Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management

Understand the impact of climate change on plant growth with this timely introduction

Climate change has had unprecedented consequences for plant metabolism and plant growth. In botany, adverse effects of this kind are called plant stress conditions; in recent years, the plant stress conditions generated by climate change have been the subject of considerable study. Plants have exhibited increased photosynthesis, increased water requirements, and more. There is an urgent need to understand and address these changes as we adapt to drastic changes in the global climate.

Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management presents a comprehensive guide to the effects of global climate change on plants and plant metabolism. It introduces and describes each climate change-related condition and its components, offering a detailed analysis of the resulting stress conditions, the environmental factors which ameliorate or exacerbate them, and possible solutions. The result is a thorough, rigorous introduction to this critical subject for the future of our biome.

Readers will also find:

• Analysis of global climate change impact on various agricultural practices
• Socio-economic consequences of climate change and plant stress conditions, and possible solutions
• Strategies for sustainable agriculture

Global Climate Change and Plant Stress Management is essential for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals working in the life sciences, as well as for advanced graduate students.

Mohammad Wahid Ansari is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Zakir Hussain Delhi College, University of Delhi, India. He has researched and published widely on plant biology and stress tolerance.

Anil Kumar Singh is Principal Scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. He has researched extensively into plant adaptations and environmental responses, as well as plant stress tolerance and related subjects.

Narendra Tuteja is Visiting Scientist at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. He has published extensively on plant stress tolerance, mango malformation and related subjects.

Views and Visions

1. Boosting resilience of global crop production through sustainable stress management

2. Sustaining food security under changing stress environment 

3. Crop improvement under Climate Change

4. Reactive nitrogen in climate change, crop stress and sustainable agriculture: A personal journey

Part 1: Climate change - Global Impact

Climate resilient crops for CO2 rich-warmer environment: Opportunities and challenges

Potential push of climate change on crop production, crop adaptation and possible strategies to handle this issue in present scenario

Agrifood and climate change: Impact, mitigation and adaptation strategies

Dynamic photosynthetic apparatus in plants combats climate change

CRISPR/Cas enables the remodeling of crops for sustainable climate-smart agriculture and nutritional security

Part 2: Socio-Economic aspects of Climate Change

Perspective of evolution of the C4 plants to develop climate designer C4 rice as a strategy for abiotic stress management

Role of Legume Genetic Resources in Climate Resilience

Oxygenic photosynthesis a major driver of climate change and stress tolerance

Expand the survival limits of crop plants under cold climate region

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and climate smart agriculture – prospects and challenges

Part 3: Plant Stress under Climate Change: Molecular Insights

Plant Stress and Climate Change: Molecular Insight

Role of GTP binding proteins , like RAB, RAN , RAS, RAC etc in stress tolerance

Biotechnological strategies to generate climate-smart crops: recent advances and way forward

Receptor-like kinases and ROS signaling: Critical arms of plant response to abiotic stresses

Phytohormonesas a novel weapon in management of plant stress against biotic agents

Recent Perspectives of Drought Tolerance Traits: Physiology and Biochemistry

“Understanding the role of key transcription factors in regulating salinity tolerance in plants”

Part 4: Stress Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture

21. Seed priming and its potential benefits in view of plant stress management/adaptation

22. CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing and plant stress management

23. Ethylene mediates plant-beneficial fungi interaction that leads to increased nutrient uptake,

24. improved physiological attributes and enhanced plant tolerance under salinity stress

25. Role of Chemical additives in Plant-Stress Mitigation

26. Role of Secondary Metabolites in Plant Stress Management under Changing Climatic State

27. Osmolytes: Efficient Oxidative Stress-Busters in Plants

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