Abiotic Stress Management for Climate Smart Agriculture

Contents: 1. Screening for moisture stress tolerance based on root penetration in black gram. 2. Heat tolerance in rice. 3. Studies on Anatomical Modification in Root Induced by Salinity in Desi Cotton. 4. Performance of Indigo (Indigofera tinctoria L.) Accessions Under Coastal Ecosystem. 5. Drought Tolerance Mechanism Inbuilt in Crop Plants through the Accumulation of Salicylic Acid. 6. Identification and Characterization of Novel Abiotic Stress. 7. Effect of Drought During Flowering on Physiological Traits in Foxtail millet. 8. Evaluation of Gladiolus Varieties for Coastal Ecosystem of Tamil Nadu. 9. Basic understanding of Genotypes Tolerance Mechanism Naturally Acquired in Plant System with special Reference to Drought Stress. 10. Vetiver A Potential but Under--exploited Doller Progressing aromatic Plant for the Livelihood Prosperity and Ecological Stability for the Coastal Ecosystem of Tamil Nadu. 11. Water Saving Rice Production Technology To Combat Water Scarcity in Rice Growing Areas. 12. Response of Rice to Plant Growth Regulators under Drought and Salinity. 13. Physiological Evaluation of Kabuli and Desi Genotypes of Chickpea for Drought Tolerance under Receding Soil Moisture Conditions. 14. The Effect of Salinity on Mung bean Seed Germination. 15. Yield Performance of Black gram under Chemical weed Management and Foliar Nutrition under Rainfed Ecosystem. 16. Effect of Pre Sowing seed Treatment and Foliar Spray with Chicory leaf Extract to Improve Growth and Seed Yield in Sesame. 17. Analysis of Phenotypic and Genotypic Parameters in Advanced Backcross Population between Field Corn and Sweer Corn and their Utility in Climate Resilience.

Agriculture production and productivity are vulnerable to abiotic stresses. These stresses are major challenges for production of crops lives stock and fisheries only 9% of the world's agriculture area is conductive for crop production whereas 91% is under stresses which occur in combinations. While losses to an extent of more than 50% of Agricultural Production occur due to abiotic stresses their intensity and adverse impact are likely to amplify manifold in the climate change era end overexploitation of natural resources. This book offers a state-of the art overview of an abiotic stress in term of the challenges scope and opportunities strategies for adaptation and mitigation using novel tools for building climate smart agriculture in crops and livestock this book consists of 17 chapters covering moisture stress heat stress coastal ecosystem salinity stress and genetic Engineering this book focuses on approaches and techniques that are essential for the sustainable agriculture. This book will offer new perspectives in the versatile field of abiotic stress management and will be such useful for various stakeholders including agricultural students environmentalists policy makers and social scientists.