Spectroscopy in Plant Science

Recent Trends and Future Prospects

1st Edition - January 1, 2021

Editors: Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, A.K. Rai, Parvaiz Ahmad, Devendra Kumar Chauhan, Nawal Kishore Dubey

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Spectroscopy in Plant Science: Recent Trends and Future Prospects covers how researchers working in the plant sciences can utilize spectroscopy in various applications to address diverse scientific questions in plant biology. Additionally, this book discusses the scientific challenges that exist in spectroscopic research in plant sciences, especially under harsh environmental conditions. Chapters cover topics such as the application of different laser spectroscopic techniques, the role of spectroscopy for plant lignin detection, and the detection of plant diseases. This practical reference is a must-have for students and researchers in researchers working with plants.

1. Involvement of plant cellulosic structure in the sequestration of heavy metal: An X-ray spectroscopy analysis

2. Introduction, application and use of Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy in plant science

3. Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy: A rapid detection tool of environmental pollution and phytoremediation potential in plants

4. Evaluation of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy for the determination of trace elements in plants

5. Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: A rapid analytical tool to detect molecular dynamics of Plant Cell Wall and plasma membrane

6. Use of NIR spectroscopy for Internal and External Quality Analysis of plants

7. Near Infrared Spectroscopy: application and relevance in the analysis of plant cell

8. Application of 1H NMR Spectroscopy for metabolomic separation of some economical plants

9. The application of NMR and Maas Spectrscopy methods for detection of food adulteration

10. Metabolite profiling of plants using NMR

11. Introduction and application of NMR in plant tissue detection

12. Molecular detection of plant cell by IR- and UV-MALDI Mass Spectrometry

13. Efficacy of Tandem Mass Spectroscopy for chemical Characterization in plants

14. Application, Status and future prospects of ICP-MS in plants science

15. Spectroscopic techniques for detecting plant diseases

16. Analysis of acetylation of plant cell walls, plant pigment systems from high-resolution solution-state spectroscopy

17. X-ray absorption spectroscopy: A versatile role in plant science

18. Potentials of Raman Spectroscopy in plant Pathological research: Past Present and Future

19. Raman Spectroscopy: an efficient tool in the plant sciences

20. Role of spectroscopy for plant lignin detection: Present and future prospects

21. Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy in Agriculture research: Potentials and Prospects

22. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GCMS) in plant science: Solutions, threats and opportunities

23. Spectroscopy in Plant Science Research: History to date

24. Metabolic Flux Analysis of the Pathway in wound healing in plants by LC-MS Spectroscopy

25. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy In the investigation of macromolecules in plants

26. Determination of polyphenols in plants by the near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS)

27. FT-Raman Spectroscopy and Its Applications in plant science

28. Spectroscopic Techniques for determination of chemicals and their application

29. Application of Spectroscopic techniques in plant physiology: Solutions, threats and opportunities

30. Significance of atomic spectrometry in plant science

31. Imaging of nutrient elements in the root stem and leaves by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)

32. Proteomics Genomics and transcriptomics by Mass

33. Spectrometry: Approaches, Advances, and Applications

34. Spectroscopy in plant sciences: Present status and perspectives

35. Photoacoustic Spectroscopy: Application and challenges in plant sciences

36. Past Present and Future spectroscopic research in Agriculture

Durgesh Kumar Tripathi

Dr. Tripathi is a Scientific Officer with the Center of Medical Diagnostic and Research at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology. He has authored 60 publications in reputed journals and most of them are based on management of abiotic stress by the addition of silicon. His research interest is the impact of ROS on structural, biochemical and molecular changes in crop plants under Si nutrition. Dr. Tripathi is also editor and reviewer of several reputed international journals.

Affiliations and expertise

Centre of Medical Diagnostic and Research, Motilal Nehru National Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India

A.K. Rai

Dr. Rai is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Allahabad. He has expertise in experimental laser spectroscopy, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, photoacoustic spectroscopy, laser optogalvanic spectroscopy and laser induced fluorescence. He has published more than 85 research papers and contributed to 3 book chapters.

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

Parvaiz Ahmad

Dr. Parvaiz Ahmad is Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, and is presently a Visiting Scientist at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He completed his post-graduate degree in Botany in 2000 at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. After receiving a Doctorate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India, he joined the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, in 2007. His main research area is Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology. He has published more than 50 research papers in peer reviewed journals, and 40 book chapters. He is also an Editor of 17 volumes (one with Studium Press Pvt. India Ltd., New Delhi, India; nine with Springer, New York; three with Elsevier USA; and four with John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.). He is a recipient of the Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship award, granted by CSIR, New Delhi, India. Dr. Ahmad was awarded the Young Scientist Award under the Fast Track scheme in 2007 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Dr. Ahmad is actively engaged in studying the molecular and physio-biochemical responses of different agricultural and horticultural plants under environmental stress.

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Devendra Kumar Chauhan

Devendra Kumar Chauhan is a Professor and Head of Department of Botany at the University of Allahabad, India. He has 35 years’ worth of teaching experience, has edited 5 books and contributed 15 book chapters. He has 76 publications in total and is on the editorial board for 5 different journals, including the American Journal of Current Biology and Ethnobotany: International Journal of the Society of Ethnobotanists. His research interests include palaeobotany, evolutionary biology, phytoremediation, plant stress physiology and agro-nanotechnology.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor and Head of Department of Botany at the University of Allahabad, India

Nawal Kishore Dubey

Dr Dubey has won awards for both his teaching and his research, and is currently a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. His work spans across botany and food microbiology. He has published over 160 papers and has contributed to 7 books, in addition to holding a number of patents.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor of Botany, Center of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India