Priming and Pretreatment of Seeds and Seedlings: Implication in Plant Stress Tolerance and Enhancing Productivity in Crop Plants

Chapter 1: Methods of Seed Priming.- Chapter 2: Advances in the Concept and Methods of Seed Priming.- Chapter 3: Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Seed Priming.- Chapter 4: The Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Basis of Seed Priming.- Chapter 5: Seedling Pretreatment: Methods and Protocols.- Chapter 6: Effect of the Seed Priming on Seed Dormancy and Vigor.- Chapter 7: Alteration in Plant Secondary Metabolism by Seed Priming.- Chapter 8: Seed Priming-Induced Early Vigor in Crops: An Alternate Strategy for Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 9: Seed Priming Alleviates Stress Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.).- Chapter 10: Seed Priming and Salt Stress Tolerance in Plants.- Chapter 11: Seed Priming-Mediated Improvement of Plant Morphophysiology Under Salt Stress.- Chapter 12: The Mechanisms of Seed Priming Proposed for Enhancing Plant Tolerance Under Salt Stress.- Chapter 13: Seed Priming and Pretreatment Induced Enhanced Tolerance To Drought and Salt Stress: Recent Advances.- Chapter 14: Seed Priming to Enhance Chilling Tolerance in Field Crops: An Overview.- Chapter 15: Seed Priming and Metal/metalloid Stress Tolerance in Plants.- Chapter 16: Advances in Heavy Metal Induced Stress Alleviation With Respect to Exogenous Amendments in Crop Plants.- Chapter 17: Seed Priming for Disease Tolerance in Plants.- Chapter 18: Seed Pretreatment for Pathogen Control.- Chapter 19: Hydropriming for Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 20: Chemical Priming for Multiple Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 21: Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Priming and Pretreatment with Hydrogen peroxide.- Chapter 22: Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants Through Pre-Sowing Seed Treatments with Mineral Elements and Growth Regulators.- Chapter 23: Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Priming and Pretreatments with Phytohormones.- Chapter 24: Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Priming and Pretreatments with Ascorbic Acid.- Chapter 25: An Assessment of Efficiency of Zinc Priming on as Induced Phytotoxicity in Rice During Germination and Early Seedling Growth.- Chapter 26: Application of Endophytes through Seed Priming.- Chapter 27: Microbial Inoculation of Seeds for Better Plant Growth and Productivity.- Chapter 28: Role of Seed Priming and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Modulating Crops' Responses to Salinity Stress.- Chapter 29: Pretreatment of Seedlings with Exogenous Protectants for Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 30: Improving Antioxidant Defense in Plants through Seed Priming and Seedling Pretreatment.