CONTENTS Preface v Contributors ix 1. Visible Characteristics of Micronutrient Deficiencies and their Amelioration 1 -C. Chatterjee and B.K. Dv.be 2. Physiological and Molecular Approaches of Yield Improvement Under Excess Water Stress Environments 15 -P.C Ram, P.N. Singh, Punam, O.P. Verma, A.K. Srivastava, A.K. Mauriya, D.C. Maitrya, V.K. Singh and A.M. Ismail 3. Physiological Mechanisms of Salinity and Sodicity Tolerance in Crop Plants 39 - S.K. Shanna 4. Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms in Relation to Abiotic Stresses in Plants 53 -B. Srivalli and Renu Khanna-Chopra 5. Physiological Traits and Productivity of Rainfed Land Rice 71 -R.K. Singh and C.V. Singh 6. Crop Production in Salt Affected Soils 79 -Girish Pandey and Rajeev Pandey 7. Physiology of Drought and Low Nitrogen Tolerance in Crop Plants 95 - Remt Khanna-Chopra 8. Breeding for Enhanced Tolerance to Salinity and Mineral Stresses 110 -B. Mishra 9. Physiological Basis of Drought Tolerance in Rice 127 - G.S. Chaturvedi and Surnit Chaturvedi 10. Molecular and Physiological Advances in Salinity Tolerencem Plants 139 -Munna Singh, Ramwant Gupta and C.S. Chaturvedi 11. Bizzare Characteristics of Certain Pollutant Elements 146 - C. Chatterjee and B.K. Dubey Index 175