Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Approaches in stress mitigation of plants -- 2. Biocontrol: a novel eco-friendly mitigation strategy to manage plant diseases -- 3. Salicylic acid induced abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- 4. Salicylic acid mediated postharvest chilling and disease stress tolerance in horticultural crops -- 5. Germination and seedling establishment of useful tropical trees for ecological restoration: implications for conservation... -- 6. Soil health and plant stress mitigation - 7. Salicylic acid and ascorbic acid as mitigators of chilling stress in plants -- 8. Role of glycine betaine in the protection of plants against environmental stresses -- 9. Effects of plant growth regulators on physiological and phytochemical parameters in medicinal plants under stress conditions -- 10. Proline and soluble carbohydrates biosynthesis and their roles in plants under abiotic stresses -- 11. Switching role of hydrogen sulfide in amelioration of metal stress in plant -- 12. PGPR reduces the adverse effects of abiotic stresses by modulating morphological and biochemical properties in plants -- 13. Role of polyamines in plants under abiotic stresses: regulation of biochemical interactions -- 14. Prime-omics approaches to mitigate stress response in plants -- 15. Perspectives of using plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria under salinity stress for sustainable crop production -- 16. Biosaline agriculture and efficient management strategies for sustainable agriculture on salt affected Vertisols -- 17. Chemical elicitors- a mitigation strategy for maximize crop yields under abiotic stress -- 18. Role of sulfhydryl bioregulator thiourea in mitigating drought stress in crops -- 19. Rhizobacterial-mediated tolerance to plants upon abiotic stresses -- 20. Changes in plant secondary metabolite profiles in response to environmental stresses -- 21. Soil microbial inocula: an eco-friendly and sustainable solution for mitigating salinity stress in plants -- 22. How does silicon help alleviate biotic and abiotic stresses in plants? Mechanisms and future prospects -- 23. Editing genomes to modify plant response to abiotic stress -- 24. Organic compounds as antistress stimulants in plants: responses and mechanisms -- 25. The influence of climate change on interactions between environmental stresses and plants -- 26. Biological control of Fusarium wilt in legumes -- 27. Oxidative stress in plants and the biochemical response mechanisms -- 28. Nanoparticles treatment ameliorate the side effects of stresses in plants -- 29. Soil moisture–mediated changes in microorganism biomass and bioavailability of nutrients in paddy soil -- 30. Trichomes plasticity of plants in response to environmental stresses -- 31. An overview of bacterial bio-fertilizers function on soil fertility under abiotic stresses -- Index.

Plant Stress Mitigators: Types, Techniques and Functions presents a detailed contextual discussion of various stressors on plant health and yield, with accompanying insights into options for limiting impacts using chemical elicitors, bio-stimulants, breeding techniques and agronomical techniques such as seed priming, cold plasma treatment, and nanotechnology, amongst others. The book explores the various action mechanisms for enhancing plant growth and stress tolerance capacity, including nutrient solubilizing and mobilizing, biocontrol activity against plant pathogens, phytohormone production, soil conditioners, and many more unrevealed mechanisms. This book combines research, methods, opinion, perspectives and reviews, dissecting the stress alleviation action of different plant stress mitigators on crops grown under optimal and sub-optimal growing conditions (abiotic and biotic stresses). Explores the various action mechanisms of mitigators Highlights the relationship between mitigator and nutrient efficiency, product quality and microbial population Includes both biotic and abiotic stressors and their mitigation options.