Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress

The mechanisms underlying endurance and adaptation to environmental stress factors in plants have long been the focus of intense research. Plants overcome environmental stresses by development of tolerance, resistance or avoidance mechanisms, adjusting to a gradual change in its environment which allows them to maintain performance across a range of adverse environmental conditions.

Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress presents the latest ideas and trends on induced acclimation of plants to environmental stresses under changing environment. Written by experts around the globe, this volume adds new dimensions in the field of plant acclimation to abiotic stress factors. Comprehensive and lavishly illustrated, Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress is a state-of-the-art guide suited for scholars and researchers working in the field of crop improvement, genetic engineering and abiotic stress tolerance.

Autorentext

Narenda Tuteja
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Plant Molecular Biology Group, New Delhi, India

Sarvajeet Singh Gill
Maharshi Dayanand University, Centre for Biotechnology, Rohtak, Haryana, India

Inhalt

Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress using Priming Agents.- Facing the Cold Stress by Plants in the Changing Environment: Sensing, Signaling and Defending Mechanisms.- Drought and Salinity Tolerant Biofuel Crops for the Thar Desert.- Strategies for the salt tolerance in bacteria and archeae and its implications in developing crops for adverse conditions.- Adverse Effects of Abiotic Stresses on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and their Alleviation by Calcium.- Role of DREB-like Proteins in Improving Stress Tolerance of Transgenic Crops.- Homeobox Genes as Potential Candidates for Crop Improvement under Abiotic Stress.- APETALA2 Gene Family: Potential for Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions.- Osmoprotectants: Potential for Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions.- Epigenetic Modifications in Plants under Adverse Conditions - Agricultural Applications.- Physiological Role of Nitric Oxide in Plants Grown under Adverse Environmental Conditions.- Weeds as a Source of Genetic Material for Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions.- Sustainable Agriculture Practices for Food and Nutritional Security.- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants for Sustainable Agriculture.- Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Eco-friendly Agricultural Approach to Crop Improvement.- Plant Pathogen Interactions: Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions.- Can G-proteins be the key proteins for overcoming environmental stresses and increasing crop yield in plants?.