Physiological Mechanisms and Adaptation Strategies in Plants Under Changing Environment: Volume 1

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Mechanisms and Adaptation of Plants to Environmental Stress: A Case of Woody Species....Pages 1-24
Drought Tolerance: Role of Organic Osmolytes, Growth Regulators, and Mineral Nutrients....Pages 25-55
Influencing the Product Quality by Applying Drought Stress During the Cultivation of Medicinal Plants....Pages 57-73
Water Scarcity and Water Stress in Agriculture....Pages 75-96
Biotechnology for Drought and Salinity Tolerance of Crops....Pages 97-113
Effect of Salinity on Plants and the Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Alleviation of Salt Stress....Pages 115-144
Cash Crop Halophytes: The Ecologically and Economically Sustainable Use of Naturally Salt-Resistant Plants in the Context of Global Changes....Pages 145-162
Effects of Heat Stress on Growth and Crop Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum)....Pages 163-191
Low Temperature Stress in Plants: An Overview of Roles of Cryoprotectants in Defense....Pages 193-265
Lignins and Abiotic Stress: An Overview....Pages 267-296
Humic Substances and Plant Defense Metabolism....Pages 297-319
Mitochondrial Respiration: Involvement of the Alternative Respiratory Pathway and Residual Respiration in Abiotic Stress Responses....Pages 321-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-376