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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xvii 7. About the editors - p. xxiii 8. Foreword - p. xxv 9. Chapter 1. Breeding climate-resilience crops for future agriculture - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Drought and heat stress combination in a changing climate - p. 33 11. Elevated atmospheric CO2 induced changes in nitrogen metabolism and crop quality - p. 71 12. Chapter 4. Combined salinity and waterlogging stress in plants: limitations and tolerance mechanisms - p. 95 13. Chapter 5. Drought stress in sorghum: impact on grain quality - p. 113 14. Chapter 6. Drought stress tolerance in cotton: progress and perspectives - p. 135 15. Chapter 7. Root system architectural and growth responses of crop plants to mineral nutrition under moisture stress and its implications in drought tolerance - p. 171 16. Chapter 8. High-temperature stress in wheat under climate change scenario, effects and mitigation strategies - p. 209 17. Chapter 9. Relevance of ear and ear-related traits in wheat under heat stress - p. 231 18. Chapter 10. Air pollution mitigation and global dimming: a challenge to agriculture under changing climate - p. 272 19. Chapter 11. Insights into the physiological and biochemical responses to abiotic stress during seed development - p. 299 20. Chapter 12. Cereal grain composition under changing climate - p. 329 21. Chapter 13. Molecules to ecosystems—recent trends in chemical ecology for combating biotic stresses in a changing climate - p. 361 22. Chapter 14. Chloroplast evolution and genome manipulation - p. 411 23. Chapter 15. Seed priming to enhance salt and drought stress tolerance in plants: advances and prospects - p. 441 24. Chapter 16. Molecular approaches for improving abiotic stress tolerance in sugarcane - p. 465 25. Chapter 17. Carbon isotope discrimination studies in plants for abiotic stress - p. 493 26. Chapter 18. DNA methylation in plants and its role in abiotic stress tolerance - p. 539 27. Index - p. 565
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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xvii 7. About the editors - p. xxiii 8. Foreword - p. xxv 9. Chapter 1. Breeding climate-resilience crops for future agriculture - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Drought and heat stress combination in a changing climate - p. 33 11. Elevated atmospheric CO2 induced changes in nitrogen metabolism and crop quality - p. 71 12. Chapter 4. Combined salinity and waterlogging stress in plants: limitations and tolerance mechanisms - p. 95 13. Chapter 5. Drought stress in sorghum: impact on grain quality - p. 113 14. Chapter 6. Drought stress tolerance in cotton: progress and perspectives - p. 135 15. Chapter 7. Root system architectural and growth responses of crop plants to mineral nutrition under moisture stress and its implications in drought tolerance - p. 171 16. Chapter 8. High-temperature stress in wheat under climate change scenario, effects and mitigation strategies - p. 209 17. Chapter 9. Relevance of ear and ear-related traits in wheat under heat stress - p. 231 18. Chapter 10. Air pollution mitigation and global dimming: a challenge to agriculture under changing climate - p. 272 19. Chapter 11. Insights into the physiological and biochemical responses to abiotic stress during seed development - p. 299 20. Chapter 12. Cereal grain composition under changing climate - p. 329 21. Chapter 13. Molecules to ecosystems—recent trends in chemical ecology for combating biotic stresses in a changing climate - p. 361 22. Chapter 14. Chloroplast evolution and genome manipulation - p. 411 23. Chapter 15. Seed priming to enhance salt and drought stress tolerance in plants: advances and prospects - p. 441 24. Chapter 16. Molecular approaches for improving abiotic stress tolerance in sugarcane - p. 465 25. Chapter 17. Carbon isotope discrimination studies in plants for abiotic stress - p. 493 26. Chapter 18. DNA methylation in plants and its role in abiotic stress tolerance - p. 539 27. Index - p. 565
