Publisher's Synopsis
Vegetation has always been an important aspect of humanity's experience. We can assume that, from the earliest times, a coherent and communicable classification of plant cover was an essential aid to successful food gathering, hunting and the choosing of sites for agriculture. The day-by-day advances in science and technology and ever-emerging needs of living organisms are some anthropogenic activities which had entirely changed the scenario of green systems of the world. Such drastic changes in plant ecology are harmful for all the beings and other respective factors. These substantial amendments occurred due to the earthquakes, industrial effluents, forest fires, carbon ignition, destruction of vegetative and agronomic landforms, etc. This volume "Plant Ecology: Traditional Approaches to Recent Trends" is conversant with ecological principles related to how plant populations & communities interact with their environments at local, regional, & global scales. It emphasizes the ability to recognize common plants, vegetation types & ecosystems of the region. The advent of modern biotechnology has made it easy to study plant-microbe interactions further. Current genomic technologies applied to natural and artificial systems have shown that the plant genotype has a small but significant effect on the microbial community composition of the phyllosphere, the rhizosphere, and endophytic microbes. This volume also discuss the relationship between the host and its symbiotic microbial community and the role of plant metabolites and root exudates such as organic acids, amino acids, sugars and antimicrobial compounds in shaping a specific rhizosphere community, attracting plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) colonization on the plant roots and inhibiting or attracting soil-borne pathogens. In addition, it also reviews and introduces the functionality of plant symbiotic microbes for increasing the abiotic and biotic stress tolerance of the host. Also the climatic change can be ameliorated by them as they could better regulate biogeological water cycle and sequestrate carbon cycle. The provision of protection against water resources by surface runoff leading toward flood attenuation, aquifer recharging, sea water leveling, water table leveling and fresh water management. Increase in temperature, variation in precipitation, and extreme events have potentially manifested the natural conversational and agricultural management regimes including an indirect risk that was constrained for social and human livelihoods. Hence, the study of plant ecology is a fountainhead step toward the investigation of cause and solution of biological metabolism and their functioning in the biosphere. This volume will appeal to the students, fellow professors, and resource managers dealing with plant sciences.
