Stress Agronomy

About the book: Stress Agronomy The present book Stress Agronomy is aimed to address the past present issues together with expected changes in soils and climate in future The thrust is aimed to meet the challenges through evolution and adoption of new technologies in agriculture sector to facilitate the coming generations to avail a pollution free life The information gathered here may be an eye opening for agriculturists environmentalists climatologists planners and policy makers to take knowledge of present day burning issues of atmospheric terrestrial oceanic changes and global warming due to emission of poisonous gases on one hand and heavy metal toxicity in soil and air on the other. Hence the scientist community and policy makers have to bring out balance between human population and their requirement without extreme exploitation of the natural resources for a sustainable eco-friendly system. If not global warming is a worth warning which may prove to be a global harming due to possible change in bio-planet to a non-living one. This book will serve as valuable text cum reference book to the students and researchers of agricultural universities. Contents Acknowledgement Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction Part I–Soil Stress 2. Soil Acidit 3. Soil Alkalinity 4. Soil Salinity 5. Flooded Soils 6. Drought Stress 7. Agronomy of Drought Stress 8. Nutrient Stress 9. Water Requirement Part II–Climate Stress 10. Population and Pollution 11. Soil and Water Pollution 12. Light Energy Harvest 13. Photosynthetic Stress 14. Respiratory Stress 15. Abiotic Stress and Crops 16. Biotic Stress and Crops 17. Mitigation of Polluting Agents References Index About the Author: N K Prasad N.K. Prasad is a former Professor (Agronomy) BAU Ranchi and Professor (Agriculture) in Ethiopian Universities is the recipient of the Common Wealth countries fellowship sponsored by the Reading University UK for Post Doctoral Research and Training on “Micronutr