGRs), nanoparticles, and marine polysaccharides under normal and water-stress conditions for more than 13 years at AMU. Dr. Moinuddin has 108 research papers, review articles, and book chapters (total impact factor value: 124) in addition to 42 conference presentations of both national and international to his credit. He has also guided several MPhil and PhD students at AMU.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD
Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is currently the Head (Plant Biotechnology Research Unit) at Princess Dr. Najlaa Bint Saud Al Saud Center for Distinguished Research in Biotech, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah. He is also a visiting professor at Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was formerly affiliated with the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India; Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor; Fatih Universiti, Istanbul, Turkey; as well as at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Prof. Hakeem has more than 14 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels. He was recently elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, London. Currently, he is involved with several international research projects with different government organizations. To date, he has authored and edited more than 95 books with international publishers and has published over 185 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 80 book chapters. He is serving as an editorial board member and reviewer of several high impact international scientific journals and is on the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is also the fellow and/or member of the Plantae group from the American Society of Plant Biologists, World Academy of Science, International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea. He has been listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, since 2014-2021. Currently, he is engaged in studying the plant processes at eco-physiological as well as molecular levels. He completed his PhD (botany; specialization in Plant Ecophysiology and Molecular Biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.




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