chapter 1 Soil Salinity and Sodicity as Particular Plant/Crop Stress Factors -- chapter 2 Influence of Sodium on Soils of Humid Regions -- chapter 3 Impact of Soil pH on Nutrient Uptake by Crop Plants -- chapter 4 Plant Adaptation to Phosphorus-Limited Tropical Soils -- chapter 5 Mechanisms Involved in Salt Tolerance of Plants -- chapter 6 Plants in Saline Environments -- chapter 7 Germination of Seeds and Propagules Under Salt Stress -- chapter 8 Crop Response and Management of Salt-Affected Soils -- chapter 9 Mineral Nutrient Acquisition and Response by Plants Grown in Saline Environments -- chapter 10 Plant Response to Water-Deficit Conditions -- chapter 11 Constraints by Water Stress on Plant Growth -- chapter 12 Nutrient Uptake by Plants Under Stress Conditions -- chapter 13 Photosynthesis Under Stress -- chapter 14 Effect of High-Temperature Stress on the Photosynthetic Apparatus -- chapter 15 Altered Nitrogen Metabolism Under Environmental Stress Conditions -- chapter 16 Protein Synthesis by Plants Under Stressful Conditions -- chapter 17 Heat-Shock Proteins and Temperature Stress -- chapter 18 Growth, Respiration Rate, and Efficiency Responses to Temperature -- chapter 19 Effect of Low Temperatures on the Structure of Plant Cells -- chapter 20 Carotenoids and Stress in Higher Plants and Algae -- chapter 21 Light Stress -- chapter 22 Photooxidative Stress in Higher Plants -- chapter 23 Photosynthetic Pigment Metabolism in Plants During Stress -- chapter 24 Photoinhibition of Photosystem II in Leaves -- chapter 25 Oxidative Damage to Proteins in Plants -- chapter 26 Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Heavy Metal Stresses -- chapter 27 Effect of Atmospheric Pollution, with Special Reference to Ozone, on Plants Under Normal and Saline Conditions -- chapter 28 Herbicide-Mediated Changes in the Population and Activity of Root-Associated Microorganisms -- chapter 29 Photodynamic Herbicides Affecting Structure and Function of the Photosynthetic Apparatus -- chapter 30 Molecular Responses to Water-Deficit Stress in Woody Plants -- chapter 31 DNA Content, Water Relations, and Environmental Stress in Gymnosperms -- chapter 32 Osmoregulatory Role of Profiline in Plants Exposed to Environmental Stresses -- chapter 33 Glutathione and Its Central Role in Mitigating Plant Stress -- chapter 34 Plant Hormones and Stress Phenomena -- chapter 35 Abscisic Acid—A Hormonal Long-Distance Stress Signal in Plants Under Drought and Salt Stress -- chapter 36 Changes in Gene Expression in Response to Ultraviolet B–Induced Stress -- chapter 37 Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Responses to Elevated Levels of Tropospheric Ozone -- chapter 38 Genetic Factors Affecting Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants -- chapter 39 Response of Green Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to Salt Stress -- chapter 40 Salt and Drought Stress Effects on Metabolic Regulation in Maize -- chapter 41 Water Stress and Alfalfa Production -- chapter 42 Salinity Tolerance in Turfgrasses -- chapter 43 Stress in Wildland Plants -- chapter 44 Response of Woody Species to Salinity -- chapter 45 Photosynthetic Responses of Citrus to Environmental Changes -- chapter 46 Ecophysiology of Ajuga reptans L. at the Northern Boundary of Its Distribution -- chapter 47 Adaptation of Plants to Anthropogenic and Environmental Stresses -- chapter 48 Ecophysiological Adaptations and Genetic Variability in Mangroves -- chapter 49 Advances in Water Relation and Moisture Stress Studies of Plants -- chapter 50 Crop Responses to Salt Stress -- chapter 51 Strategies and Scope for Improving Salinity Tolerance in Crop Plants -- chapter 52 Plant and Crop Response to Trends in Climatic Changes -- chapter 53 Leaf Development and Acclimation to Elevated CO2 -- chapter 54 Changes in CO2 Levels and Their Stress Effects on Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation -- chapter 55 Effect of Increased Atmospheric CO2 Concentration on Water-Use Efficiency of Plants -- chapter 56 Beneficial Aspects of Stress on Plants.