Plant Tolerance to Environmental Stress - Role of Phytoprotectants

Global climate change affects crop production through altered weather patterns and increased environmental stresses. Such stresses include soil salinity, drought, flooding, metal/metalloid toxicity, pollution, and extreme temperatures. The variability of these environmental conditions pared with the sessile lifestyle of plants contribute to high exposure to these stress factors. Increasing tolerance of crop plants to abiotic stresses is needed to fulfill increased food needs of the population.

This book focuses on methods of improving plants tolerance to abiotic stresses. It provides information on how protective agents, including exogenous phytoprotectants, can mitigate abiotic stressors affecting plants. The application of various phytoprotectants has become one of the most effective approaches in enhancing the tolerance of plants to these stresses. Phytoprotectants are discussed in detail including information on osmoprotectants, antioxidants, phytohormones, nitric oxide, polyamines, amino acids, and nutrient elements of plants.

Providing a valuable resource of information on phytoprotectants, this book is useful in diverse areas of life sciences including agronomy, plant physiology, cell biology, environmental sciences, and biotechnology.

About the author

Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Masayuki Fujita, Hirosuke Oku, M. Tofazzal Islam

Summary

The variability of environmental conditions pared with the sessile lifestyle of plants contribute to high exposure to various stress factors. Increasing tolerance of crop plants to abiotic stresses is needed to fulfill increased food needs of the population. This book covers various aspects of abiotic stress tolerance in plants and presents meth

Product details

• Authors: Mirza (Department of Agronomy Hasanuzzaman, Mirza Fujita Hasanuzzaman
• Assisted by: Masayuki Fujita (Editor), Fujita Masayuki (Editor), Mirza Hasanuzzaman (Editor), Hasanuzzaman Mirza (Editor), M. Tofazzal Islam (Editor), Islam M. Tofazzal (Editor), Hirosuke Oku (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781032094014
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3209401-4
• No. of pages: 468
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Science / Environmental Science, Botany & plant sciences, Agricultural science, Agronomy & crop production, Botany and plant sciences, Agronomy and crop production