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nt Phenolics in Sustainable Agriculture Volume 1

Plant Phenolics in Sustainable Agriculture

Rafiq Lone • Razia Shuab • Azra N. Kamili Editors

Plant Phenolics in Sustainable Agriculture Volume 1

Editors Rafiq Lone Department of Botany Sant Baba Bhag Singh University Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Razia Shuab Department of Botany University of Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Azra N. Kamili Center of Research for Development University of Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

ISBN 978-981-15-4889-5 ISBN 978-981-15-4890-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4890-1

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Preface

Ever since the evolution of mankind on Earth, their interaction with plants has never ceased. In fact it will be fit to say that man co-evolved with plants. If the only living planet draws its sustenance from the plants, then mankind cannot escape their absolute dependence on anything and everything that plants produce and provide them with – be it food, clothing, shelter, health, entertainment, luxury, wealth, etc. In natural ecosystems, plants face a plethora of antagonists that necessitate the possession of many types of defenses, and as a result plants have evolved multiple defense mechanisms by which they are able to survive various kinds of biotic and abiotic stresses by adaptation. This displays a tremendous metabolic plasticity that is well illustrated by their ability to synthesize masses of so-called secondary organic compounds (‘natural products’) that seems to be crucial for growth and development One of the major secondary plant metabolites are the phenolics. Approximately