Bookeditors, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar and Md. Amzad Hossain.
Summary: This book presents recent advances in global wheat crop research, including the effects of abiotic stresses like high and low temperatures, drought, hypoxia, salinity, heavy metals, nutrient deficiency, and toxicity on wheat production. It also highlights various approaches to alleviate the damaging effects of abiotic stress on wheat as well as advanced approaches to develop abiotic-stress-tolerant wheat crops. Wheat is probably one of the worlds most important cereals; it is a staple food in more than 40 countries, and because of its adaptability is cultivated in almost every region. Global wheat production has more than doubled in the last 50 years due to higher yields. However, despite their high yield potential, modern wheat cultivars are often subject to crop loss due to the abiotic stresses. As such, plant breeders have long aimed to improve tolerance in order to maintain yield. Written by 85 experts, and offering the latest insights into wheat responses and tolerance to various abiotic stresses, it is a valuable tool for agronomists, plant breeders, plant physiologists and students in the field of plant science and agriculture. It is the first book to comprehensively cover past and current abiotic stress problems and tolerance mechanisms.
Contents:
1) Wheat production under changing climate
past, present and future: S.M. Mazloumzadeh 2) Relative tolerance of wheat species and genotypes to abiotic stress: Eviatar Nevo 3) Growth and morphological changes in wheat under abiotic stress: Muthappa Senthil-Kumar 4) Abiotic stresses-induced physiological alteration in wheat: Bingru Huang 5) Abiotic stress and wheat grain quality: J.G. Nuttall 6) Abiotic stress signaling in wheat crop: Hiroshi Takatsuji 7) Wheat responses and tolerance to salt stress: Eva Darko 8) Wheat responses and tolerance to drought stress: Arash Nezhadahmadi 9) Wheat responses and tolerance to high temperature: Mirza Hasanuzzaman 10) Wheat responses and tolerance to elevated ozone: Yizong Huang 11) Wheat responses and tolerance to UV-radiation: Hediat M.H. Salama 12) Wheat responses and tolerance to metals/metalloids toxicity: Blessy B. Mathew 13) Physiological mechanisms of wheat to cope up with nutrient deficiencies: Chengdao Li 14) Abiotic stress-induced oxidative stress in wheat: MH Borhanudding Bhuyan 15) Approaches to enhance antioxidant defense in wheat: Md. Shahadat Hossain 16) Use of plant nutrients in improving abiotic stress tolerance in wheat: Anisur Rahman 17) Use of phytohormones in improving abiotic stress tolerance in wheat: Iqbal Raza Khan 18) Use of osmolytes in improving wheat abiotic stres tolerance to wheat: Shamsul Hayat 19) Role of polyamines in improving abiotic stress tolerance in wheat: Kamrun Nahar 20) Progress in wheat varietal development for abiotic stress tolerance: Learnmore Mwadzingeni 21) Recent advanced in molecular biotechnology in improving abiotic stress tolerance in wheat: Honglei Wang 22) Agronomic approaches to improve wheat production under abiotic stress: Parimal Kanti Biswas.