Ecophysiology and Responses of Plants under Salt Stress

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ahmad, Parvaiz (Editor), Azooz, M.M (Editor), Prasad, M.N.V (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Salt stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that imposes negative effect on plants and consequently on the plant productivity. The causal factors for salinity stress may be geological, climatic and hydrological in nature. Soil is an invaluable asset for plant productivity yielding a variety of...