In the last half century, because of the raising world population and because of the many environmental issues posed by the industrialization, the amount of arable land per person has declined from 0.32 ha in 1961-1963 to 0.21 ha in 1997-1999 and is expected to drop further to 0.16 ha by 2030 and therefore is a severe menace to food security (FAO 2006). At the same time, about 12 million ha of irrigated land in the developing world has lost its productivity due to waterlogging and salinity. Waterlogging is a major problem for plant cultivation in many regions of the world. The reasons are in part due to climatic change that leads to the increased number of precipitations of great intensity, in part to land degradation. Considering India alone, the total area suffering from waterlogging is estimated to be about 3.3 million ha (Bhattacharya 1992), the major causes of waterlogging include super- ous irrigation supplies, seepage losses from canal, impeded sub-surface drainage, and lack of proper land development. In addition, many irrigated areas are s- jected to yield decline because of waterlogging due to inadequate drainage systems. Worldwide, it has been estimated that at least one-tenth of the irrigated cropland suffers from waterlogging.

Whole-Plant Regulation

Oxygen Transport in Waterlogged Plants
Waterlogging and Plant Nutrient Uptake
Strategies for Adaptation to Waterlogging and Hypoxia in Nitrogen Fixing Nodules of Legumes
Oxygen Transport in the Sapwood of Trees
Intracellular Signalling
pH Signaling During Anoxia
Programmed Cell Death and Aerenchyma Formation Under Hypoxia
Oxygen Deprivation, Metabolic Adaptations and Oxidative Stress
Membrane Transporters in Waterlogging Tolerance
Root Water Transport Under Waterlogged Conditions and the Roles of Aquaporins
Root Oxygen Deprivation and Leaf Biochemistry in Trees
Membrane Transporters and Waterlogging Tolerance
Ion Transport in Aquatic Plants
Agronomical and Environmental Aspects
Genetic Variability and Determinism of Adaptation of Plants to Soil Waterlogging
Improvement of Plant Waterlogging Tolerance.