Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Introduction to Plant Abiotic Strees Response. Understanding the ₃Commoneome₄ Operative in Plants in Response to Various Abiotic Stresses / Hemant R Kushwaha, Sneh L Singla-Pareek, Sudhir K Sopory, Ashwani Pareek -- Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: An Industry Perspective / Shoba Sivasankar, Robert W Williams, Thomas W Greene -- Generation and Scavenging of Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants under Stress / Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Lamabam Peter Singh, Ritu Gill, Narendra Tuteja -- Salinity Stress: A Major Constraint in Crop Production / Narendra Tuteja, Lamabam Peter Singh, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Ritu Gill, Renu Tuteja -- Cold and Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants / Wenqiong Joan Chen -- Mechanism of Sulfur Dioxide Toxicity and Tolerance in Crop Plants / Lamabam Peter Singh, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Ritu Gill, Narendra Tuteja -- Excess Soil Phosphorus: Accelerated P Transfer, Water Quality Deterioration, and Sustainable Remediation Strategies / Nilesh C Sharma, Shivendra V Sahi -- Methods to Improve Plant Abiotic Stress Response. Genetic Modification of Crops: Past, Present, and Future / Nina V Fedoroff -- Translational Biology Approaches to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops / Rina Iannacone, Francesco Cellini, Giorgio Morelli, Ida Ruberti -- Functional Genomics of Drought Tolerance in Crops: Engineering Transcriptional Regulators and Pathways / Bala Rathinasabapathi -- Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Approaches to the Analysis of Plant Freezing Tolerance and Cold Acclimation / Dirk K Hincha, Carmen Espinoza, Ellen Zuther -- Omics Techniques in Crop Research: An Overview / Bashasab Fakrudin, Roberto Tuberosa, Rajeev K Varshney -- The Use of ₃Omics₄ Approaches in for the Improvement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Aleksandra Skirycz, Matthew A Hannah -- Functional Genomics and Computational Biology Tools for Gene Discovery for Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Kailash C Bansal, Amit Katiyar, Shuchi Smita, Viswanathan Chinnusamy -- Understanding Stress-Responsive Mechanisms in Plants: An Overview of Transcriptomics and Proteomics Approaches / Naser A Anjum, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Iqbal Ahmad, Narendra Tuteja, Praveen Soni, Ashwani Pareek, Shahid Umar, Muhammad Iqbal, M̀rio Pacheco, Armando C Duarte, Eduarda Pereira -- Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation for Crop Improvement / Satbir S Gosal, Manjit S Kang -- A Systems-Based Molecular Biology Analysis of Resurrection Plants for Crop and Forage Improvement in Arid Environments / John P Moore, Jill M Farrant -- Molecular Breeding for Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance Using Halophytes / Ajay Parida, Suja George, K Kavita -- Helicases in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants / Narendra Tuteja, Sarvajeet Singh, Renu Tuteja -- Transcription Factors: Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants / Pil Joon Seo, Jae-Hoon Jung, Chung-Mo Park -- Make Your Best ₆ MYB Transcription Factors for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops / Andrea Pitzschke -- Transporters and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants / Vandna Rai, Narendra Tuteja, Teruhiro Takabe -- Potassium and Sodium Transporters: Improving Salinity Tolerance in Plants / Toshio Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki Uozumi, Tomoaki Horie --, A Root Endophytic Fungus, Enhances Abiotic Stress Tolerance of the Host Plant / Manoj Kumar, Ruby Sharma, Abhimanyu Jogawat, Pratap Singh, Meenakshi Dua, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Dipesh Kumar Trivedi, Narendra Tuteja, Ajit Kumar Verma, Ralf Oelmuller, Atul Kumar Johri -- The Micromics Revolution: MicroRNA-Mediated Approaches to Develop Stress-Resistant Crops / Camilo L̤pez, Aacute;lvaro L P̌rez-Quintero -- Transcription Factors: Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants / Tetsuya Ishida, Yuriko Osakabe, Shuichi Yanagisawa -- Polyamines in Developing Stress-Resistant Crops / Francisco Marco, Rub̌n Alc̀zar, Teresa Altabella, Pedro Carrasco, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Narendra Tuteja, Antonio F Tiburcio -- Species-Specific Case Studies. Wheat: Functional Genomics of Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Paramjit Khurana, Harsh Chauhan, Neetika Khurana -- Wheat: Mechanisms and Genetic Means for Improving Heat Tolerance / Kuldeep Singh, Vishal Chugh, Gurpreet K Sahi, Parveen Chhuneja -- Wheat and Rice Crops: ₃Omics₄ Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Suja George, Ajay Parida, Monkombu S Swaminathan -- Rice: Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Drought Tolerance / Prashant Vikram, Arvind Kumar, Alok Singh, Nagendra K Singh -- Rice: Improving Cold Stress Tolerance / Kodiveri Muthukalianan Gothandam -- Maize: Physiological and Molecular Approaches for Improving Drought Tolerance / Ishwar Singh, Thirunavukkarasu Nepolean, Rajyalakshmi Ambika Rajendran, Mariko Shono -- Barley: Omics Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Nicola Pecchioni, Justyna Anna Milc, Marianna Pasquariello, Enrico Francia -- Sugarcane: Physiological and Molecular Approaches for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Sustaining Crop Productivity / Ashok K Shrivastava, Sangeeta Srivastava -- Sorghum: Improvement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Monika Dalal, Karthikeyan Mayandi, Viswanathan Chinnusamy -- Vegetable Crops (Chili Pepper and Onion): Approaches to Improve Crop Productivity and Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Nandkumar Kunchge, Kiran Kumar, Prashant Firke -- Vegetable Crops: Improvement of Tolerance to Adverse Chemical Soil Conditions by Grafting / Giuseppe Colla, Youssef Rouphael, Mariateresa Cardarelli -- Grain Legumes (Soybean, Chickpea, and Peanut): Omics Approaches to Enhance Abiotic Stress Tolerance / D Srinivas Reddy, Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, Vincent Vadez, Kiran K Sharma -- Fruit Crops: Omic Approaches toward Elucidation of Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Pravendra Nath, Vidhu A Sane, Mehar Hasan Asif, Aniruddha P Sane, Prabodh K Trivedi -- Cassava Genetic Improvement: Omics Approaches for Facing Global Challenges / Yoshimi Umemura, Rane Jagadish, Motoaki Seki, Yoshinori Utsumi, Jarunya Narangajavana, Manabu Ishitani -- Tomato: Grafting to Improve Salt Tolerance / Paloma Sanchez-Bel, Isabel Egea, Francisco B Flores, Maria C Bolarin -- Tomato: Genomic Approaches for Salt and Drought Stress Tolerance / Benito Pineda, Još Osvaldo Garc̕a-Abell̀n, Teresa Ant̤n, Fernando P̌rez, Elena Moyano, Begǫa Garc̕a Sogo, Juan Francisco Campos, Trinidad Angosto, Beľn Morales, Juan Capel, Vicente Moreno, Rafael Lozano, Mari Carmen Bolar̕n, Alejandro Atařs -- Potato: Improving Crop Productivity and Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Gefu Wang-Pruski, Andrew Schofield -- Potato: Production Strategies under Abiotic Stress / Joginder Singh Minhas -- Tobacco: A Model Plant for Understanding the Mechanism of Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Scott Schaeffer, Tyson Koepke, Amit Dhingra -- Sunflower: Improving Crop Productivity and Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Carlos A Sala, Mariano Bulos, Emiliano Altieri, Mar̕a Laura Ramos -- Sesame: Overcoming the Abiotic Stresses in the Queen of Oilseed Crops / Suman Lakhanpaul, Vibhuti Singh, Sachin Kumar, Deepak Bhardwaj, Kangila Venkataramana Bhat -- : Approaches to Engineer Fatty Acid Synthesis and Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Nalini Eswaran, Tangirala Sudhakar Johnson -- Brassica Crop Species: Improving Water Use Efficiency: Challenges and Opportunities / Constantine Don Palmer, Wilf Keller, Jas Singh, Raju Datla -- Crops: Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance ₆ Current Status and Prospects / Stephen J Robinson, Isobel A P Parkin -- Mustard: Approaches for Crop Improvement and Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Ritu Gill, Gautam Kumar, Ashwani Pareek, Prabodh C Sharma, Naser A Anjum, Narendra Tuteja -- Cotton: Genetic Improvement for Drought Stress Tolerance ₆ Current Status and Research Needs / E Aboukheir, M S Sheshshayee, T G Prasad, Makarala Udayakumar -- Tea: Present Status and Strategies to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Sanjay Kumar, Asosii Paul, Amita Bhattacharya, Ram Kumar Sharma, Paramvir Singh Ahuja -- Index.

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