Response of Field Crops to Abiotic Stress: Current Status and Future Prospects

ISBN-13: 9781032191966 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 360 str.

Debojyoti (Assam Uni.) Moulick

Opis

Abiotic stress such as drought, flooding, soil salinity, heavy metals, metalloids, temperature variation, etc. are significantly affecting productivity and yield of field crops. The proposed book focuses on strategies pertaining to understanding of abiotic stress responses, mitigation strategies, adaptability and tolerance.

Spis treści

1. Abiotic Stress Management through Elemental Biofortification in Field Crops. 2. Availing Engineered and Biosynthesized Metal-Based Nanoparticles to Alleviate Abiotic Stress. 3. Arsenic Stress Sensitivity, Adaptation, and Mitigation Strategies in Field Crops. 4. Heavy Metals' Stress Responses in Field Crops. 5. Chromium Dynamics in Soil-Plant System. 6. Overview on the Effects of Heavy Metals on the Biological Activities of Leavy Vegetables. 7. Aluminium Toxicity and Ionic Homeostasis in Plants. 8. Drought and Heat Stress Tolerance in Field Crops: Consequences and Adaptation Strategies. 9. Drought and High-Temperature Stress Tolerance in Field Crops. 10. Improving Submergence Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspective. 11. Salinity and Osmotic Stress in Field Crops: Effects and Way Out. 12. Compatible Solutes Engineering to Balance Salt (Na+) and ROS-Induced Changes in Potassium Homeostasis. 13. Metabolomics and Molecular Physiology Perspective for Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance. 14. UV Stress in Plants: A Curse in Plant Productivity and Blessing in Food Security. 15. Impact of Elevated CO2 and O3 on Field Crops and Adaptive Strategies through Agro-Technology. 16. Role of AP2/ERF Family Transcription Factors in Stress-Responsive Gene Expression. 17. Impact of Climate Change on Productivity of Field Crops. 18. Impact of Climate Change on Growth and Productivity of Major Field Crops. 19. Growth, Physiology, Yield, and Yield Attributes of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) with Reference to Abiotic Stresses. 20. Micropropagation for Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants: An Overview. 21. Traditional Rice Landraces: An Ideal Nutraceutical as a Staple Food for Human Health. 22. Computational Modeling and in silico Approaches in Understanding Abiotic Stress Responses in Field Crops. 23. Flood Stress Prevalence and Assessment of Farmers’ Preparedness with Resilient Rice Varieties: A Review in Context of Eastern India. 24. Determination and Quantification of Chemical Pollutants by Spectroscopic Techniques: A Possible Use in Chemical Analysis Food Crops under Stress.