Offers thorough coverage of metabolomic approaches to deciphering plant-environment interactions. Sumira Jan Senior Research Associate, ICAR: Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, India, Parvaiz Ahmad Senior Assistant Professor of Botany, A. S. College, Srinagar, University of Kashmir, India, Ecometabolomics focuses on the metabolomic interaction between the environment and. plants, particularly plants that have vigorous secondary metabolites. Metabolomics is the systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind. Metabolic profiling can give an instantaneous snapshot of the physiology of that cell. This book aims to analyze the metabolome (the total number of metabolites) and its shirts in response to biotic and abiotic environmental changes.

By coupling analytical techniques with large datasets from varied metabolic fluxes, researchers can capture snapshots of metabolomes to get a holistic view of an organism's metabolism at the species, population and ecosystem levels, thereby paving the way to fascinating insights on how changes in the environment affect plants and the larger ecosystem. Ecometabolomics includes an introduction to metabolomics, summaries of metabolomic technique and applications, studies of stress in plants and insights into challenges in the field. Provides in-depth overview of the basics of the discipline, including non-targeted analysis and quantification of plant metabolites, Outlines the applications of various analytical techniques in comprehending the total metabolome of an organism, Covers both NMR and MS-based approaches Book jacket.