In Silico Approach for Sustainable Agriculture

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This book explores the role of in silico deployment in connection with modulation techniques for improving sustainability and competitiveness in the agri-food sector; pharmacokinetics and molecular docking studies of plant-derived natural compounds; and their potential anti-neurodegenerative activity. It also investigates biochemical pathways for bacterial metabolite synthesis, fungal diversity and plant-fungi interaction in plant diseases, methods for predicting disease-resistant candidate genes in plants, and genes-to-metabolites and metabolites-to-genes approaches for predicting biosynthetic pathways in microbes for natural product discovery. The respective chapters elaborate on the use of in situ methods to study biochemical pathways for bacterial metabolite synthesis; tools for plant metabolites in defence; plant secondary metabolites in defence; plant growth metabolites; characterisation of plant metabolites; and identification of plant derived metabolites in the context of plant defence. The book offers an unprecedented resource, highlighting state-of-the-art research work that will greatly benefit researchers and students alike, not only in the field of agriculture but also in many disciplines in the life sciences and plant sciences. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv Genes to Metabolites and Metabolites to Genes Approaches to Predict Biosynthetic Pathways in Microbes for Natural Product Discovery (Dharmesh Harwani, Jyotsna Begani, Jyoti Lakhani)....Pages 1-16 Role of Functional Bacterial Phylum Proteobacteria in Glycine max Growth Promotion Under Abiotic Stress: A Glimpse on Case Study (Anukool Vaishnav, Amrita Kasotia, Devendra Kumar Choudhary)....Pages 17-49 Methanogenic Archaea in Paddy Agricultural Fields (Navnita Srivastva, Alpana Singh, Suresh K. Dubey)....Pages 51-68 In Silico Study of the Geminiviruses Infecting Ornamental Plants (Avinash Marwal, Megha Mishra, Rakesh Verma, Rajneesh Prajapat, R. K. Gaur)....Pages 69-90 In Silico Methods to Predict Disease-Resistance Candidate Genes in Plants (Jyoti Lakhani, Ajay Khuteta, Anupama Choudhary, Dharmesh Harwani)....Pages 91-106 In Silico Approach in Tracing Persistence and Survival of Rhizobium in Soil (Konineeka Sen, Chandan Sengupta)....Pages 107-120 Bradyrhizobia-Mediated Drought Tolerance in Soybean and Mechanisms Involved (Abhishek Bharti, Richa Agnihotri, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Anil Prakash, Mahaveer P. Sharma)....Pages 121-139 In Silico Approach to Analyze the Biochemical Pathways of Bacterial Metabolite Synthesis ( Tania, Mehendi Goyal, Manoj Baranwal)....Pages 141-159 In Silico Modulation Techniques for Upgrading Sustainability and Competitiveness in Agri-food Sector (Nitika Thakur)....Pages 161-167 Bioinformatic Tools to Study the Soil Microorganisms: An In Silico Approach for Sustainable Agriculture (Pankaj Bhatt, Anupam Barh)....Pages 169-182 Sustainable Agriculture: Role of Metagenomics and Metabolomics in Exploring the Soil Microbiota (Neeraj Gupta, Siddharth Vats, Prachi Bhargava)....Pages 183-199 In Silico Plant Growth Metabolites (Shradha Sharma, Pushpa Lohani)....Pages 201-215 Pharmacokinetic and Molecular Docking Studies of Plant-Derived Natural Compounds to Exploring Potential Anti-Alzheimer Activity (Aftab Alam, Naaila Tamkeen, Nikhat Imam, Anam Farooqui, Mohd Murshad Ahmed, Safia Tazyeen et al.)....Pages 217-238 In Silico Biochemical Pathways for Bacterial Metabolite Synthesis (Murtaza Ali, Shahnawaz Ali, Romana Ishrat)....Pages 239-250 In Silico Characterization of Plant Secondary Metabolites (A. Sabitha Rani, G. Neelima, Rupasree Mukhopadhyay, K. S. N. Jyothi, G. Sulakshana)....Pages 251-273 In Silico Identification of Plant-Derived Secondary Metabolites in Defense (Kalaivani K. Nadarajah)....Pages 275-293