Response of Field Crops to Abiotic Stress

Shuvasish Choudhury is a Ph.D. graduate from Assam University, Silchar, and Assistant Professor of Plant Biology in the Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, India. He is extensively working on understanding the biochemical, molecular, and metabolomic basis of abiotic stress responses and tolerance in field crops. His research interests include arsenic and acid soil stress responses in rice, biochar for arsenic and heavy metal mitigation in agro-ecosystem, and drought stress responses in field crops. His current work focuses on abiotic stress mitigation through nutrient management strategies, seed priming technology, and environmentally sustainable approaches.Debojyoti Moulick is a Ph.D. graduate from University of Kalyani, India, and a Research Associate in the Plant Stress Biology and Metabolomics Laboratory (CIL), Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, India, under the Research Associateship (RA) program of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. His research interest includes understanding agro-ecotoxicology and proposing suitable mitigation of options. He has extensively worked on arsenic stress mitigation in rice using seed priming technology and related mitigation approaches.

"Abiotic stresses impact crop productivity negatively, often by as much as 50 percent, and the quality of products derived from such plants. Generally, abiotic stresses are considered to include either temperature or water stress. This volume devotes a large effort to documenting and exploring stress derived from heavy metals, salinity, ultraviolet radiation, and ozone. The overall scope of this volume's treatment of abiotic stresses ranges from individual cells to field dynamics of crop response. A critical and valuable component in each chapter is the "Current Status and Future Prospects" section suggesting potential strategies that can be evaluated to mitigate the impact on crop productivity."— J. L. Hatfield, formerly, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, September 2023 issue of CHOICE

• 1. Abiotic Stress Management through Elemental Biofortification in Field Crops. 2. Availing Engineered and Biosynthesized Metal-Based Nanoparticles to Alleviate Abiotic Stress. 3. Arsenic Stress Sensitivity, Adaptation, and Mitigation Strategies in Field Crops. 4. Heavy Metals' Stress Responses in Field Crops. 5. Chromium Dynamics in Soil-Plant System. 6. Overview on the Effects of Heavy Metals on the Biological Activities of Leavy Vegetables. 7. Aluminium Toxicity and Ionic Homeostasis in Plants. 8. Drought and Heat Stress Tolerance in Field Crops: Consequences and Adaptation Strategies. 9. Drought and High-Temperature Stress Tolerance in Field Crops. 10. Improving Submergence Tolerance in Rice: Recent Progress and Future Perspective. 11. Salinity and Osmotic Stress in Field Crops: Effects and Way Out. 12. Compatible Solutes Engineering to Balance Salt (Na+) and ROS-Induced Changes in Potassium Homeostasis. 13. Metabolomics and Molecular Physiology Perspective for Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance. 14. UV Stress in Plants: A Curse in Plant Productivity and Blessing in Food Security. 15. Impact of Elevated CO2 and O3 on Field Crops and Adaptive Strategies through Agro-Technology. 16. Role of AP2/ERF Family Transcription Factors in Stress-Responsive Gene Expression. 17. Impact of Climate Change on Productivity of Field Crops. 18. Impact of Climate Change on Growth and Productivity of Major Field Crops. 19. Growth, Physiology, Yield, and Yield Attributes of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) with Reference to Abiotic Stresses. 20. Micropropagation for Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants: An Overview. 21. Traditional Rice Landraces: An Ideal Nutraceutical as a Staple Food for Human Health. 22. Computational Modeling and in silico Approaches in Understanding Abiotic Stress Responses in Field Crops. 23. Flood Stress Prevalence and Assessment of Farmers’ Preparedness with Resilient Rice Varieties: A Review in Context of Eastern India. 24. Determination and Quantification of Chemical Pollutants by Spectroscopic Techniques: A Possible Use in Chemical Analysis Food Crops under Stress.