
Multiple Abiotic Stresses in Plants
Mechanisms and Management Strategies
- 1st Edition - January 1, 2026
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Koushik Chakraborty, Md. Hasanuzzaman, Debarati Bhaduri, Somnath Roy, Honghong Wu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 7 4 2 4 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 7 4 2 5 - 1
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Multiple Abiotic Stresses: Mechanisms and Management Strategies is the only single-volume reference providing insights into the occurrence of multiple abiotic stresses faced by plants, their physiology and adaptation mechanisms. The responses and recovery processes by plants under multiple abiotic stresses are different than when facing an individual stress, or multiple stresses faced separately. Exploring these mechanistic differences and management practices is key to advancing understanding and improvement of plant health and crop production.
Combined or multiple abiotic stresses are an emerging outcome of global climate change, resulting in significant impact on crop plants around the world. Drought, temperature extremes, salinity, and submergence/water stagnation are some of the major stresses that may occur in a sequence in a single cropping season and sometimes simultaneously as well.
This book provides a comprehensive resource for researchers, educators, students, and practitioners interested in the intricate interplay between multiple abiotic stresses and plant biology, as well as strategies for enhancing stress resilience and sustainability in agriculture.
Combined or multiple abiotic stresses are an emerging outcome of global climate change, resulting in significant impact on crop plants around the world. Drought, temperature extremes, salinity, and submergence/water stagnation are some of the major stresses that may occur in a sequence in a single cropping season and sometimes simultaneously as well.
This book provides a comprehensive resource for researchers, educators, students, and practitioners interested in the intricate interplay between multiple abiotic stresses and plant biology, as well as strategies for enhancing stress resilience and sustainability in agriculture.
- Presents comprehensive information on multiple abiotic stress tolerance, plant responses from genotyping to phenotyping level, and management for stress alleviation
- Unlocks the latest knowledge on the physiological and molecular basis of multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants, and improvement strategies
- Includes the importance of interdisciplinary collaborations and knowledge exchange in addressing global challenges related to agricultural sustainability
Scientists, researchers and academics in plant science
SECTION A. Multiple abiotic stresses in crop plants: A global climate change perspective
1. Incidence of multiple abiotic stresses in crop plants and its implication for global food security
2. Mechanisms and strategies to deal with compound stress in plants: an overview
SECTION B. Physiological and molecular basis of multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
3. Morphological and anatomical adaptations in plants under multiple abiotic stresses
4. Photosynthetic and stomatal regulation to multiple abiotic stresses in plants
5. Plant signaling and signal transduction cascade under multiple abiotic stresses in plants
6. Role of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense in tolerating multiple abiotic stresses in plants
7. Modulation of ion transport and uptake dynamics in plants under multiple abiotic stresses
8. Transcription factors and their role in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
9. Role of phytohormones and plant growth regulators in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
10. Secondary metabolites, metallothioneins, and phytochelatins in combating multiple abiotic stresses in plants
SECTION C. Approaches for improving multiple stress tolerance in plants
11. Use of Plant Genetic Resources and marker-assisted breeding approaches to improve multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
12. Genomics-assisted approaches for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
13. Role of phenomics and precision phenotyping in breeding strategies to develop multiple abiotic stress tolerant crops
14. Use of nanobiotechnology to improve multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
15. Transgenic and genome editing-based approaches for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
16. Multi-omics-based approaches for developing multiple abiotic stress tolerant crops
SECTION D. Management strategies to overcome multiple abiotic stresses in plants
17. Management of multiple abiotic stresses through improved agronomic practices
18. Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices to mitigate multiple abiotic stresses in crops
19. Alleviation of multiple abiotic stresses by improving macro- and micro-nutrient management
20. Role of beneficial elements to mediate the tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses in plants
21. Role of soil amendments in improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
22. Importance of beneficial microbes in improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance of plants: Special reference to PGPR and AMF
23. Detection and monitoring of abiotic stresses in crops: Latest on technological applications
1. Incidence of multiple abiotic stresses in crop plants and its implication for global food security
2. Mechanisms and strategies to deal with compound stress in plants: an overview
SECTION B. Physiological and molecular basis of multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
3. Morphological and anatomical adaptations in plants under multiple abiotic stresses
4. Photosynthetic and stomatal regulation to multiple abiotic stresses in plants
5. Plant signaling and signal transduction cascade under multiple abiotic stresses in plants
6. Role of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense in tolerating multiple abiotic stresses in plants
7. Modulation of ion transport and uptake dynamics in plants under multiple abiotic stresses
8. Transcription factors and their role in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
9. Role of phytohormones and plant growth regulators in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
10. Secondary metabolites, metallothioneins, and phytochelatins in combating multiple abiotic stresses in plants
SECTION C. Approaches for improving multiple stress tolerance in plants
11. Use of Plant Genetic Resources and marker-assisted breeding approaches to improve multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
12. Genomics-assisted approaches for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
13. Role of phenomics and precision phenotyping in breeding strategies to develop multiple abiotic stress tolerant crops
14. Use of nanobiotechnology to improve multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
15. Transgenic and genome editing-based approaches for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
16. Multi-omics-based approaches for developing multiple abiotic stress tolerant crops
SECTION D. Management strategies to overcome multiple abiotic stresses in plants
17. Management of multiple abiotic stresses through improved agronomic practices
18. Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices to mitigate multiple abiotic stresses in crops
19. Alleviation of multiple abiotic stresses by improving macro- and micro-nutrient management
20. Role of beneficial elements to mediate the tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses in plants
21. Role of soil amendments in improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants
22. Importance of beneficial microbes in improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance of plants: Special reference to PGPR and AMF
23. Detection and monitoring of abiotic stresses in crops: Latest on technological applications
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 2026
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Koushik Chakraborty
Dr. Koushik Chakraborty is a senior scientist at the Plant Physiology, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, in India. His areas of specialization is are in abiotic stress physiology (salinity, submergence & waterlogging), molecular plant physiology (salinity tolerance mechanism, oxidative stress tolerance), membrane ion transport, and electro-physiology. He has served as a reviewer for international scientific journals, and has published over 56 scientific papers, authored/edited five books, and 27 book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Scientist, Plant Physiology, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, IndiaMH
Md. Hasanuzzaman
Professor in the Department of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. My research areas include Plant Stress Physiology and Agronomy. I am interested in the physiological, morphological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms of different biotic (virus, fungus) and abiotic stress tolerance (salinity, drought, waterlogged, heavy metals) on crops.
Affiliations and expertise
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, BangladeshDB
Debarati Bhaduri
Debarati Bhaduri is a senior scientist at ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, in India. A soil scientist, she has made significant contributions in quantifying soil quality by integrating soil physical-chemical-biological indicators under long-term rice-wheat system of Indo-Gangetic plain. She has proposed an alternate management of crop residues to subside burning and mitigate climate change. Her other research focuses on alteration in agronomic management for submergence tolerance in rice, optimization of agrochemicals’ doses for sustaining soil ecological health, refinement of management options for saline coastal soil with nutrient balances in soil and plants, and intervention of new-generation management to improve NUE and WUE.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Scientist, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, IndiaSR
Somnath Roy
Somnath Roy is a senior scientist at the Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Hazaribag, in India. His research focuses on rice breeding, plant genetic resource management, population genetics, and natural genetic variation for abiotic stress tolerance. He has published over 56 papers in international scientific journals, authored/edited one book, and 10 book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Scientist (Plant Breeding) at the Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Hazaribag, IndiaHW
Honghong Wu
Honghong Wu is a professor at Huazhong Agricultural University, China. He specializes in nano-enabled agriculture, nanozymes, nanosensors, nano-systems to deliver biomolecules, plant salt tolerance mechanisms, photosynthesis, ion transport across membrane, ROS homeostasis. Dr. Wu has served as editor and reviewer for internationally renowned journals, and has published over 50 articles.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China