Abiotic Stress Management for Resilient Agriculture

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Abiotic Stresses in Agriculture: An Overview  (Paramjit Singh Minhas, Jagadish Rane, Ratna Kumar Pasala)....Pages 3-8
 Atmospheric Stressors: Challenges and Coping Strategies  (Santanu Kumar Bal, Paramjit Singh Minhas)....Pages 9-50
 Agriculture Drought Management Options: Scope and Opportunities  (Jagadish Rane, Paramjit Singh Minhas)....Pages 51-72
 Edaphic Stresses: Concerns and Opportunities for Management  (Paramjit Singh Minhas)....Pages 73-94
Front Matter ....Pages 95-95
 Soil-Related Abiotic Constraints for Sustainable Agriculture  (S. S. Kukal, G. Ravindra Chary, S. M. Virmani)....Pages 97-119
 Developments in Management of Abiotic Stresses in Dryland Agriculture  (Ch. Srinivasarao, Arun K. Shanker, K. A. Gopinath)....Pages 121-151
 Heavy Metal Toxicities in Soils and Their Remediation  (Arvind K. Shukla, Kulasekaran Ramesh, Ritu Nagdev, Saumya Srivastava)....Pages 153-176
 Current Trends in Salinity and Waterlogging Tolerance  (Parbodh C. Sharma, Arvind Kumar, T. V. Vineeth)....Pages 177-220
 Impacts and Management of Temperature and Water Stress in Crop Plants  (Kiruba Shankari Arun-Chinnappa, Lanka Ranawake, Saman Seneweera)....Pages 221-233
 Plant Bioregulators: A Stress Mitigation Strategy for Resilient Agriculture  (Ratna Kumar Pasala, Paramjit Singh Minhas, Goraksha C. Wakchaure)....Pages 235-259
 Thiourea: A Potential Bioregulator for Alleviating Abiotic Stresses  (M. P. Sahu)....Pages 261-274
Front Matter ....Pages 275-275
 Improving Crop Adaptations to Climate Change: Contextualizing the Strategy  (S. Naresh Kumar)....Pages 277-298
 Biotechnological Applications for Improvement of Drought Tolerance  (Monika Dalal, T. R. Sharma)....Pages 299-312
 Managing Abiotic Stresses in Wheat  (V. Tiwari, H. M. Mamrutha, S. Sareen, S. Sheoran, R. Tiwari, P. Sharma et al.)....Pages 313-337
 Breeding Rice Varieties for Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Challenges and Opportunities  (Vishnu V. Nachimuthu, Robin Sabariappan, Raveendran Muthurajan, Arvind Kumar)....Pages 339-361
 Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Barley  (A. S. Kharub, Jogendra Singh, Chuni Lal, Vishnu Kumar)....Pages 363-374
 Sugarcane Crop: Its Tolerance Towards Abiotic Stresses  (A. K. Shrivastava, A. D. Pathak, Varucha Misra, Sangeeta Srivastava, M. Swapna, S. P. Shukla)....Pages 375-397
 Abiotic Stress Management in Fruit Crops  (R. H. Laxman, R. M. Bhatt)....Pages 399-412
 Impact of Climate Change on Vegetable Production and Adaptation Measures  (Prakash S. Naik, Major Singh, J. K. Ranjan)....Pages 413-428
Front Matter ....Pages 429-429
 Nutritional Management: Key to Sustain Livestock in Drought-Prone Areas  (N. P. Kurade, B. Sajjanar, A. V. Nirmale, S. S. Pawar, K. T. Sampath)....Pages 431-441
 Mitigation Options for GHG Emissions from Ruminants  (Raghavendra Bhatta, P. K. Malik)....Pages 443-454
 Mitigation of Climatic Change Effect on Sheep Farming Under Arid Environment  (S. M. K. Naqvi, Kalyan De, Davendra Kumar, A. Sahoo)....Pages 455-474
 Policy Support: Challenges and Opportunities in Abiotically Stressed Agroecosystem  (K. Palanisami, T. Mohanasundari, Krishna Reddy Kakumanu)....Pages 475-491
 Inculcating Resilience to Agriculture Under Abiotically Stressed Environments: Way Forward  (Paramjit Singh Minhas, Jagadish Rane, Ratna Kumar Pasala)....Pages 493-512
Back Matter ....Pages 513-517