Salinity and water stress: improving crop efficiency

Salinity and water stress limit crop productivity worldwide and generate substantial economic losses each year, yet innovative research on crop and naturalresource management can reveal cost-effective ways in which farmers can increase both their productivity and their income. Presenting recent research findings on salt stress, water stress and stress-adapted plants, this book offers insights into new strategies for increasing the efficiency of crops under stressful environments. The strategies are based on conventional breeding and advanced molecular techniques used by plant physiologists, and are discussed using specific case studies to illustrate their potential. The book emphasizes the effects of environmental factors on specific stages of plant development, and discusses the role of plant growth regulators, nutrients, osmoprotectants and antioxidants in counteracting their adverse affects. Many different contributors give insight in their specific views on the topics (highly interesting for scientists working in this field) Authors from various geographical regions Topical: abiotic stress is the most important factor for crop yield reduction Practical examples provide state of the art information Provides reference material for abiotic stress researchers INDICE: From the contents 1. Strategies for Crop Improvement against Salinity and Drought Stress.- 2. Prediction of Salinity Tolerance Based on Biological and Chemical Properties of Acacia Seeds.- 3. Antioxidant-Enzyme system as Selection Criteria for Salt Tolerance in Forage Sorghum Genotypes (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench).- 4. Genetic Variation in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Seedlings for Nutrient Uptake at Different Salinity and Temperature Regimes.- 5. The Role of Plant Hormones in Plants under Salinity Stress.- 6. Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Germination and Seedling Growth of Daucus carota vs. Nantes and Capsicum annuum cv. Sivri and Flooding on Capsicum annuum cv. Sivri.- 7.Triticeae: the Ultimate Source of Abiotic Stress Tolerance Improvement in Wheat.- 8. Water Loss and Gene Expression of Rice Plants under Dehydration.- 9. Effect of Different Water Table Treatments on Cabbage in Saline Saemangeum Soil.- 10. How Does Ammonium Nutrition Influence Salt Tolerance in Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-9064-6
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 245
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés