Water Stress in Crop Plants and Its Management

Prabhat Kumar Srivastava is an Assistant Professor of Botany at KS Saket PG College in Ayodhya, India and got the doctoral degree from the University of Allahabad. He works on physiological and biochemical alterations in plants after abiotic stresses and possible ameliorations by phytohormones and mineral nutrients.Parul Parihar is an Assistant Professor at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India and obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Allahabad. She currently works on the impact of phytohormones, mineral nutrients, osmoregulators, etc. on abiotically stressed plants.Richa Upadhyay is an Assistant Professor of Botany at Mihir Bhoj Postgraduate College, Gautam Budh Nagar, India. Dr. Upadhyay is a Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University, India. She has research interests in 'natural products-based drug discovery'.

• Preface. 1. An Introduction to Water Stress in Plants. 2. Unraveling Cytological and Embryological Anomalies Amid Water Stress: Insights into Cytological and Embryological Aberrations Under Water Stress Conditions. 3. Anatomical Anomaly of Plants During Water Stress. 4. Physiological Anomalies in Plants during Water Stress. 5. Oxidative Responses, Antioxidative System, and Redox Regulation During Water Stress. 6. Phytohormonal Regulation in Plants during Water Stress. 7. Genomic, Proteomic and Transcriptomic Approaches to Understanding Water Stress. 8. Water Stress in Crop Plants and Its Management: A Metabolomic Insight. 9. Plant Responses to Pathogens Under Water Stress. 10. Molecular Mechanism of Water Stress Tolerance in Wheat. 11. Water Conservation Vis-à-Vis Sustainable Agricultural Practices. 12. Updates on PGPR Potential on Plant Water Stress Management: A Global Perspective. 13. Current Progress Towards Management of Drought Stress by Transgenic Plants. Index.