This book presents various aspects of salt and drought stress signaling in crops, combining physiological, biochemical, and molecular studies. Salt and drought stress are two major constraints on crop production worldwide. Plants possess several mechanisms to cope with the adverse effects of salt and drought. Among these mechanisms, stress signaling is very important, because it integrates and regulates nuclear gene expression and other cellular activities, which can help to restore cellular homeostasis. Accordingly, understanding the signaling cascades will help plant biologists to grasp the tolerance mechanisms that allow breeders to develop tolerant crop varieties. 

This book is an essential resource for researchers and graduate students working on salt and drought stress physiology and plant breeding. 

An overview of salinity tolerance mechanism in plants

Plant responses and tolerance to combined salt and drought stress
Special adaptive features of plant species in response to salinity
Special adaptive features of plant species in response to drought
Special anatomical features of halophytes: Implication for salt Tolerance
Plant roots- the hidden half for investigating salt and drought stress responses and tolerance
Plant responses and tolerance to extreme salinity: Learning from halophytes tolerance to extreme salinity
Programmed cell death and drought stress signaling
Overview of signal transduction in plants under salt and drought stresses
Calcium signaling in plants under drought
ROS signalling in modulating salinity stress tolerance in plants.-  Phytohormone signaling in response to drought
Physiological Role of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid in Salt Stress Tolerance
NAC transcription factors in drought and salinity tolerance
Genetic manipulation of drought stress signaling pathways in plants
QTL mapping for drought stress tolerance in plants.