Abiotic stress responses in cereals and pulses crop and their agronomic practices to enhance tolerance

Abiotic stresses are considered as major constraints to crop production due to the rapid changes in the global climate and threat to the food security along with environmental sustainability. Drought, heat, and salinity are important abiotic stresses causing a huge impact on agricultural productivity. Crop responses to this stresses are an important aspect to consider for management options. This review generalized the crop responses under abiotic stresses in the certain aspect related to morphological, physiological and biochemical responses on some major cereals and pulses crop. Better crop management practices such as conservation tillage, zero tillage and increasing water use efficiency along with the application of micronutrient and phytohormones to combat those stresses are comprehensively discussed in this review.