ICAR-NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ABIOTIC STRESS MANAGEMENT Annual Report 2019 Publisher : Director ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, Baramati-413 115, Pune, Maharashtra, India Phones: (02112) 254055. Fax: (02112) 254056 Email:
[email protected] website: www.niam.res.in Citation : Annual Report (2019) ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, Baramati-413 115, Pune, Maharashtra, India Chief Editor : Jagadish Rane Editors : Ajay Kumar Singh Mahesh Kumar Neeraj Kumar Paritosh Kumar Phtograph & Art : Pravin More : ©All rights reserved भाकृअनुप -राष्ट्रीय अजैविक स्ट्रैस प्रबंधन संस्ट्थान ICAR - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ABIOTIC STRESS MANAGEMENT (समतु쥍य विश्वविद्यालय)/(Deemed to be University) भारतीयकृविअनुसंधानपररिद,कृवि अनुसंधान एिं विक्षा विभाग Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Department of Agricultural Research & Education कृवि एिं ककसान क쥍याणमंत्रालय, भारत सरकार MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE& FARMERS WELFARE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA मालेगांि, बारामती, पुणे - 413 115, महाराष्ट्र, भारत Malegaon, Baramati- 413115, Pune, Maharashtra, India (ISO Certified 9001:2015) Preface Abiotic stresses including drought, water stagnation, salinity, high and low temperature limit agricultural productivity and threaten food security. These abiotic stresses can be more frequent, intense and devastating due to climate change. Therefore, management of these abiotic stresses is urgently needed for sustainable agriculture across the harsh agro- ecologies. The concern of global food security and reduction in agricultural productivity necessitate carrying out frontier research by multidisciplinary team of scientists to minimize the adverse impacts of abiotic stresses in agriculture and to develop of climate smart crops.