Multiple Abiotic Stresses: Mechanisms and Management Strategies is the only single-volume reference providing insights into the occurrence of multiple abiotic stresses faced by plants, their physiology and adaptation mechanisms. The responses and recovery processes by plants under multiple abiotic stresses are different than when facing an individual stress, or multiple stresses faced separately. Exploring these mechanistic differences and management practices is key to advancing understanding and improvement of plant health and crop production.
Combined or multiple abiotic stresses are an emerging outcome of global climate change, resulting in significant impact on crop plants around the world. Drought, temperature extremes, salinity, and submergence/water stagnation are some of the major stresses that may occur in a sequence in a single cropping season and sometimes simultaneously as well.
This book provides a comprehensive resource for researchers, educators, students, and practitioners interested in the intricate interplay between multiple abiotic stresses and plant biology, as well as strategies for enhancing stress resilience and sustainability in agriculture.
SECTION A. Multiple abiotic stresses in crop plants: A global climate change perspective
1. Incidence of multiple abiotic stresses in crop plants and its implication for global food security
2. Mechanisms and strategies to deal with compound stress in plants: an overview
SECTION B. Physiological and molecular basis of multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
3. Morphological and anatomical adaptations in plants under multiple abiotic stresses
4. Photosynthetic and stomatal regulation to multiple abiotic stresses in plants
5. Plant signaling and signal transduction cascade under multiple abiotic stresses in plants
6. Role of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense in tolerating multiple abiotic stresses in plants
7. Modulation of ion transport and uptake dynamics in plants under multiple abiotic stresses
8. Transcription factors and their role in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
9. Role of phytohormones and plant growth regulators in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
10. Secondary metabolites, metallothioneins, and phytochelatins in combating multiple abiotic stresses in plants
SECTION C. Approaches for improving multiple stress tolerance in plants
11. Use of Plant Genetic Resources and marker-assisted breeding approaches to improve multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
12. Genomics-assisted approaches for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
13. Role of phenomics and precision phenotyping in breeding strategies to develop multiple abiotic stress tolerant crops
14. Use of nanobiotechnology to improve multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
15. Transgenic and genome editing-based approaches for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
16. Multi-omics-based approaches for developing multiple abiotic stress tolerant crops
SECTION D. Management strategies to overcome multiple abiotic stresses in plants
17. Management of multiple abiotic stresses through improved agronomic practices
18. Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices to mitigate multiple abiotic stresses in crops
19. Alleviation of multiple abiotic stresses by improving macro- and micro-nutrient management
20. Role of beneficial elements to mediate the tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses in plants
21. Role of soil amendments in improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
22. Importance of beneficial microbes in improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance of plants: Special reference to PGPR and AMF
23. Detection and monitoring of abiotic stresses in crops: Latest on technological applications
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