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Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management
Understand the impact of climate change on plant growth with this timely introduction
Climate change has had unprecedented consequences for plant metabolism and plant growth. In botany, adverse effects of this kind are called plant stress conditions; in recent years, the plant stress conditions generated by climate change have been the subject of considerable study. Plants have exhibited increased photosynthesis, increased water requirements, and more. There is an urgent need to understand and address these changes as we adapt to drastic changes in the global climate.
Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management presents a comprehensive guide to the effects of global climate change on plants and plant metabolism. It introduces and describes each climate change-related condition and its components, offering a detailed analysis of the resulting stress conditions, the environmental factors which ameliorate or exacerbate them, and possible solutions. The result is a thorough, rigorous introduction to this critical subject for the future of our biome.
Readers will also find:
* Analysis of global climate change impact on various agricultural practices
* Socio-economic consequences of climate change and plant stress conditions, and possible solutions
* Strategies for sustainable agriculture
Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management is essential for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals working in the life sciences, as well as for advanced graduate students.
List of contents
Part 1: Climate change - Global Impact: The chapters in this sectiondetail climate change conditions and their effects on different agricultural practices.
Chapter 1: Global climate change and sustainable agriculture
Chapter 2: Soil Fertility under Climate change scenario
Chapter 3: Climate change and Green Farming
Part 2: Socio-Economic aspects of Climate Change: Details the socio-economic consequences of climate change and different ways to counter these adverse effects.
Chapter 4: Global climate change and Desertification
Chapter 5: Climate change scenario and Agricultural production
Chapter 6: Climate change and Horticulture
Chapter 7: Climate change and food security
Chapter 8: Climate change and Agro-biodiversity
Part 3: Plant Stress under Climate Change: Molecular Insights: Covers different aspects of the physiological, biochemical and molecular effects of climate change recently studied plants. They acquaint the readers with different molecular mechanisms that plants undergo under the climatic adverse conditions.
Chapter 9: Climate change and plant adaptation mechanisms
Chapter 10: Plant physiology under Climate change
Chapter 11: Molecular responses to Elevated CO2
Chapter 12: Drought Tolerance Traits: Physiology and Biochemistry
Chapter 13: Enhanced Radiations and Plant Adaptation
Chapter 14: Salinity Tolerance in plants: A Molecular Study
Chapter 15: Soil Fertility under Climate change scenario
Part 4: Stress Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture: Covers investigated strategies and hypothesis to tackle plant stress under climate change conditions.
Chapter 16: Understanding Halophytes for Climate Resilient Agriculture
Chapter 17: Climate change and High temperature adaptation
Chapter 18: Genetic Engineering and Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
Chapter 19: Role of Chemical additives in Plant-Stress Mitigation
Chapter 20: Understanding Plant Signaling Cascades to manage biotic stress
Chapter 21: Transcriptional Reprogramming and Stress management
Chapter 22: Genomics for Environmental Stress management in Crop Plants
Chapter 23: Antiviral RNA Silencing for Plant stress management
Chapter 24: Targeting photosynthesis pathways for Cold Stress adaptation Chapter 25: Soil Management for enhancing crop productivity
About the author
Mohammad Wahid Ansari is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Zakir Hussain Delhi College, University of Delhi, India. He has researched and published widely on plant biology and stress tolerance.
Anil Kumar Singh is Principal Scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. He has researched extensively into plant adaptations and environmental responses, as well as plant stress tolerance and related subjects.
Narendra Tuteja is Visiting Scientist at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. He has published extensively on plant stress tolerance, mango malformation and related subjects.
Summary
Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management
Understand the impact of climate change on plant growth with this timely introduction
Climate change has had unprecedented consequences for plant metabolism and plant growth. In botany, adverse effects of this kind are called plant stress conditions; in recent years, the plant stress conditions generated by climate change have been the subject of considerable study. Plants have exhibited increased photosynthesis, increased water requirements, and more. There is an urgent need to understand and address these changes as we adapt to drastic changes in the global climate.
Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management presents a comprehensive guide to the effects of global climate change on plants and plant metabolism. It introduces and describes each climate change-related condition and its components, offering a detailed analysis of the resulting stress conditions, the environmental factors which ameliorate or exacerbate them, and possible solutions. The result is a thorough, rigorous introduction to this critical subject for the future of our biome.
Readers will also find:
* Analysis of global climate change impact on various agricultural practices
* Socio-economic consequences of climate change and plant stress conditions, and possible solutions
* Strategies for sustainable agriculture
Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management is essential for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals working in the life sciences, as well as for advanced graduate students.
