Plants constantly cope with unfavourable ecosystem conditions, preventing them reaching full genetic potential for growth, development and productivity. This book covers plants' responses to environmental changes, gathering the most recent developments, it is an important resource for researchers and students of crop stress and plant physiology.

Contributions by: Penna Suprasanna, Yoshikatsu Murooka, Antonio J Márquez, Antonio F Tiburcio, A Aziz, Oscar A Ruiz, Vera Alexieva, Masayuki Fujita, Renu Bhardwaj, Jose Luis Casas Martinez, Firdaus -e- Bareen, B. Vidya Vardhini, Bhaskar Gupta