Salt stress causes multifarious adverse effects in plants. Of them, production of reactive
oxygen species (ROS) is a common phenomenon. These ROS are highly reactive because …

Environmental stresses present major challenges in our quest to achieve sustainable food
production. The reactions of plants to environmental stresses are complex and involve many …

Exposure of plants to irradiation, in excess to saturate photosynthesis, leads to reduction in
photosynthetic capacity without any change in bulk pigment content. This effect is known as …

This book provides an overview of results on the effects of global environmental changes on
crop productivity. It focuses on 4 environmental factors, ie global warming, soil salinization …

Remarkable changes were observed in chlorophyll (Chl)(a+ b), carotenoids (Car), and
protein content of leaves and fluorescence emission, polarisation, excitation energy transfer …

Heavy metals (HMs) are consequential environmental contaminant, and their prodigious
bioaccumulation in the surroundings has become an enigma for all living organisms …

Salinity is an important abiotic stress that limits growth and yield of many crop species. The
effects of salinity on crop plants are exerted by presence of excess salts (ionic effect) and …

The role of antioxidants and regulation of photosynthesis as photoprotective adaptations of
Mediterranean vegetation to winter stress have been studied. These mechanisms are …

To elucidate the role of antioxidative defense system against salt stresses, the levels of
antioxidative enzymes and lipid peroxidation were quantified in leaves and roots of 2-year …

The activity of photosystems (PS) 1 and 2, together with the content and ratio of
photosynthetic pigments, were measured in three inbred lines and two F 1 hybrids of maize …