ABSTRACT

Plants are frequently exposed to unfavorable and adverse environmental conditions known as abiotic stressors. These factors can include salinity, drought, heat, cold, flooding, heavy metals, and UV radiation which pose serious threats to the sustainability of crop yields. Since abiotic stresses are major constraints for crop production, finding the approaches to enhance stress tolerance is crucial to increase crop production and increase food security. This book discusses approaches to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants on a global scale. Plants scientists and breeders will learn how to further mitigate plant responses and develop new crop varieties for the changing climate.

chapter Chapter 1|46 pages

Abiotic Stress in Plants

A General Outline

chapter Chapter 10|14 pages

Nutrient Deficiency and Toxicity Stress in Crop Plants

Lessons from Boron

chapter Chapter 11|26 pages

Plant Responses to Ozone Stress

Actions and Adaptations