Wheat Production in Changing Environments

This bookpresents recent advancesinglobalwheat crop research,including theeffects of abiotic stresses like highand lowtemperatures, drought, hypoxia, salinity, heavy metals, nutrient deficiency, and toxicityonwheat production. It also highlights variousapproaches to alleviate the damaging effects of abiotic stress on wheatas well asadvanced approaches to develop abiotic-stress-tolerant wheat crops. Wheat is probably one of the world'smost important cereals;it is a staple food in more than 40 countries,and because of itsadaptability is cultivated in almost every region. Global wheat productionhasmore than doubledin the last 50 years due to higher yields.However, despitetheir high yield potential, modern wheat cultivars are oftensubject to croploss due to the abiotic stresses.As such, plant breeders have long aimed to improvetolerance in order to maintain yield. Written by 85 experts, and offering the latest insights into wheat responses and tolerance to various abiotic stresses,it is a valuabletool for agronomists, plant breeders, plant physiologists and students in the field ofplantscience andagriculture. Itis the first book to comprehensivelycoverpast and current abioticstress problems andtolerance mechanisms.