Abiotic stress tolerance in plants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: RAI, ASHWANI K. (Editor), TAKABE, TERUHIRO (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Food Science.; Plant Physiology.

Stresses in plants caused by salt, drought, temperature, oxygen, and toxic compounds are the principal reason for reduction in crop yield. For example, high salinity in soils accounts for large decline in the yield of a wide variety of crops world over; ~1000 million ha of land is affected by soil s...