Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

Dr. Mohammad Pessarakli is a Professor in the School of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona, Tucson. His work at the University of Arizona include research and extension services as well as teaching courses in Turfgrass Science, Management, and Stress Physiology, currently teaching Plants and Our World course to large classes of over 200 students each semester. The Editor of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress and the Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology (both titles published by, formerly Marcel Dekker, Inc., currently Taylor and Francis Group, CRC Press), and Handbook of Photosynthesis, Handbook of Turfgrass Management and Physiology, Handbook of Cucurbits. He has written forty book chapters, is Editor-in-Chief of the Advances in Plants & Agriculture Research (APAR) Journal, Editorial Board member of the Journal of Plant Nutrition and Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis as well as Journal of Agricultural Technology, and a member of the Book Review Committee of the Crop Science Society of America, and Reviewer of the Crop Science, Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America, and HortScience Journals. He is the author or co-author of over 200 journal articles. He is an executive Board member of the American Association of the University Professors (AAUP), Arizona Chapter. He is a Certified Professional Agronomist and Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPAg/SS), designated by the American Registry of the Certified Professionals in Agronomy, Crop Science, and Soil Science. Dr. Pessarakli is a United Nations Consultant in Agriculture for underdeveloped countries. Dr. Pessarakli’s environmental stress research work and expertise on plants and crops is internationally recognized.

Part 1: Soil-Plant-Water-Nutrients-Microorganisms Physiological Relations 1. Evaluating the Recruitment of Soilborne Microbes to Seeds and Their Effects on Seed Germination of Crop Plants in Agricultural and Non-agricultural Soils 2. Regulation of phosphate starvation in higher plants and role of mycorrhizae 3. Potassium Effect on Growth and Physiology of Alfalfa 4. Evaluating and Managing Crops Water Requirement With Theoretical Methods and Remote Sensing Technology Part 2: Physiology of Plant/Crop Growth and Development Stages 5. Seed Dormancy and Germination in Medicinal Plants, Inhibitors and Promoters 6. Plant Aging, Developmental Stages, Reproductive and the Beginning of Flowering Stage 7. Longan Fruit Tree Physiology and Its Flowering Induction 8. The Final Phase of Plant Life Part 3: Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Plant/Crop Physiology 9. Carbon Assimilation and Partitioning in Crop Plants: A Biochemical and Physiological View 10. Epitranscriptomics in Plant Physiology: m6 A modifications 11. Characteristics of Grain Quality in Rice: Physiological and Molecular Aspects 12. Role of Melatonin in Improving the Tolerance of Plants to Salinity Stress 13. Phytohormones and Abiotic Stresses - Roles of Phytohormones in Plants under Abiotic Stresses 14. Physiological Roles of Plant Nutrients, Ions, and Phytometabolites Homeostasis in Activating Antioxidative Defense Systems and Conferring Tolerance to Osmotic Stress Part 4: Plant/Crop Physiology and Physiological Aspects of Plant/Crop Production Processes 15. Physiology of Grain Development in Cereals 16. Plant Nutrition: Rates of Transport and Metabolism 17. Plant Nutrition: Interactions of Mineral and Organic Substances 18. Roles and Implications of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Plant Nutrition 19. Turfgrass Nitrogen Management: A Review Part 5: Plant Growth Regulators: The Natural Hormones (Growth Promoters and Inhibiters) 20. Plant Growth Regulators and Secondary Metabolites, Downregulation and Upregulation Part 6: Physiological Responses of Plants/Crops Under Stressful (Salt, Drought, Heat, Nutrient Deficiency, and Other Environmental Stresses) Conditions 21. Physiological Basis of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants 22. Physiological adaptations in temperate crops to environmental constraints during the growing season 23. Osmotic Stress: An Outcome of Drought and Salinity 24. Drought Stress Sensing-Signaling in Plants 25. Plant Morphological and Physiological Responses to Drought Stress 26. Morphological, Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Plants to Drought and Oxidative Stresses 27. Effects of Salinity Stress on Morpho-physiology, Biochemistry, and Proteomic Responses of Plants 28. Metabolic Regulation of Cytokinins for Conferring Heat and Drought Tolerance in Perennial Grass Species 29. Drought Physiology of Forage Crops 30. Physiological Mechanisms of Nitrogen Absorption and Assimilation in Plants under Stressful Conditions 31. Reactive Oxygen Species Generation, Hazards, and Defense Mechanisms in Plants under Environmental (Abiotic and Biotic) Stress Conditions 32. Oxidative Stress: Repercussions for Crop Productivity 33. Physiological and Biophysical Responses of Plants under Low and Ultralow Temperatures 34. Physiological Responses of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to Salt Stress 35. Growth and Physiological Responses of Turfgrasses Under Stressful Conditions 36. Urban Landscape, Trees Physiological and Environmental Stresses, Challenges and Solutions 37. Consequences of Water Stress and Salinity on Plants/Crops; Physiobiochemical and Molecular Mitigation Approaches Part 7: Physiological Responses of Plants/Crops to Heavy Metal Concentrations and Agrichemicals 38. Heavy Metals and Phytoremediation in Plants 39. Arsenic Toxicity and Tolerance Mechanisms in Crop Plants 40. Interactions of Nanomaterials and Plants in Remediation of the Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils Part 8: Physiological Responses of Lower Plants (Algae) and Vascular Plants/Crops to Metal-based Nanoparticles 41. Impact of Metal Nanoparticles on Marine and Freshwater Algae 42. Risks and Benefits of Metal-based Nanoparticles for Vascular Plants Part 9: Physiology of Plant/Crop Genetics and Development 43. Genotyping, Phenotyping, Genetic Engineering, and Screening Techniques required for Developing Drought-Tolerant Plants 44. Genetic Diversity in Leaf Photosynthesis Among Soybeans under Field Environment Part 10: Plants/Crops Growth Responses to Climate Change and Environmental Factors 45. Climate Change and Secondary Metabolites Production, an Ecophysiological Perspective 46. Regulation of Growth Factors in Plants by Artificial and Supplementary LED Light: An Integrated View on Morphology and Physiology Part 11: Future Promises: Plants and Crops Adaptation, and Biotechnological Aspects of Plants/Crops Improvement under Normal and Stressful Conditions 47. Management of Plant Stress Physiology to Improve Crop Production and Quality 48. CAM Plants as Crops: Metabolically Flexible, Hardy Plants for a Changing World 49. Digging deeper to define the physiological responses to environmental stress: The case of common bean and brachiaria grasses 50. New Approaches for Improving Turfgrass Nutrition: Usage of Humic Substances and Mycorrhizal Inoculation