Agricultural Biostimulants for Mitigation of Salt, Drought, and Heat Stress
- 1st Edition - March 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: M. Naeem, Sarvajeet Singh Gill
- Language: English
Agricultural Biostimulants for Mitigation of Salt, Drought and Heat Stress provides up-to-date information on sustainable strategies to enhance the resilience of agricultural… Read more
Agricultural Biostimulants for Mitigation of Salt, Drought and Heat Stress provides up-to-date information on sustainable strategies to enhance the resilience of agricultural crops under adverse environmental conditions. As part of the Biostimulants and Protective Biochemical Agents series, this volume focuses on high-impact challenges and emerging opportunities in crop stress management.
Biostimulants represent a promising and effective approach to achieving sustainable agriculture. Widely regarded as renewable sources of plant nutrients, they can enhance crop productivity and improve soil health. Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in the use of diverse biostimulants—including plant growth-promoting fungi, rhizobacteria, seaweed extracts, and organic amendments—to increase nutrient use efficiency and boost plant tolerance to abiotic stresses.
This book covers a range of key biostimulant categories such as bacteria, algae, plant growth regulators (PGRs), plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), biochar, and other core approaches. It explores how specific biostimulants contribute to protecting and enhancing plant health and is the first comprehensive reference to focus exclusively on their role in safeguarding crop yields under salt, drought, and heat stress conditions.
Biostimulants represent a promising and effective approach to achieving sustainable agriculture. Widely regarded as renewable sources of plant nutrients, they can enhance crop productivity and improve soil health. Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in the use of diverse biostimulants—including plant growth-promoting fungi, rhizobacteria, seaweed extracts, and organic amendments—to increase nutrient use efficiency and boost plant tolerance to abiotic stresses.
This book covers a range of key biostimulant categories such as bacteria, algae, plant growth regulators (PGRs), plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), biochar, and other core approaches. It explores how specific biostimulants contribute to protecting and enhancing plant health and is the first comprehensive reference to focus exclusively on their role in safeguarding crop yields under salt, drought, and heat stress conditions.
- Highlights cost-effective and eco-friendly biostimulant technologies for the sustainable development of agricultural crops
- Presents cross-disciplinary insights from agronomy, plant physiology, agricultural science, biotechnology, and molecular biology
- Written by global experts with a focus on sustainable agriculture and climate-resilient crop production
Researchers and academics working in the field of biostimulants and abiotic stress tolerance. Advanced-level students in agricultural and crop studies.
1. An overview of the use and importance of biostimulants in agriculture
2. Biostimulants in mitigation of drought stress responses in crop plants
3. Biostimulants in the alleviation of cold stress responses in crop plants
4. Application of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) in salt stress tolerance in crop plants
5. Role of biochar in drought stress tolerance in agricultural crop
6. Role of Biostimulants in crop resilience and resistance
7. Role of biochar in mitigating salt stress in plants
8. Nano-formulations to boost growth and salinity tolerance
9. Effect of essential oil-based nanoparticles on plant defense systems
10. Mitigation of heat and cold stress in agricultural crops
11. Significance of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) in drought stress tolerance in plants
12. Biostimulants homeostasis in plants
13. Role of natural biostimulants (humic acids, seaweed extracts, beneficial bacteria and fungi) in leguminous crops
14. Regulation of physiological and molecular mechanism in plants under salt and drought stress: Significance of biostimulants
15. Exopolysaccharides producing bacteria: Their use in arid agriculture
16. Polyamines: Used as biostimulators in commercial crops for mitigating abiotic stress
17. Mitigation of salt stress in annual and perennial crops through divers PGRs
18. Drought stress tolerance in cereal crops: Role of biostimulants in crop resilience and resistance
19. Halophilic Bacteria: Stimulate plant growth and improves salt affected soil
20. Mitigation of drought stress in plants using beneficial bacteria
21. Algal extracts act as biostimulant of growth and quality to salt stressed vegetables
22. Seaweed extracts used as a potential biostimulant in crop improvement
23. Arbuscularmycorrhizal fungi tolerance against environmental stress
24. Role of melatonin in drought stress mitigation
25. Plant based Biostimulants for abiotic stress management: An emerging approach in sustainable agriculture
26. Conclusion and future perspective of biostimulants mediated mitigation of salt, drought and heat stress in plants
2. Biostimulants in mitigation of drought stress responses in crop plants
3. Biostimulants in the alleviation of cold stress responses in crop plants
4. Application of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) in salt stress tolerance in crop plants
5. Role of biochar in drought stress tolerance in agricultural crop
6. Role of Biostimulants in crop resilience and resistance
7. Role of biochar in mitigating salt stress in plants
8. Nano-formulations to boost growth and salinity tolerance
9. Effect of essential oil-based nanoparticles on plant defense systems
10. Mitigation of heat and cold stress in agricultural crops
11. Significance of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) in drought stress tolerance in plants
12. Biostimulants homeostasis in plants
13. Role of natural biostimulants (humic acids, seaweed extracts, beneficial bacteria and fungi) in leguminous crops
14. Regulation of physiological and molecular mechanism in plants under salt and drought stress: Significance of biostimulants
15. Exopolysaccharides producing bacteria: Their use in arid agriculture
16. Polyamines: Used as biostimulators in commercial crops for mitigating abiotic stress
17. Mitigation of salt stress in annual and perennial crops through divers PGRs
18. Drought stress tolerance in cereal crops: Role of biostimulants in crop resilience and resistance
19. Halophilic Bacteria: Stimulate plant growth and improves salt affected soil
20. Mitigation of drought stress in plants using beneficial bacteria
21. Algal extracts act as biostimulant of growth and quality to salt stressed vegetables
22. Seaweed extracts used as a potential biostimulant in crop improvement
23. Arbuscularmycorrhizal fungi tolerance against environmental stress
24. Role of melatonin in drought stress mitigation
25. Plant based Biostimulants for abiotic stress management: An emerging approach in sustainable agriculture
26. Conclusion and future perspective of biostimulants mediated mitigation of salt, drought and heat stress in plants
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: March 1, 2026
- Language: English
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M. Naeem
M. Naeem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India. His research focuses on escalating the production of medicinal plants and their active principles using potent PGRs under normal and stressful environmental conditions. His research also focuses on abiotic stress tolerance in medicinal plants. Dr. Naeem has published over 100 research papers in reputable international journals. He has also authored 12 books and co-authored several book chapters published by international publishers. Based on his research contributions, Dr. Naeem has received multiple awards and recognitions.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IndiaSG
Sarvajeet Singh Gill
Sarvajeet Singh Gill is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. His research areas include agricultural plant biotechnology, biotic and abiotic stress biology, plant microbe interaction, and in-silico understanding of plant genomes. He has 12 years of research and 10 years of teaching experience. Dr. Gill has written over 50 book chapters and published over 100 peer reviewed publications in reputed SCI journals and edited around 30 books published by International publishers such Springer-Verlag, Wiley-Blackwell, CRC Press, and Elsevier, among others. He has carried out four R&D projects funded by prominent National funding agencies as Principal Investigator.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, Centre for Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India