Advances in Rice Research for Abiotic Stress Tolerance
- 2nd Edition - August 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Masayuki Fujita, Kamrun Nahar, Jiban Krishna Biswas
- Language: English
Rice production is increasingly challenged by abiotic stresses—such as extreme temperatures, drought, salinity, and flooding—which undermine both yield and grain quality. Ta… Read more
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Rice production is increasingly challenged by abiotic stresses—such as extreme temperatures, drought, salinity, and flooding—which undermine both yield and grain quality. Tackling these constraints is crucial for global food security and depends on improved farming practices, the development of resilient cultivars, and the adoption of emerging technologies.
Advances of Rice Research for Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Second Edition integrates new research across multiple fronts, including advances in genetic markers, modern breeding approaches, and biotechnological tools. It updates readers on cutting‑edge methodologies to mitigate climate‑related impacts and introduces expanded content on microbiome‑driven resilience, sustainable cultivation and intensification techniques, and genome‑editing applications that enhance crop performance under environmental stress.
By capturing current global trends alongside practical solutions in rice science, the volume serves researchers, educators, and professionals working across agronomy, plant physiology, molecular biology, soil science, and related disciplines.
Advances of Rice Research for Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Second Edition integrates new research across multiple fronts, including advances in genetic markers, modern breeding approaches, and biotechnological tools. It updates readers on cutting‑edge methodologies to mitigate climate‑related impacts and introduces expanded content on microbiome‑driven resilience, sustainable cultivation and intensification techniques, and genome‑editing applications that enhance crop performance under environmental stress.
By capturing current global trends alongside practical solutions in rice science, the volume serves researchers, educators, and professionals working across agronomy, plant physiology, molecular biology, soil science, and related disciplines.
- Synthesizes multidisciplinary findings to provide a unified foundation for advancing robust and adaptable rice cultivation
- Draws together diverse stress‑response studies, enabling a holistic understanding of how rice performs across contrasting environmental constraints
- Highlights region‑specific insights and case studies that illuminate practical pathways for strengthening production systems in climate‑vulnerable areas
Graduate students, educators, researchers, and practicing professionals in agriculture, agronomy, botany, plant physiology, environmental science, and food science.
1. Managing Abiotic Stresses With Rice Agriculture to Achieve Sustainable Food Security: Bangladesh Perspective
2. Recent Progress in Rice Varietal Development for Abiotic Stress Tolerance
3. Plant Growth and Morphological Changes in Rice Under Abiotic Stress
4. Deciphering Strategies for Salt Stress Tolerance in Rice in the Context of Climate Change
5. Effects of Salinity on Rice and Rice Weeds: Short- and Long-Term Adaptation Strategies and Weed Management
6. Rice Responses and Tolerance to Drought
7. Rice Responses and Tolerance to High Temperature
8. Scope and Progress of Rice Research Harnessing Cold Tolerance
9. Rice Responses and Tolerance to Excess Water Stress
10. Responses of Rice to Individual and Combined Stresses of Flooding and Salinity
11. Rice Responses and Tolerance to Metal/Metalloid Toxicity
12. Physiological and Molecular Responses for Metalloid Stress in Rice—A Comprehensive Overview
13. Recent Advances in Arsenic Accumulation in Rice
14. Climate Change and Abiotic Stress-Induced Oxidative Burst in Rice
15. Comparative Metabolomics Approach Towards Understanding Chemical Variation in Rice Under Abiotic Stress
16. Abiotic Stress Signaling in Rice Crop
17. Abiotic Stress and Rice Grain Quality
18. Advances in Biotechnological Tools: Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
19. Use of Phytohormones in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Rice
20. Biostimulants for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in rice
21. Emerging Role of Osmolytes in Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
22. Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Conferring Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
23. Advances in AMF application for abiotic stress tolerance in rice
24. Response of biofertilizers for sustainable rice production under abiotic stresses
25. Ameliorative Mechanisms of Polyamines Against Abiotic Stress in the Rice Plants
26. Genomic Footprints Uncovering Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
27. Engineering of Abiotic Stress Tolerance by Modulating Antioxidant Defense Systems
28. Omics Approaches in Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
29. Proteomics Study in Rice Responses and Tolerance to Salt Stress
30. Molecular Approaches for Dissecting and Improving Drought and Heat Tolerance in Rice
31. Use of QTLs in Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
32. Role of MicroRNA for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
33. Gene Editing Tools for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
34. Policy Directions Toward Increasing Rice Productivity—Lessons from Bangladesh
2. Recent Progress in Rice Varietal Development for Abiotic Stress Tolerance
3. Plant Growth and Morphological Changes in Rice Under Abiotic Stress
4. Deciphering Strategies for Salt Stress Tolerance in Rice in the Context of Climate Change
5. Effects of Salinity on Rice and Rice Weeds: Short- and Long-Term Adaptation Strategies and Weed Management
6. Rice Responses and Tolerance to Drought
7. Rice Responses and Tolerance to High Temperature
8. Scope and Progress of Rice Research Harnessing Cold Tolerance
9. Rice Responses and Tolerance to Excess Water Stress
10. Responses of Rice to Individual and Combined Stresses of Flooding and Salinity
11. Rice Responses and Tolerance to Metal/Metalloid Toxicity
12. Physiological and Molecular Responses for Metalloid Stress in Rice—A Comprehensive Overview
13. Recent Advances in Arsenic Accumulation in Rice
14. Climate Change and Abiotic Stress-Induced Oxidative Burst in Rice
15. Comparative Metabolomics Approach Towards Understanding Chemical Variation in Rice Under Abiotic Stress
16. Abiotic Stress Signaling in Rice Crop
17. Abiotic Stress and Rice Grain Quality
18. Advances in Biotechnological Tools: Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
19. Use of Phytohormones in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Rice
20. Biostimulants for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in rice
21. Emerging Role of Osmolytes in Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
22. Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Conferring Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
23. Advances in AMF application for abiotic stress tolerance in rice
24. Response of biofertilizers for sustainable rice production under abiotic stresses
25. Ameliorative Mechanisms of Polyamines Against Abiotic Stress in the Rice Plants
26. Genomic Footprints Uncovering Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
27. Engineering of Abiotic Stress Tolerance by Modulating Antioxidant Defense Systems
28. Omics Approaches in Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
29. Proteomics Study in Rice Responses and Tolerance to Salt Stress
30. Molecular Approaches for Dissecting and Improving Drought and Heat Tolerance in Rice
31. Use of QTLs in Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
32. Role of MicroRNA for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
33. Gene Editing Tools for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
34. Policy Directions Toward Increasing Rice Productivity—Lessons from Bangladesh
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: August 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Mirza Hasanuzzaman is Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka. He is a specialist in agronomy, plant stress responses, and crop physiology. His current work is focused on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance (salinity, drought, flood, and heavy metals/metalloids). Dr. Hasanuzzaman has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has edited six books and written 30 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress tolerance, and crop production.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, BangladeshMF
Masayuki Fujita
Masayuki Fujita is a Professor in the Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, and his M.Agr. and Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. His research interests include physiological, biochemical and molecular biological responses based on secondary metabolism in plants under biotic (pathogenic fungal infection) and abiotic (salinity, drought, extreme temperatures and heavy metals) stresses; phytoalexin, cytochrome P-450, glutathione S-transferase, phytochelatin and redox reaction and antioxidants. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and has multiple books.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, JapanKN
Kamrun Nahar
Kamrun Nahar is a leading plant stress physiologist and Professor of Agricultural Botany at Sher‑e‑Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She began her academic career at the same institution in 2011 and rose to the rank of Professor in 2021. Her research focuses on the physiological and biochemical mechanisms that enhance plant resilience to abiotic stresses, including drought, waterlogging, salinity, metal toxicity, and extreme temperatures, with particular emphasis on antioxidant and glyoxalase pathways. Prof. Nahar earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Stress Physiology from Ehime University, Japan, and completed her Master’s degree at Kagawa University, both supported by Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarships. She has received numerous distinctions, including the BAS Gold Medal Award (2017), multiple academic merit awards, and national research fellowships. A BAS Associate Fellow since 2021, she continues to supervise graduate researchers and lead projects funded by national research bodies.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, BangladeshJB
Jiban Krishna Biswas
Recognized with prestigious national awards for his leadership in rice science, Jiban Krishna Biswas is a distinguished plant physiologist with more than 33 years of experience in research and development. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF), having previously held the role from 2020 to 2022 and rejoining in November 2022. An agricultural graduate from SAU and BAU, he earned his PhD in Crop Science from CLSU, Philippines, supported by an IRRI‑USAID fellowship, and completed postdoctoral research under JSPS in Japan. Dr. Biswas has led major research, administrative, and policy roles, including serving as Director General of the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute until his retirement in 2016. His work spans the development of abiotic stress‑tolerant rice varieties, research management, and extensive consultancy for national and international organizations.
Affiliations and expertise
Former Director General, Department of Plant Physiology, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh