Chapter 1. Microbial management of crop salinity stress: mechanisms, applications and prospects -- Chapter 2. Adaptive Mechanisms of Plants Against Salt Stress and Salt Shock -- Chapter 3. Molecular approaches and salt tolerance mechanisms in leguminous plants -- Chapter 4. Crop improvement through microbial biotechnology: A Crosstalk -- Chapter 5. Role of Phytohormones in Recuperating Salt Stress -- Chapter 6. An enigma in the genetic responses of plants to salt stresses -- Chapter 7. Application of microbial biotechnology in improving Salt stress and crop productivity -- Chapter 8. Consequences of bioinoculants and intercropping approach to alleviate plant drought and salinity stress for sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 9. Role of Signaling Pathways in Improving Salt Stress in Plants -- Chapter 10. Mechanisms and Molecular Approaches for Salt Tolerance Enhancement -- Chapter 11. Crops and Methods to Control Soil Salinity -- Chapter 12. Ameliorating plants salt stress through bacterial inoculation: Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter 13. Proline accumulation and oxidative stress: Diverse roles and mechanism of tolerance and adaptation under salinity stress. .

This book offers an overview of salt stress, which has a devastating effect on the yields of various agricultural crops around the globe. Excessive salts in soil reduce the availability of water, inhibit metabolic processes, and affect nutrient composition, osmotic balance, and hydraulic conductivity. Plants have developed a number of tolerance mechanisms, such as various compatible solutes, polyamines, reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense mechanisms, ion transport and compartmentalization of injurious ions. The exploitation of genetic variation, use of plant hormones, mineral nutrients, soil microbe interactions, and other mechanical practices are of prime importance in agriculture, and as such have been the subject of multidisciplinary research. Covering both theoretical and practical aspects, the book provides essential physiological, ecological, biochemical, environmental and molecular information as well as perspectives for future research. It is a valuable resource for students, teachers and researchers and anyone interested in agronomy, ecology, stress physiology, environmental science, crop science and molecular biology.