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Plant Biodiversity with Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 28570

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Dr. Prashant Kaushik

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Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, India
Interests: plant biology; climate change; plant stress; crop wild relatives; crop modelling; agronomy; genomics; priming; rationing; salinity; transgenics; stability analysis; growth regulators
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Dear Colleagues,

The plant kingdom has an extensive wealth of biodiversity in cultivated varieties, landraces and wild species. Moreover, plant species also shape our food habits and ecosystem. Due to increased pressure of climate change and the development of noval strains of insect pest and diseases, it has become more apparent to agriculturalists and researchers the urgent need to conserve plant biodiversity. In this direction, several developments have taken place in the last century, but the targets remain unachieved as challenges arise frequently. Available plant biodiversity can solve many problems. But plant biodiversity has to be recognised based on proper experimentation, and after that, adequate conservation should take place in the gene banks. Sustainable use and the conservation of plant biodiversity are studied extensively. Various approaches are developed regarding the conservation plant biodiversity, like establishing methods for species investigating and state monitoring. Moreover, conservation practices depend on both in situ and ex situ techniques. In this Special Issue, prominent researchers are invited to communicate their original research and review articles that explore the “Plant Biodiversity for Sustainable Use”. The Special Issue critically follows the policies of Sustainability concerning submission, publication, review process, etc.; kindly review these before attempting a submission.

Dr. Prashant Kaushik
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • plant conservation
  • wild species
  • biodiversity
  • gene banks
  • breeding
  • stress tolerance

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Harnessing the Wild Relatives and Landraces for Fe and Zn Biofortification in Wheat through Genetic Interventions—A Review
by Vivek Sharma, Mukesh Choudhary, Pawan Kumar, Jeet Ram Choudhary, Jaswant S. Khokhar, Prashant Kaushik and Srinivas Goli
Sustainability 2021, 13(23), 12975; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132312975 - 23 Nov 2021
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Micronutrient deficiencies, particularly iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn), in human diets are affecting over three billion people globally, especially in developing nations where diet is cereal-based. Wheat is one of several important cereal crops that provide food calories to nearly one-third of the [...] Read more.
Micronutrient deficiencies, particularly iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn), in human diets are affecting over three billion people globally, especially in developing nations where diet is cereal-based. Wheat is one of several important cereal crops that provide food calories to nearly one-third of the population of the world. However, the bioavailability of Zn and Fe in wheat is inherently low, especially under Zn deficient soils. Although various fortification approaches are available, biofortification, i.e., development of mineral-enriched cultivars, is an efficient and sustainable approach to alleviate malnutrition. There is enormous variability in Fe and Zn in wheat germplasm, especially in wild relatives, but this is not utilized to the full extent. Grain Fe and Zn are quantitatively inherited, but high-heritability and genetic correlation at multiple locations indicate the high stability of Fe and Zn in wheat. In the last decade, pre-breeding activities have explored the potential of wild relatives to develop Fe and Zn rich wheat varieties. Furthermore, recent advances in molecular biology have improved the understanding of the uptake, storage, and bioavailability of Fe and Zn. Various transportation proteins encoding genes like YSL 2, IRT 1, OsNAS 3, VIT 1, and VIT 2 have been identified for Fe and Zn uptake, transfer, and accumulation at different developing stages. Hence, the availability of major genomic regions for Fe and Zn content and genome editing technologies are likely to result in high-yielding Fe and Zn biofortified wheat varieties. This review covers the importance of wheat wild relatives for Fe and Zn biofortification, progress in genomics-assisted breeding, and transgenic breeding for improving Fe and Zn content in wheat. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Biodiversity with Sustainability)
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Carbon Farming: Prospects and Challenges
by Meenakshi Sharma, Rajesh Kaushal, Prashant Kaushik and Seeram Ramakrishna
Sustainability 2021, 13(19), 11122; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131911122 - 08 Oct 2021
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Carbon farming is a capable strategy for more sustainable production of food and other related products. It seeks to produce a diverse array of natural farming methods and marketable products simultaneously. According to the food and agriculture organization (FAO), agriculture, forestry, and other [...] Read more.
Carbon farming is a capable strategy for more sustainable production of food and other related products. It seeks to produce a diverse array of natural farming methods and marketable products simultaneously. According to the food and agriculture organization (FAO), agriculture, forestry, and other land-use practices account for 24% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and total global livestock emissions of 7.1 gigatons of CO2-equivalent per year, representing 14.5% of total anthropogenic GHG emissions. For example, an agroforestry system that deliberately integrates trees and crops with livestock in agricultural production could potentially increase carbon sequestration and decrease GHG emissions from terrestrial ecosystems, thus helping to mitigate global climatic change. Also, agroforestry is capable of generating huge amounts of bio-mass and is believed to be particularly suitable for replenishing soil organic carbon (SOC). SOC is a crucial indicator for soil fertility since the change in SOC can explain whether the land use pattern degrades or improves soil fertility. Moreover, SOC found in soil in the form of soil organic matter (SOM) helps to improve soil health either directly or indirectly. Thus, efforts should be made to convince farmers to increase their resource-use efficiency and soil conserving ability to get maximum benefits from agriculture. Therefore, this review aimed at clarification about carbon farming, modifications in carbon cycle and carbon sequestration during agricultural development, and benefits of agroforestry. Full article
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Germplasm Conservation: Instrumental in Agricultural Biodiversity—A Review
by Veerala Priyanka, Rahul Kumar, Inderpreet Dhaliwal and Prashant Kaushik
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6743; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126743 - 15 Jun 2021
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Germplasm is a valuable natural resource that provides knowledge about the genetic composition of a species and is crucial for conserving plant diversity. Germplasm protection strategies not only involve rescuing plant species threatened with extinction, but also help preserve all essential plants, on [...] Read more.
Germplasm is a valuable natural resource that provides knowledge about the genetic composition of a species and is crucial for conserving plant diversity. Germplasm protection strategies not only involve rescuing plant species threatened with extinction, but also help preserve all essential plants, on which rests the survival of all organisms. The successful use of genetic resources necessitates their diligent collection, storage, analysis, documentation, and exchange. Slow growth cultures, cryopreservation, pollen and DNA banks, botanical gardens, genetic reserves, and farmers’ fields are a few germplasm conservation techniques being employed. However, the adoption of in-vitro techniques with any chance of genetic instability could lead to the destruction of the entire substance, but the improved understanding of basic regeneration biology would, in turn, undoubtedly increase the capacity to regenerate new plants, thus expanding selection possibilities. Germplasm conservation seeks to conserve endangered and vulnerable plant species worldwide for future proliferation and development; it is also the bedrock of agricultural production. Full article
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