Description
Climate Change and Crop Stress: Molecules to Ecosystems expounds on the transitional period where science has progressed to 'post-genomics' and the gene editing era, putting field performance of crops to the forefront and challenging the production of practical applicability vs. theoretical possibility. Researchers have concentrated efforts on the effects of environmental stress conditions such as drought, heat, salinity, cold, or pathogen infection which can have a devastating impact on plant growth and yield. Designed to deliver information to combat stress both in isolation and through simultaneous crop stresses, this edited compilation provides a comprehensive view on the challenges and impacts of simultaneous stresses.- Presents a multidisciplinary view of crop stresses, empowering readers to quickly align their individual experience and perspective with the broader context- Combines the mechanistic aspects of stresses with the strategic aspects- Presents both abiotic and biotic stresses in a single volume
Table of Contents
1. Breeding Climate Resilient Crops for Abiotic Stresses 2. Drought and Heat stress in combination in a changing climate 3. Elevated atmospheric CO2 induced changes in nitrogen metabolism and crop quality 4. Combined Salinity and Waterlogging Stress in Plants: Limitations and Tolerance Mechanisms 5. Drought stress in sorghum: impact on grain quality 6. Drought stress tolerance in Cotton: Progress and perspectives 7. Root System Architectural and Growth Responses of Crop Plants to Mineral Nutrition Under Moisture Stress and its Implications in Drought Tolerance 8. High temperature stress in wheat due to climate change, effect, plant breeding strategies 9. Relevance of Ear and Ear-Related Traits in Wheat Under Heat Stress 10. Air Pollution Mitigation and Global Dimming: A Challenge to Agriculture under Changing Climate 11. Insights into the Physiological and Biochemical Responses to Abiotic Stress during Seed Development 12. Cereal grain composition under changing climate 13. Molecules to Ecosystems - Recent Trends in Chemical Ecology for Combating Biotic Stresses in a Changing Climate? 14. Chloroplast Evolution and Genome Manipulation 15. Seed priming to enhance salt and drought stress tolerance in plants: Advances and Prospects 16. Molecular Approaches for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Sugarcane 17. Carbon Isotope Discrimination Studies in Plants for Abiotic Stress 18. DNA Methylation in Plants and Its Role in Abiotic Stress Tolerance
