"This book will provide an overview of water stress in plants, alteration in physiology, morphology, anatomy, and molecular mechanism behind these changes. Induction of water stress hormones and the up-regulating genes synthesizing them will also be the major thrust of the book. It will also deal with the alteration in water relations vis-a-vis water and nutrient uptake, changes in transpiration and stomatal conductance, and hence in the amount of photosynthesis. The proposed book will also compile recent studies of oxidative responses, antioxidative systems, and redox regulation vis-a-vis water stress. The book will include nitrogen metabolism and phytohormonal regulation in crop plants during water stress. A more exhaustive review of recent literature will be encompassing genomic, proteomic, transcriptomic, ionomics, and metabolomics approaches to have a better understanding of water stress. We will intend to summarize studies pertaining to different strategies to manage water stress in crop plants, viz. by using different osmolytes, proteins, hormones and growth regulators, antioxidants, plant extracts, nitric oxide donors, macro and micro mineral nutrients, use of silicon, biotechnological tools to make crop plants less water demanding, use of vetiver grass and insertion of mycorrhiza in water-stressed crop plants. Finally, we will endeavor to illustrate different water conservation methods to achieve sustainable agriculture. This book will discuss major signaling molecules involved in water-stressedenvironments as well as the crosstalk with other minerals, phytohormones etc. Thus, this book will be a comprehensive compilation of work to date on water stress and its management techniques and this will bridge the missing gap between the research fromthe past to the current time"--
This book is a thorough compilation of recent studies on the effects of water stress on the morphology and anatomy of plants, photosynthesis, transpiration and nitrogen metabolism.
Preface.
1. An Introduction to Water Stress in Plants.
2. Unraveling
Cytological and Embryological Anomalies Amid Water Stress: Insights into
Cytological and Embryological Aberrations Under Water Stress Conditions.
3.
Anatomical Anomaly of Plants During Water Stress.
4. Physiological Anomalies
in Plants during Water Stress.
5. Oxidative Responses, Antioxidative System,
and Redox Regulation During Water Stress.
6. Phytohormonal Regulation in
Plants during Water Stress.
7. Genomic, Proteomic and Transcriptomic
Approaches to Understanding Water Stress.
8. Water Stress in Crop Plants and
Its Management: A Metabolomic Insight.
9. Plant Responses to Pathogens Under
Water Stress.
10. Molecular Mechanism of Water Stress Tolerance in Wheat.
11.
Water Conservation Vis-ą-Vis Sustainable Agricultural Practices.
12. Updates
on PGPR Potential on Plant Water Stress Management: A Global Perspective.
13.
Current Progress Towards Management of Drought Stress by Transgenic Plants.
Index.
Prabhat Kumar Srivastava is an Assistant Professor of Botany at KS Saket PG College in Ayodhya, India and got the doctoral degree from the University of Allahabad. He works on physiological and biochemical alterations in plants after abiotic stresses and possible ameliorations by phytohormones and mineral nutrients.
Parul Parihar is an Assistant Professor at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India and obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Allahabad. She currently works on the impact of phytohormones, mineral nutrients, osmoregulators, etc. on abiotically stressed plants.
Richa Upadhyay is an Assistant Professor of Botany at Mihir Bhoj Postgraduate College, Gautam Budh Nagar, India. Dr. Upadhyay is a Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University, India. She has research interests in 'natural products-based drug discovery'.
