Advances in Rice Research for Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Second Edition provides an updated, comprehensive, and globally relevant resource that reflects the latest scientific advancements in the area. Addressing the challenges posed by climate change, the book provides insights into technological advancements and explores the socioeconomic and policy aspects related to rice cultivation under abiotic stress. With significant abiotic stress challenges impacting yield and quality, this edition is vital for ensuring food security. The book comprehensively covers significant advancements in rice research, particularly regarding abiotic stress tolerance.
These include new understanding of genetic markers, innovative breeding techniques, and cutting-edge biotechnological interventions. It also incorporates findings on the role of microbiomes, sustainable farming practices, and tools for genome editing. The latest global trends, challenges, and solutions in rice research are addressed, making it a valuable resource for researchers, educators, and agricultural practitioners.
1. Managing Abiotic Stresses With Rice Agriculture to Achieve
Sustainable Food Security: Bangladesh Perspective
2. Recent Progress in Rice Varietal Development for Abiotic Stress Tolerance
3. Plant Growth and Morphological Changes in Rice Under Abiotic Stress
4. Deciphering Strategies for Salt Stress Tolerance in Rice in the Context of
Climate Change
5. Effects of Salinity on Rice and Rice Weeds: Short- and Long-Term
Adaptation Strategies and Weed Management
6. Rice Responses and Tolerance to Drought
7. Rice Responses and Tolerance to High Temperature
8. Scope and Progress of Rice Research Harnessing Cold Tolerance
9. Rice Responses and Tolerance to Excess Water Stress
10. Responses of Rice to Individual and Combined Stresses of Flooding and
Salinity
11. Rice Responses and Tolerance to Metal/Metalloid Toxicity
12. Physiological and Molecular Responses for Metalloid Stress in RiceA
Comprehensive Overview
13. Recent Advances in Arsenic Accumulation in Rice
14. Climate Change and Abiotic Stress-Induced Oxidative Burst in Rice
15. Comparative Metabolomics Approach Towards Understanding Chemical
Variation in Rice Under Abiotic Stress
16. Abiotic Stress Signaling in Rice Crop
17. Abiotic Stress and Rice Grain Quality
18. Advances in Biotechnological Tools: Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in
Rice
19. Use of Phytohormones in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Rice
20. Biostimulants for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in rice
21. Emerging Role of Osmolytes in Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
22. Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Conferring Abiotic Stress
Tolerance in Rice
23. Advances in AMF application for abiotic stress tolerance in rice
24. Response of biofertilizers for sustainable rice production under abiotic
stresses
25. Ameliorative Mechanisms of Polyamines Against Abiotic Stress in the Rice
Plants
26. Genomic Footprints Uncovering Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
27. Engineering of Abiotic Stress Tolerance by Modulating Antioxidant Defense
Systems
28. Omics Approaches in Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
29. Proteomics Study in Rice Responses and Tolerance to Salt Stress
30. Molecular Approaches for Dissecting and Improving Drought and Heat
Tolerance in Rice
31. Use of QTLs in Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
32. Role of MicroRNA for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
33. Gene Editing Tools for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice
34. Policy Directions Toward Increasing Rice ProductivityLessons from
Bangladesh
Dr. Mirza Hasanuzzaman is Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka. He is a specialist in agronomy, plant stress responses, and crop physiology. His current work is focused on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance (salinity, drought, flood, and heavy metals/metalloids). Dr. Hasanuzzaman has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has edited six books and written 30 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress tolerance, and crop production. Dr. Masayuki Fujita is a Professor in the Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, and his M.Agr. and Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. His research interests include physiological, biochemical and molecular biological responses based on secondary metabolism in plants under biotic (pathogenic fungal infection) and abiotic (salinity, drought, extreme temperatures and heavy metals) stresses; phytoalexin, cytochrome P-450, glutathione S-transferase, phytochelatin and redox reaction and antioxidants. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and has multiple books. Dr. Kamrun Nahar, Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh She is well expert in the field of Plant Physiology, Ecology, Molecular Biology and Abiotic Stress Tolerance. Published 1o book chapters and more than 30 research articles. Dr. Jiban Krishna Biswas, National Consultant (Healthier Rice Project), IRRI-Bangladesh and former Director General of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh Renowned rice scientists and expert in Rice Biology, Physiology and Agronomy. Published more than 20 monographs, 50 research articles and hundreds of popular articles.
