Completely revised and updated to reflect recent advances in the field, the Second Edition of this comprehensive reference addresses issues and concerns related to plant and crop stress-detailing interrelated topics never before combined in a single text.

With 56 chapters-23 more than the First Edition-the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress, Second Edition includes new information on

• pH stress
• water-deficit conditions
• temperature stress
• carotenoids and stress
• light stress
• oxidative damage to proteins
• pollution stress
• UV-B induced stress
• agrichemical stress
• abiotic stress tolerance

Written by over 110 renowned scientists, specialists, and researchers in the field from over 25 countries, the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress, Second Edition

• discusses soil salinity and sodicity problems and their effects on crop growth
• covers plants and crops with different degrees of salt tolerance as well as their response to salt, drought, temperature/heat, pollution, agrichemical, and other stresses
• introduces plants and crops suitable for cultivation under stressful conditions
• presents the most recent information on cellular and microbiological aspects of plants/crops under stressful conditions
• explores the beneficial effects of stress on plants and crops
• and more!