Overview

This book collates various aspects of stress tolerance in crop plants. It primarily focuses on the heat and temperature related stress, starting from the severity of the problem on quantity and quality of yield under the threat of global climate change.

Mechanistic Dimensions

The content also explores other mechanistic dimensions such as physiochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying thermotolerance, signaling mechanisms under heat stress, role of heat shock proteins in modulating thermotolerance, and omics approaches for the development of climate-smart crops.

Development and Applications

Chapters discuss different approaches used in the past to develop heat stress tolerant crop plants, a list of developed thermotolerant agriculturally important crop plants, redox homeostasis under heat stress, nutrient uptake and use efficiency in plants under heat stress, and much more.

Target Audience

The book is a useful compilation for researchers working in the area of abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants, as well as for students of plant physiology and agricultural sciences.