Agricultural Biostimulants for Mitigation of Salt, Drought, and Heat Stress
- 1st Edition - February 18, 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
Description
Description
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.
Key features
Key features
- 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
Readership
Readership
Researchers and academics working in the field of biostimulants and abiotic stress tolerance. Advanced-level students in agricultural and crop studies.
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. An overview of the use and importance of biostimulants in agriculture
2. Biostimulants in mitigation of drought stress in crop plants
3. Biostimulants in mitigation of cold stress in crop plants
4. Application of plant growth-promoting bacteria in crops for salt stress tolerance
5. Role of biochar in drought stress tolerance in agricultural crops
6. Biostimulants for waterlogging stress in crops
7. Role of biochar supplementation in mitigating salt stress in plants
8. Nanoformulations to boost growth and salinity tolerance in crop plants
9. Effects of essential oil-based nanoparticles on the plant defense system
10. Enhancing crop heat and drought tolerance with karrikins (KARs)
11. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for drought tolerance in crops
12.. Biostimulants and plant homeostasis
13. Role of natural biostimulants (seaweed extracts, humic acids, beneficial bacteria, and fungi) in leguminous crops
14. Exopolysaccharides-producing bacteria: their use in arid agriculture
15. Polyamines and their role in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants
16. Polyamines and hormonal crosstalk: enhancing plant resilience
17. Mitigation of salt stress in agricultural crops through various plant growth regulators
18. Exploring the potential of biostimulants for enhancing drought stress resistance in cereal crops
19. Halophilic bacteria stimulate plant growth and improve the affected soil
20. From sea to soil: an exploration of seaweed extracts as natural biostimulants for crop improvement
21. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in abiotic stress tolerance and plant growth regulation
22. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for thermotolerance in plants
23. Plant-based biostimulants for abiotic stress management: an emerging sustainable agriculture approach
24. Underlying mechanisms responsible for abiotic stress responses and defense adaptation in plants
25. Plant responses to abiotic stress and mitigation strategies
26. Conclusion and future perspectives of biostimulant-mediated mitigation of salt, drought, and heat stress in plants
2. Biostimulants in mitigation of drought stress in crop plants
3. Biostimulants in mitigation of cold stress in crop plants
4. Application of plant growth-promoting bacteria in crops for salt stress tolerance
5. Role of biochar in drought stress tolerance in agricultural crops
6. Biostimulants for waterlogging stress in crops
7. Role of biochar supplementation in mitigating salt stress in plants
8. Nanoformulations to boost growth and salinity tolerance in crop plants
9. Effects of essential oil-based nanoparticles on the plant defense system
10. Enhancing crop heat and drought tolerance with karrikins (KARs)
11. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for drought tolerance in crops
12.. Biostimulants and plant homeostasis
13. Role of natural biostimulants (seaweed extracts, humic acids, beneficial bacteria, and fungi) in leguminous crops
14. Exopolysaccharides-producing bacteria: their use in arid agriculture
15. Polyamines and their role in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants
16. Polyamines and hormonal crosstalk: enhancing plant resilience
17. Mitigation of salt stress in agricultural crops through various plant growth regulators
18. Exploring the potential of biostimulants for enhancing drought stress resistance in cereal crops
19. Halophilic bacteria stimulate plant growth and improve the affected soil
20. From sea to soil: an exploration of seaweed extracts as natural biostimulants for crop improvement
21. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in abiotic stress tolerance and plant growth regulation
22. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for thermotolerance in plants
23. Plant-based biostimulants for abiotic stress management: an emerging sustainable agriculture approach
24. Underlying mechanisms responsible for abiotic stress responses and defense adaptation in plants
25. Plant responses to abiotic stress and mitigation strategies
26. Conclusion and future perspectives of biostimulant-mediated mitigation of salt, drought, and heat stress in plants
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 19, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
MN
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, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 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, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, IndiaView book on ScienceDirect
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