"Abiotic Stress in Plants: Mechanisms and Adaptations" ed. by Arun Kumar Shanker and B. B. Venkateswarlu

The chief objective of the book hence is to deliver state of the art information for comprehending the nature of abiotic stress in plants. The book presents a judicious mixture of outlooks in order to interest workers in all areas of plant sciences.

This book is broadly dived into sections on the stresses, their mechanisms and tolerance, genetics and adaptation, and focuses on the mechanic aspects in addition to touching some adaptation features.

Contents
Preface
Part 1. Abiotic Stresses
1 Imaging of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence: A Tool to Study Abiotic Stress in Plants
2 Salinity Stress and Salt Tolerance
3 Abiotic Stress in Harvested Fruits and Vegetables
4 Towards Understanding Plant Response to Heavy Metal Stress
5 Plant N Fluxes and Modulation by Nitrogen, Heat and Water Stresses: A Review Based on Comparison of Legumes and Non Legume Plants
6 Biotechnological Solutions for Enhancing the Aluminium Resistance of Crop Plants
7 Soil Bacteria Support and Protect Plants Against Abiotic Stresses
8 Soil Salinisation and Salt Stress in Crop Production
Part 2. Mechanisms and Tolerance
9 Current Knowledge in Physiological and Genetic Mechanisms Underpinning Tolerances to Alkaline and Saline Subsoil Constraints of Broad Acre Cropping in Dryland Regions
10 Trehalose and Abiotic Stress in Biological Systems
11 Glyoxalase System and Reactive Oxygen Species Detoxification System in Plant Abiotic Stress Response and Tolerance: An Intimate Relationship
12 Stomatal Responses to Drought Stress and Air Humidity
Part 3. Genetics and Adaptation
13 Plant Genes for Abiotic Stress
14 Plant Metabolomics: A Characterisation of Plant Responses to Abiotic Stresses
15 The Importance of Genetic Diversity to Manage Abiotic Stress
16 Emission and Function of Volatile Organic Compounds in Response to Abiotic Stress
17 Epigenetic Chromatin Regulators as Mediators of Abiotic Stress Responses in Cereals
18 C4 Plants Adaptation to High Levels of C02 and to Drought Environments