Physiological Mechanisms and Adaptation Strategies in Plants Under Changing Environment

1. Mechanisms and Adaptation of Plants to Environmental Stress: A Case of Woody Species
Azza Chelli-Chaabouni

2. Drought Tolerance: Role of Organic Osmolytes, Growth Regulators, and Mineral Nutrients
Mohammad Abass Ahanger, Shiv Ram Tyagi, Mohd Rafiq Wani, Parvaiz Ahmad

3. Influencing the Product Quality by Applying Drought Stress During the Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
Maik Kleinwächter, Dirk Selmar

4. Water Scarcity and Water Stress in Agriculture
Gabrijel Ondrasek

5. Biotechnology for Drought and Salinity Tolerance of Crops
Faiçal Brini, Khaled Masmoudi

6. Effect of Salinity on Plants and the Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Alleviation of Salt Stress
Gopal Selvakumar, Kiyoon Kim, Shuijin Hu, Tongmin Sa

7. Cash Crop Halophytes: The Ecologically and Economically Sustainable Use of Naturally Salt-Resistant Plants in the Context of Global Changes
Nicole Geissler, Helmut Lieth, Hans-Werner Koyro

8. Effects of Heat Stress on Growth and Crop Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Sonal Mathur, Anjana Jajoo

9. Low Temperature Stress in Plants: An Overview of Roles of Cryoprotectants in Defense
Kalpna Bhandari, Harsh Nayyar

10. Lignins and Abiotic Stress: An Overview
Renu Bhardwaj, Neha Handa, Resham Sharma, Harpreet Kaur, Sukhmeen Kohli, Vinod Kumar, Parminder Kaur

11. Humic Substances and Plant Defense Metabolism
Ricardo L. L. Berbara, Andrés C. García

12. Mitochondrial Respiration: Involvement of the Alternative Respiratory Pathway and Residual Respiration in Abiotic Stress Responses
Silvana Chocobar-Ponce, Carolina Prado, Rosana González, Mariana Rosa, Fernando E. Prado

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Biochemistry, Cell Biology