Salt and Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants

1. Front Matter

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2. An Overview of Salinity Tolerance Mechanism in Plants

   • Waqas-ud-Din Khan, Mohsin Tanveer, Rabia Shaukat, Mohsin Ali, Fiza Pirdad

   Pages 1-16

3. Plant Responses and Tolerance to Combined Salt and Drought Stress

   • Waleed Fouad Abobatta

   Pages 17-52

4. Special Adaptive Features of Plant Species in Response to Salinity

   • Parinita Agarwal, Mitali Dabi, Kasturi Kinhekar, Doddabhimappa R. Gangapur, Pradeep K. Agarwal

   Pages 53-76

5. Special Adaptive Features of Plant Species in Response to Drought

   • Asif Iqbal, Shah Fahad, Mazhar Iqbal, Madeeha Alamzeb, Adeel Ahmad, Shazma Anwar et al.

   Pages 77-118

6. Special Anatomical Features of Halophytes: Implication for Salt Tolerance

   • Rizwana Nawaz, Zeshan Ali, Tayyaba Andleeb, Umar Masood Qureshi

   Pages 119-135

7. Plant Roots—The Hidden Half for Investigating Salt and Drought Stress Responses and Tolerance

   • B. Sánchez-Romera, Ricardo Aroca

   Pages 137-175

8. Plant Responses and Tolerance to Extreme Salinity: Learning from Halophyte Tolerance to Extreme Salinity

   • Waleed Fouad Abobatta

   Pages 177-210

9. Programmed Cell Death and Drought Stress Signaling

   • Sadia Latif, Tariq Shah, Rizwana Nawaz, Fazal Munsif, Mudassir Ali, Muneeb ur Rehman et al.

   Pages 211-229

10. Overview of Signal Transduction in Plants Under Salt and Drought Stresses

    • Aida Shomali, Sasan Aliniaeifard

    Pages 231-258

11. Calcium Signaling in Plants Under Drought

    • Sasan Aliniaeifard, Aida Shomali, Maryam Seifikalhor, Oksana Lastochkina

    Pages 259-298

12. ROS Signalling in Modulating Salinity Stress Tolerance in Plants

    • Mohsin Tanveer, Hassan Ahmed Ibraheem Ahmed

    Pages 299-314

13. Phytohormone Signaling in Response to Drought

    • Geetha Govind, Vokkaliga T. Harshavardhan, Chwan-Yang Hong

    Pages 315-335

14. Physiological Role of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid in Salt Stress Tolerance

    • Syed Uzma Jalil, Mohammad Israil Ansari

    Pages 337-350

15. NAC Transcription Factors in Drought and Salinity Tolerance

    • Xuan Lan Thi Hoang, Yen-Nhi Hoang Nguyen, Nguyen Phuong Thao, Lam-Son Phan Tran

    Pages 351-366

16. Genetic Manipulation of Drought Stress Signaling Pathways in Plants

    • Sadia Latif, Tariq Shah, Fazal Munsif, Roberto D’Amato

    Pages 367-382

17. QTL Mapping for Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants

    • Tayyaba Andleeb, Tariq Shah, Rizwana Nawaz, Iqra Munir, Fazal Munsif, Arshad Jalal

    Pages 383-403

This book presents various aspects of salt and drought stress signaling in crops, combining physiological, biochemical, and molecular studies. Salt and drought stress are two major constraints on crop production worldwide. Plants possess several mechanisms to cope with the adverse effects of salt and drought. Among these mechanisms, stress signaling is very important, because it integrates and regulates nuclear gene expression and other cellular activities, which can help to restore cellular homeostasis. Accordingly, understanding the signaling cascades will help plant biologists to grasp the tolerance mechanisms that allow breeders to develop tolerant crop varieties. 

This book is an essential resource for researchers and graduate students working on salt and drought stress physiology and plant breeding. 

• Abiotic stress
• Stress signaling
• Salinity
• Drought
• Reactive oxygen species (ROS)
• Stress tolerant
• Stress physiology

• Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  Mirza Hasanuzzaman

• School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

  Mohsin Tanveer

Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Prof. Hasanuzzaman has published over 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books, edited 3 books, and written 35 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress responses, and environmental problems in relation to plant species. He is an editor or reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed international journals and the recipient of the ‘Publons Peer Review Award 2017.’ In addition, he is an active member of 40 professional societies and is the Publication Secretary of the Bangladesh Society of Agronomy. He received the World Academy of Science (TWAS) Young Scientist Award in 2014. 

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