Priming and Pretreatment of Seeds and Seedlings: Implication in Plant Stress Tolerance and Enhancing Productivity in Crop Plants

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This book introduces readers to both seed treatment and seedling pretreatments, taking into account various factors such as plant age, growing conditions and climate. Reflecting recent advances in seed priming and pretreatment techniques, it demonstrates how these approaches can be used to improve stress tolerance and enhance crop productivity. Covering the basic phenomena involved, mechanisms and recent innovations, the book offers a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and scientists alike, particularly Plant Physiologists, Agronomists, Environmental Scientists, Biotechnologists, and Botanists, who will find essential information on physiology and stress tolerance. The book also provides a valuable source of information for professionals at seed companies, seed technologists, food scientists, policymakers, and agricultural development officers around the world. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Methods of Seed Priming (Ahmad Sher, Taskeen Sarwar, Ahmad Nawaz, Muhammad Ijaz, Abdul Sattar, Shakeel Ahmad)....Pages 1-10 Advances in the Concept and Methods of Seed Priming (Muhammad Waqas, Nicholas Emmanuel Korres, Muhammad Daud Khan, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Farah Deeba, Iftikhar Ali et al.)....Pages 11-41 Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects of Seed Priming (Sadam Hussain, Saddam Hussain, Abdul Khaliq, Shafaqat Ali, Imran Khan)....Pages 43-62 Fundamental Processes Involved in Seed Priming (Ehab Awad-Allah Ibrahim)....Pages 63-115 Seedling Pretreatment: Methods and Protocols (Abdul Rehman, Komal Mazhar, Muhammad Ijaz, Qasim Ali, Shakeel Ahmad)....Pages 117-134 Effect of Seed Priming on Seed Dormancy and Vigor (Muhammad Junaid Rao, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Muhammad Saqib, Riaz Ahmad, Muhammad Fasih Khalid et al.)....Pages 135-145 Alterations in Plant Secondary Metabolism by Seed Priming (Qasim Ali, Sana Ashraf, Muhammad Kamran, Abdul Rehman, Shakeel Ahmad)....Pages 147-161 Seed Priming-Induced Early Vigor in Crops: An Alternate Strategy for Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Meenakshi Thakur, Poornima Sharma, Anjali Anand)....Pages 163-180 Seed Priming Alleviates Stress Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) (R. K. Sarkar, A. K. Mukherjee, K. Chakraborty)....Pages 181-204 Seed Priming-Mediated Improvement of Plant Morphophysiology Under Salt Stress (Abdul Rehman, Babar Shahzad, Aman Ullah, Faisal Nadeem, Mohsin Tanveer, Anket Sharma et al.)....Pages 205-217 Mechanisms of Seed Priming Involved in Salt Stress Amelioration (Magdi T. Abdelhamid, Raafat R. El-Masry, Darwish S. Darwish, Mazhar M. F. Abdalla, Shinya Oba, Ragab Ragab et al.)....Pages 219-251 Seed Priming and Seedling Pre-treatment Induced Tolerance to Drought and Salt Stress: Recent Advances (Smita Sahoo, Pankaj Borgohain, Bedabrata Saha, Debojyoti Moulick, Bhaben Tanti, Sanjib Kumar Panda)....Pages 253-263 Seed Priming Toward Enhanced Chilling Tolerance in Field Crops: An Overview (Hafiz Athar Hussain, Sadam Hussain, Shakeel Ahmad Anjum, Saddam Hussain)....Pages 265-286 Seed Priming and Metal/Metalloid Stress Tolerance in Plants (Abdul Saboor, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Ahmad, Sajjad Hussain, Niaz Ahmed et al.)....Pages 287-311 Advances in Heavy Metal-Induced Stress Alleviation with Respect to Exogenous Amendments in Crop Plants (Bedabrata Saha, Bhaben Chowardhara, Saradia Kar, Sanjenbam Sanjibia Devi, Jay Prakash Awasthi, Debojyoti Moulick et al.)....Pages 313-332 Seed Priming for Disease Resistance in Plants (Ghulam Mustafa, Sajid Masood, Niaz Ahmed, Abdul Saboor, Shakeel Ahmad, Sajjad Hussain et al.)....Pages 333-362 Seed Pretreatment as a Means to Achieve Pathogen Control (Muhammad Taimoor Shakeel, Rashida Parveen, Idrees Haider, Muhammad Arshad, Shakeel Ahmad, Niaz Ahmad et al.)....Pages 363-371 Hydropriming for Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance (Muhammad Fasih Khalid, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Shaghef Ejaz, Maqsood Ahmad, Mehwish Jan et al.)....Pages 373-384 Chemical Priming for Multiple Stress Tolerance (Muhammad Arslan Ashraf, Rizwan Rasheed, Iqbal Hussain, Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Saleem Arif)....Pages 385-415 Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Priming and Pretreatment with Hydrogen Peroxide (Aditya Banerjee, Aryadeep Roychoudhury)....Pages 417-426 Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants Through Pre-sowing Seed Treatments with Mineral Elements and Growth Regulators (Aman Ullah, Babar Shahzad, Mohsin Tanveer, Faisal Nadeem, Anket Sharma, Dong Jin Lee et al.)....Pages 427-445 Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Priming and Pretreatments with Phytohormones (Muhammad Sarfraz, Sajid Hussain, Muhammad Ijaz, Ahmad Nawaz, Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir, Ahmad Sher et al.)....Pages 447-457 Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Priming and Pretreatments with Ascorbic Acid (Sajid Ali, Aamir Nawaz, Sajjad Hussain, Samiya Mahmood Khan, Shaghef Ejaz, Shakeel Ahmad)....Pages 459-493 An Assessment of Efficiency of Zinc Priming in Rice (cv. MTU-7029) During Germination and Early Seedling Growth (Debojyoti Moulick, Subhas Chandra Santra, Dibakar Ghosh, Sanjib Kumar Panda)....Pages 495-507 Application of Endophytes Through Seed Priming (Ahmad Mahmood, Ryota Kataoka)....Pages 509-521 Microbial Inoculation of Seeds for Better Plant Growth and Productivity (Muhammad Arif Ali, Fariha Ilyas, Muhammad Arshad, Sajjad Hussain, Mazhar Iqbal, Shakeel Ahmad et al.)....Pages 523-550 Role of Seed Priming and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Modulating Crops’ Responses to Salinity Stress (Abdul Majeed, Zahir Muhammad, Rehmanullah)....Pages 551-572 Pretreatment of Seedlings with Exogenous Protectants for Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Shaghef Ejaz, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Azam, Sajid Ali, Shakeel Ahmad)....Pages 573-593 Improving Antioxidant Defense in Plants Through Seed Priming and Seedling Pretreatment (Idrees Haider, Muhammad Akmal, Muhammad Taimoor Shakeel, Shakeel Ahmad, Niaz Ahmad, Sajjad Hussain et al.)....Pages 595-604