Environment, Climate, Plant and Vegetation Growth

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii
 Carbon Cycle in Response to Global Warming  (Iqra Mehmood, Amna Bari, Shakeel Irshad, Fatima Khalid, Sehrish Liaqat, Hamza Anjum et al.)....Pages 1-15
 Agricultural Land Degradation: Processes and Problems Undermining Future Food Security  (Akbar Hossain, Timothy J. Krupnik, Jagadish Timsina, M. Golam Mahboob, Apurbo Kumar Chaki, Muhammad Farooq et al.)....Pages 17-61
 Promising Technologies for Cd-Contaminated Soils: Drawbacks and Possibilities  (Amanullah Mahar, Amjad Ali, Altaf Husain Lahori, Fazli Wahid, Ronghua Li, Muhammad Azeem et al.)....Pages 63-91
 Climate Change and Costal Plant Lives  (Muhammad Noor, Naveed ur Rehman, Ajmal Jalil, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Adnan, Fazli Wahid et al.)....Pages 93-108
 Climate Change Forecasting and Modeling for the Year of 2050  (Bayram Ali Yerlikaya, Seher Ömezli, Nazlıcan Aydoğan)....Pages 109-122
 Effects of Climate Change on Irrigation Water Quality  ( Amanullah, Shah Khalid, Imran, Hamdan Ali Khan, Muhammad Arif, Abdel Rahman Altawaha et al.)....Pages 123-132
 Prospects of Biochar in Alkaline Soils to Mitigate Climate Change  (Muhammad Rashid, Qaiser Hussain, Khalid Saifullah Khan, Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, Zhang Afeng, Muhammad Akmal et al.)....Pages 133-149
 Biochar; a Remedy for Climate Change  (Muhammad Arif, Talha Jan, Muhammad Riaz, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Adnan, Amanullah et al.)....Pages 151-171
 Biofortification Under Climate Change: The Fight Between Quality and Quantity  (Amir Maqbool, Muhammad Abrar, Allah Bakhsh, Sevgi Çalışkan, Haroon Zaman Khan, Muhammad Aslam et al.)....Pages 173-227
 QTL Mapping for Abiotic Stresses in Cereals  (Saman Saleem, Amna Bari, Bani Abid, Muhammad Tahir ul Qamar, Rana Muhammad Atif, Muhammad Sarwar Khan)....Pages 229-251
 Effectiveness of Conventional Crop Improvement Strategies vs. Omics  (Muhammad Tahir ul Qamar, Amna Faryad, Amna Bari, Barira Zahid, Xitong Zhu, Ling-Ling Chen)....Pages 253-284
 Development and Applications of Transplastomic Plants; A Way Towards Eco-Friendly Agriculture  (Md Jakir Hossain, Allah Bakhsh)....Pages 285-322
 Alternative and Non-conventional Soil and Crop Management Strategies for Increasing Water Use Efficiency  (Farah Riaz, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Saleem Arif, Tahira Yasmeen, Muhammad Arslan Ashraf, Maryam Adil et al.)....Pages 323-338
 Role of Biotechnology in Climate Resilient Agriculture  (Sadam Munawar, Muhammad Tahir ul Qamar, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Faiz Ahmad Joyia)....Pages 339-365
 Insect Pests of Cotton Crop and Management Under Climate Change Scenarios  (Unsar Naeem-Ullah, Muhammad Ramzan, Syed Haroon Masood Bokhari, Asad Saleem, Mirza Abdul Qayyum, Naeem Iqbal et al.)....Pages 367-396
 Plant-Microbes Interactions and Functions in Changing Climate  (Fazli Wahid, Muhmmad Sharif, Amjad Ali, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Noor et al.)....Pages 397-419
 Measuring Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards: Qualitative to Quantitative  (Md. Enamul Huq, A. Z. M. Shoeb, Mallik Akram Hossain, Shah Fahad, M. M. Kamruzzaman, Akib Javed et al.)....Pages 421-452
 Soil Microarthropods and Nutrient Cycling  (Gopakumar Lakshmi, Bernard N. Okafor, Donato Visconti)....Pages 453-472
 Environment, Climate Change and Biodiversity  (Zia-ur-Rehman Mashwani)....Pages 473-501
 Consequences of Salinity Stress on the Quality of Crops and Its Mitigation Strategies for Sustainable Crop Production: An Outlook of Arid and Semi-arid Regions  (Ayman EL Sabagh, Akbar Hossain, Celaleddin Barutçular, Muhammad Aamir Iqbal, M Sohidul Islam, Shah Fahad et al.)....Pages 503-533
 Advances in Pyrolytic Technologies with Improved Carbon Capture and Storage to Combat Climate Change  (Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, Munir Ahmad, Adel R. A. Usman, Mutair Akanji, Muhammad Imran Rafique)....Pages 535-575
 The Effects of Climate Change on Human Behaviors  (Senol Celik)....Pages 577-589
 Role of Plant Bioactives in Sustainable Agriculture  (Amjad Iqbal, Muhammad Hamayun, Farooq Shah, Anwar Hussain)....Pages 591-605
 Microbes and Environment: Global Warming Reverting the Frozen Zombies  (Ibrar Khan, Aneela Rehman, Khola Zia, Urooba Naveed, Sana Bibi, Rabia Sherazi et al.)....Pages 607-633
 Extent of Climate Change in Saudi Arabia and Its Impacts on Agriculture: A Case Study from Qassim Region  (Mohammad I. Al-Wabel, Abdelazeem Sallam, Munir Ahmad, Khalid Elanazi, Adel R. A. Usman)....Pages 635-657
 Rice Production Under Climate Change: Adaptations and Mitigating Strategies  (Sajid Hussain, Jie Huang, Jing Huang, Shakeel Ahmad, Satyabrata Nanda, Sumera Anwar et al.)....Pages 659-686