Various compatible solutes enable plants to tolerate abiotic stress, and glycinebetaine (GB)
is one of the most‐studied among such solutes. Early research on GB focused on the …

As the result of intensive research and breeding efforts over the last 20 years, the yield
potential and yield quality of cereals have been greatly improved. Nowadays, yield safety …

Growth and productivity of rice and soil inhabiting microbial population is negatively affected
by soil salinity. However, some salt resistant, rhizosphere competent bacteria improve plant …

Elevated Na+ levels in agricultural lands are increasingly becoming a serious threat to the
world agriculture. Plants suffer osmotic and ionic stress under high salinity due to the salts …

The accumulation of osmolytes like glycinebetaine (GB) in cell is known to protect organisms
against abiotic stresses via osmoregulation or osmoprotection. Transgenic plants …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Glycinebetaine (GB) has been studied extensively as a compatible solute because of the
availability of GB-accumulating transgenic plants that harbor a variety of transgenes for GB …

Salinity-alkalinity is incipient abiotic stress that impairs plant growth and development. Rice
(Oryza sativa) is a major food crop greatly affected by soil salinity and alkalinity, requiring …

An OsWRKY11 gene, which encodes a transcription factor with the WRKY domain, was
identified as one of the genes that was induced by both heat shock and drought stresses in …

This book will shed light on the effect of salt stress on plants development, proteomics,
genomics, genetic engineering, and plant adaptations, among other topics. Understanding …