Overview
- The first published book focusing on stress physiology of horticultural crops
- Provides a timely update on the recent progress on all aspects of plant's perception, signalling and adaptation to a variety of abiotic environmental stresses
- Provides a detailed illustration on mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in many horticultural crops
- Gives a detailed account of adaptation strategies to overcome the abiotic stresses in horticultural crops
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Tolerance Responses
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Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Vegetables
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Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Fruit Crops
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Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Plantation and Tuber Crops
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About this book
To date, there are no books covering horticultural crop-specific abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms and their management. Addressing that gap, the book is divided into 2 sections, the first of which highlights recent advances in the general aspects of abiotic stress tolerance like the role of hormones, reactive oxygen species, seed treatments, molecular mechanisms of heat tolerance and heavy metal toxicity, while the second focuses on the abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms of various vegetables, fruit crops, plantation crops and tuber crops. It includes comprehensive discussions of fruit crops like mango, grapes, banana, litchi and arid zone fruits; vegetables crops like tomato, capsicum, onion and tuber crops; and plantation crops like coconut, areca nut, oil palm and black pepper. Among the strategies for plant stress survival, examples of both avoidance and tolerance relevant to particular crops are examined in detail, supported by selected comprehensive case studies of progress. As such, the book offers a valuable resource suited for scientists and graduate students working in the fields of crop improvement, genetic engineering, and the abiotic stress tolerance of horticultural crops.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. N. K. Srinivasa Rao, Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology-Retd.) and Ex Emeritus Scientist, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, was born on 31.01.1950 at Bangalore. He belongs to the first batch of Agricultural Research Service. He has passed ARS examination with first rank and the joined ICAR service on 29.11.1976 at IIHR, Bangalore in the discipline of Plant Physiology. He has contributed significantly to the understanding of mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in horticultural crops.
Some of his publications are:
1.Srinivasa Rao, N.K. and Bhatt, R.M. (1990) Response of photosynthesis to Water stress in two eggplant Cultivars (Solanum melongena L.) Photosynthetica, 24:
2. Srinivasa Rao, N.K. and Bhatt,R.M.(1990). Effect of two temperature regimes on photosynthesis and growth in two cultivars of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Photosynthetica 26: 625-63
Dr. Kodthalu Seetharamaiah Shivashankara is currently working as principal scientist in Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore.
Some of his publications are:1) Sheshshayee, M.S., Shivashankara, K.S., Ramaswamy, G.S., Davendra, R., Shankar, A.G., Prasad, T.G., Udaya Kumar, M.,1991. A new method to generate different CO2 concentrations to develop CO2 response curves. Curr. Sci., 62: 538‑540.
2) Shivashankara, K.S., Mithila,J and Maiti, S., 2000. A new method for vegetative multiplication of betelvine. J. Plantation Crops. 28(2): 94-98Dr. Laxman Ramanna Hunashikatti is currently working as principal scientist in ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Abiotic Stress Physiology of Horticultural Crops
Editors: N.K. Srinivasa Rao, K.S. Shivashankara, R. H. Laxman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2725-0
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2723-6Published: 18 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3825-6Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-2725-0Published: 08 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 368
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Physiology, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts