Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Abiotic Stresses in Plants: An Overview
(Deeksha Krishna, Hirdesh Kumar Sachan and Krishan K. Verma – College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji, et al.)
Chapter 2. New Insights on Plant Salt Tolerance Mechanisms
(Mouna Ghorbel, Vishnu D. Rajput and Faical Brini – Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia, et al.)
Chapter 3. Understanding the Plant Physiological and Molecular Adaptation Strategies to Soil Salinity
(Krishan K. Verma, Naheed Siddiqui and Munna Singh – Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement/ Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China, et al.)
Chapter 4. Physiological Responses and Adaptation Mechanisms in Plants to Elevated Temperature
(Ramwant Gupta, Abdullah Ansari and Chhedi Lal Verma – Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana, South America, et al.)
Chapter 5. Abiotic Stress and the Effects on the Nutritional Quality of Germinated Cereal Grains
(Lucas Avila do Nascimento, Moacir Cardoso Elias and Rosana Colussi – Graduate Program in Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil, et al.)
Chapter 6. Agronomic Interventions to Combat Abiotic Stresses in Field Crops
(Satpal S. Paalli, Rajni Sharma and Talveer Singh – Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India)
Chapter 7. Role of Hydrophilins (Boiling-Soluble Proteins) in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
(Arun Dev Sharma and Gurmeen Rakhra – Department of Biotechnology, Lyallpur Khalsa College, G.T. Road, Jalandhar, Punjab, India, et al.)
Chapter 8. Influence of Waterlogging on Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology
(Krishan K. Verma, Vishnu D. Rajput, Munna Singh,Chhedi Lal Verma and Tatiana Minkina – Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement/ Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China, et al.)
Chapter 9. Coping with Water Stress: Effects and Adaptive Mechanisms to Plants
(Krishan K. Verma, Sweta Vatsal, Munna Singh, Vishnu D. Rajput and Tatiana Minkina – Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane, Genetic Improvement/Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China, et al.)
Chapter 10. Impact of Plant Growth Regulators in Abiotic Stress Resistance in Plants
(Hirdesh Kumar Sachan and Deeksha Krishna – School of Agriculture and Forestry, College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Fiji National University, Nausori, Fiji)
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