Abiotic Stress and Legumes: Tolerance and Management is the first book to focus on the ability of legume plants to adapt effectively to environmental challenges. Using the -omic approach, this book takes a targeted approach to understanding the methods and means of ensuring survival and maximizing the productivity of the legume plant by improving tolerance to environmental /abiotic stress factors including drought, temperature change, and other challenges. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the progress that has been made in identifying means of managing abiotic stress effects, specifically in legumes, including the development of several varieties which exhibit tolerance through high yield using transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic and ionomic approaches. Further, exogenous application of various stimulants such as plant hormones, nutrients, sugars, and polyamines has emerged as an alternative strategy to improve productivity under these environmental challenges. Abiotic Stress and Legumes: Tolerance and Management examines these emerging strategies and serves as an important resource for researchers, academicians and scientists, enhancing their knowledge and aiding further research.

• Explores the progress made in managing abiotic stress, specifically with high yield legumes
• Highlights the molecular mechanisms related to acclimation
• Presents proven strategies and emerging approaches to guide additional research

• Front Cover 2
• Abiotic Stress and Legumes 5
• Copyright Page 6
• Contents 7
• List of contributors 17
• 1 Exploiting the potential of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in legume production 23
  • 1.1 Introduction 23
  • 1.2 Importance of legumes 23
    • 1.2.1 Nutritional benefits 23
    • 1.2.2 Significance in agriculture 26
    • 1.2.3 Health benefits 26
  • 1.3 Major constraints in legume production 27
    • 1.3.1 Biotic stress 27
    • 1.3.2 Environmental stress: Abiotic stress 29
      • 1.3.2.1 Drought 29