Salinity and Water Stress Improving Crop Efficiency /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ashraf, M. (Editor), Ozturk, M. (Editor), Athar, H.R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Tasks for Vegetation Sciences, 44
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Applied Ecology.; Plant physiology.; Environmental management.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Environmental Management.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9065-3

Salinity and water stress limit crop productivity worldwide and generate substantial economic losses each year, yet innovative research on crop and natural resource management can reveal cost-effective ways in which farmers can increase both their productivity and their income. Presenting recent res...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents 1. Strategies for Crop Improvement against Salinity and Drought Stress
• 2. Prediction of Salinity Tolerance Based on Biological and Chemical Properties of Acacia Seeds
• 3. Antioxidant-Enzyme system as Selection Criteria for Salt Tolerance in Forage Sorghum Genotypes (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench)
• 4. Genetic Variation in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Seedlings for Nutrient Uptake at Different Salinity and Temperature Regimes
• 5. The Role of Plant Hormones in Plants under Salinity Stress
• 6. Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Germination and Seedling Growth of Daucus carota vs. Nantes and Capsicum annuum cv. Sivri and Flooding on Capsicum annuum cv. Sivri
• 7. Triticeae: the Ultimate Source of Abiotic Stress Tolerance Improvement in Wheat
• 8. Water Loss and Gene Expression of Rice Plants under Dehydration
• 9. Effect of Different Water Table Treatments on Cabbage in Saline Saemangeum Soil
• 10. How Does Ammonium Nutrition Influence Salt Tolerance in Spartina alterniflora Loisel.