Drought stress is one of the most deleterious environmental factors responsible for severely limiting the growth and productivity of agricultural crops. The expected long-term effects of global climate change include more frequent episodes of drought. This book presents current research in the study of droughts including the response of plants to drought stress; the physiological and molecular bases of drought tolerance in wheat genotypes; the spatial assessment of drought hazard, vulnerability and risk in Bangladesh; the influence of drought and forest fires on the productivity of evergreen oaks in the Iberian Peninsula and developing drought tolerant crops.
The Response of Plants to Drought Stress: The Role of Dehydrins, Chaperones, Proteases & Protease Inhibitors in Maintaining Cellular Protein Function; Physiological & Molecular Bases of Drought Tolerance in Wheat (Triticum L) Genotypes; Experimental Methodologies for Characterization of Impacts of Drought on Seasonal & Annual Timescales in Portuguese Forests; Drought & Arthropod Pests of Crops; Plant Drought Tolerance: Some Genetics & Agronomics Relevant Aspects for Breeding in Forage Species; The Impacts of Extreme Drought & Climate Change on Plant Population Dynamics & Evolution; Spatial Assessment of Drought Hazard, Vulnerability & Risk in Bangladesh; One Approach to Regional Drought Classification; Bio-Physical & Socio-Economic Vulnerabilities of Selected Prairie Communities in South Saskatchewan River Basin Facing Droughts; Influence of Drought & Forest Fires on the Productivity of Evergreen Oaks in the Iberian Peninsula; The OCP3 Gene Links Drought Tolerance & Plant Immunity; Developing Drought Tolerant Crops.