Overview
- Explains about saline stress which is considered the most severe stress that effect not only the soil and plant growth but also the living organisms
- Emphasizes on signaling and regulatory pathway between plants and microbes under saline environment
- Beneficial to different universities and research institutes working on agronomy, ecology, stress physiology, environmental science, crop science and molecular biology
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This book offers an overview of salt stress, which has a devastating effect on the yields of various agricultural crops around the globe. Excessive salts in soil reduce the availability of water, inhibit metabolic processes, and affect nutrient composition, osmotic balance, and hydraulic conductivity. Plants have developed a number of tolerance mechanisms, such as various compatible solutes, polyamines, reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense mechanisms, ion transport and compartmentalization of injurious ions. The exploitation of genetic variation, use of plant hormones, mineral nutrients, soil microbe interactions, and other mechanical practices are of prime importance in agriculture, and as such have been the subject of multidisciplinary research.
Covering both theoretical and practical aspects, the book provides essential physiological, ecological, biochemical, environmental and molecular information as well as perspectives for future research. It is a valuable resource for students, teachers and researchers and anyone interested in agronomy, ecology, stress physiology, environmental science, crop science and molecular biology.Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Salt Stress, Microbes, and Plant Interactions: Mechanisms and Molecular Approaches
Book Subtitle: Volume 2
Editors: Mohd Sayeed Akhtar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8805-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8804-0Published: 04 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8807-1Published: 04 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8805-7Published: 21 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 300
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Physiology, Oxidative Stress, Microbial Ecology, Sustainable Development, Plant Biochemistry