Salt Stress, Microbes, and Plant Interactions: Mechanisms and Molecular Approaches: Volume 2

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This book offers an overview of salt stress, which has a devastating effect on the yields of various agricultural crops around the globe. Excessive salts in soil reduce the availability of water, inhibit metabolic processes, and affect nutrient composition, osmotic balance, and hydraulic conductivity. Plants have developed a number of tolerance mechanisms, such as various compatible solutes, polyamines, reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense mechanisms, ion transport and compartmentalization of injurious ions. The exploitation of genetic variation, use of plant hormones, mineral nutrients, soil microbe interactions, and other mechanical practices are of prime importance in agriculture, and as such have been the subject of multidisciplinary research. Covering both theoretical and practical aspects, the book provides essential physiological, ecological, biochemical, environmental and molecular information as well as perspectives for future research. It is a valuable resource for students, teachers and researchers and anyone interested in agronomy, ecology, stress physiology, environmental science, crop science and molecular biology. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Microbial Management of Crop Salinity Stress: Mechanisms, Applications, and Prospects (Hillol Chakdar, Dnyaneshwar Namdev Borse, Shaloo Verma, Prassan Choudhary, Sudipta Das)....Pages 1-25 Adaptive Mechanisms of Plants Against Salt Stress and Salt Shock (Azzreena Mohamad Azzeme, Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah)....Pages 27-47 Molecular Approaches and Salt Tolerance Mechanisms in Leguminous Plants (Sagar S. Datir, Mohit Kochle, Shruti Jindal)....Pages 49-67 Crop Improvement Through Microbial Biotechnology: A Cross Talk (Khushboo Goyal, Tarun Kumar, Pinki Sharma, Monika Rao, Vasim Ahmed, Nar Singh Chauhan)....Pages 69-90 Role of Phytohormones in Recuperating Salt Stress (Syed Uzma Jalil, Mohammad Israil Ansari)....Pages 91-104 An Enigma in the Genetic Responses of Plants to Salt Stresses (Parisa Azizi, Mohamed Musa Hanafi, Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah, Mahbod Sahebi, Sima Taheri)....Pages 105-132 Application of Microbial Biotechnology in Improving Salt Stress and Crop Productivity (Maneesh Kumar, Mohd Sayeed Akhtar)....Pages 133-159 Consequences of Bioinoculants and Intercropping Approach to Alleviate Plant Drought and Salinity Stress for Sustainable Agriculture (Jegan Sekar, Krishna Saharan, Kathiravan Raju, Ummed Singh, Prabavathy Ramalingam Vaiyapuri)....Pages 161-182 Role of Signaling Pathways in Improving Salt Stress in Plants (Rabia Amir, Faiza Munir, Ghulam Kubra, Irum Nauman, Norina Noor)....Pages 183-211 Mechanisms and Molecular Approaches for Salt Tolerance Enhancement (Anwar Shahzad, Irfan Bashir Ganie)....Pages 213-236 Crops and Methods to Control Soil Salinity (Ghulam Mustafa, Mohd Sayeed Akhtar)....Pages 237-251 Ameliorating Plant Salt Stress Through Bacterial Inoculation: Prospects and Challenges (Qurban Ali Panhwar, Amanat Ali, Umme Aminun Naher, Nizamuddin Depar, Muhammad Yousuf Memon)....Pages 253-268 Proline Accumulation and Oxidative Stress: Diverse Roles and Mechanism of Tolerance and Adaptation Under Salinity Stress (Amrina Shafi, Insha Zahoor, Umar Mushtaq)....Pages 269-300