Thermotolerance in Crop Plants [E-Book]

Heat stress in wheat: adaptation strategies -- Molecular markers mediated heat stress tolerance in crop plants -- Physiology of crop yield under heat stress -- Physiological traits for improving heat stress tolerance in plants -- Understanding the mechanism of high temperature stress effect and tolerance in wheat -- Reactive Oxygen Species - Friend or Foe -- CDPKs based signalling network: Protecting the wheat from heat -- Heat Shock Proteins: Catalytic Chaperones involved in Modulating Thermotolerance in Plants -- Starch metabolism under heat stress -- Heat stress and grain quality -- Omics tools and techniques for study of defense mechanism in plants -- Induced mutagenesis for high temperature tolerance in crop plants -- CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing to enhance heat stress tolerance in crop plants -- Genomics-enabled breeding for heat and drought stress tolerance in crop plants.

This book collates various aspects of stress tolerance in crop plants. It primarily focuses on the heat and temperature related stress, starting from the severity of the problem on quantity and quality of yield under the threat of global climate change. The content also explores other mechanistic dimensions such as physiochemical and molecular mechanism underlying thermotolerance, signaling mechanism under heat stress, role of heat shock proteins in modulating thermotolerance, omics approach for development of climate smart-crop. Chapters discuss different approaches used in the past to develop heat stress tolerant crop plants, list of developed thermotolerant agriculturally important crop plants, redox homeostasis under heat stress, nutrient uptake and use efficiency in plants under heat stress and much more. The book is a useful compilation for researchers working in the area of abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants, as well as for students of plant physiology and agricultural sciences.