The increase in global population, urbanization and industrialization is resulting in the conversion of cultivated land into wasteland. Providing food from these limited resources to an ever-increasing population is one of the biggest challenges that present agriculturalists and plant scientists are facing.

List of contributors, vii Preface, x About the editors, xii 1 Biotechnological applications to improve salinity stress in wheat, 1Sami ullah Jan, Ghulam Kubra, Mehreen Naz, Ifrah Shafqat, Muhammad Asif Shahzad, Fakiha Afzal andAlvina Gul Kazi 2 Soybean under abiotic stress: Proteomic approach, 28Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef, Sumaira Jan, Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah, Bushra Rashid, Riffat John and Parvaiz Ahmad 3 Proteomic analysis of food crops under abiotic stresses in the context of climate change, 43P. S. Sha Valli Khan, P. Osman Basha, G. Vijaya Lakshmi, M. Muniraja, K. Sergeant and J. F. Hausman 4 Transcriptome modulation in rice under abiotic stress, 70Smita Kumar and Prabodh Kumar Trivedi 5 Sulphur: Role in alleviation of environmental stress in crop plants, 84Dagmar Prochazkova, Daniela Pavlikova and Milan Pavlik 6 Proline and glycine betaine modulate cadmium]induced oxidative stress tolerance in plants: Possible biochemical and molecular mechanisms, 97Mohammad Anwar Hossain, David J. Burritt and Masayuki Fujita 7 Enhancement of vegetables and fruits growth and yield by application of brassinosteroids under abioticstresses: A review, 124Bojjam Vidya Vardhini 8 Physiological mechanisms of salt stress tolerance in plants: An overview, 141Hadi Pirasteh-Anosheh, Gholamhassan Ranjbar, Hassan Pakniyat and Yahya Emam 9 Heat stress in wheat and interdisciplinary approaches for yield maximization, 161Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Jamil, Abdul Aziz Napar, Rida Rahman, Asghari Bano, Fakiha Afzal, Alvina GulKazi and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi 10 Effect of elevated CO2 and temperature stress on cereal crops, 184Ashutosh Tripathi, Devendra Kumar Chauhan, Gopal S. Singh and Niraj Kumar 11 Lipid metabolism and oxidation in plants subjected to abiotic stresses, 205Adriano Sofo, Antonio Scopa, Abeer Hashem and Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah 12 Physiological response of mycorrhizal symbiosis to soil pollutants, 214Mercedes Garcia-Sanchez, I. Garcia-Romera, J. A. Ocampo and E. Aranda 13 Microbially derived phytohormones in plant adaptation against abiotic stress, 234Dilfuza Egamberdieva 14 Synergistic interactions among root]associated bacteria, rhizobia and chickpea under stressconditions, 250Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Anvar Abdiev and Botir Khaitov 15 Plant secondary metabolites: From molecular biology to health products, 263L. F. De Filippis 16 Medicinal plants under abiotic stress: An overview, 300Sameen Ruqia Imadi, Alvina Gul Kazi, Abeer Hashem, Elsayed Fathi Abd]Allah, A. A. Alqarawi and Parvaiz Ahmad 17 Signalling roles of methylglyoxal and the involvement of the glyoxalase system in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance, 311Tahsina Sharmin Hoque, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, David J. Burritt andMasayuki Fujita 18 Role of sedges (Cyperaceae) in wetlands, environmental cleaning and as food material: Possibilities and future perspectives, 327Sanjay Mishra, Ashutosh Tripathi, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi and Devendra Kumar Chauhan Index, 339