**5. Perspectives and conclusion**

Considering the massive losses of crop production due to severe environmental stresses, the development of crop varieties with increased tolerance or resistance to multiple stresses is presently indispensable. To date, relatively few genes reported to react to abiotic stress because agronomic characteristics of these stress tolerances have been controlled by many QTL, which show low inheritance and substantial interactions between the G/E systems. The discovery of possible genes for sustaining high pollen viability, effective gamete fertilization, and seed development in harsh conditions is not far off. With the progress of high-throughput techniques, many genes which are involved in stress regulation have been identified [110]. Plants that are subjected to several abiotic challenges at the same time must be investigated in order to comprehend the impact of various stresses. Every new combination of stresses has been suggested as a special type of stress, because it generates a totally new appropriate response. Enhanced and implementing tolerance mechanisms with the use of available low-cost sequencing and genotyping platforms, genetic and genomic resources and transgenic approaches provide huge opportunities for better rice cultivars in the near-coming future. Breeding and marker assistant selection, as well as modifying stress responses via plant hormones, are all ways that can be used to manage abiotic stress responses. Plant functional genomics perspectives which including proteomics, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analysis, as well as other high-throughput approaches and technologies, have yielded a number of drought-regulated genes, transcription factors, and cellular signaling components whose functions are crucial in rice stress tolerance.

*Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice: Insight in Climate Change Scenario DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98909*
