Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 1 Physiology and Biochemistr
Abiotic stress adversely affects crop production worldwide, decreasing average yields for most of the crops to 50%. Among various abiotic stresses affecting agricultural production, drought stress is considered to be the main source of yield reduction aro
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Stress Tolerance in Plants, Volume 1 Physiology and Biochemistry
Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 1
Mohammad Anwar Hossain Shabir Hussain Wani Soumen Bhattacharjee David J. Burritt Lam-Son Phan Tran Editors
Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 1 Physiology and Biochemistry
Editors Mohammad Anwar Hossain Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh, Bangladesh Soumen Bhattacharjee Department of Botany University of Burdwan Burdwan, West Bengal, India Lam-Son Phan Tran RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Yokohama, Japan
Shabir Hussain Wani Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir India David J. Burritt Department of Botany University of Otago Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
ISBN 978-3-319-28897-0 ISBN 978-3-319-28899-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28899-4
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Preface
Plants are subjected to a wide range of abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, pollution, UV radiation, etc. Abiotic stress adversely affects crop production worldwide, causing yield reductions for most major crops. Among the various abiotic stresses, drought is considered to be the most serious. Due to an increasing global population, drought may lead to a serious food shortage by 2050, when the world’s population is expected to reach ten billion. This situation may be worsened due to global climate change that may multiply the frequency, duration, and severity of water deficit. Hence, there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of the complex mechanisms associated with drought tolerance and to develop elite cr
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