Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress

Written by experts from around the globe, this comprehensive book presents the latest ideas and trends on induced acclimation of plants to environmental stresses under changing environment. Includes numerous illustrations.

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.

Covers state of the art topical articles from experts around the world

Suitable for a wide audience, including post graduates, Ph.D scholars, and researchers working in the field of crop improvement, genetic engineering and abiotic stress tolerance

Features over 100 illustrations

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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

1 Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress using Priming Agents
Panagiota Filippou, Georgia Tanou, Athanassios Molassiotis, Vasileios Fotopoulos

2 Facing the Cold Stress by Plants in the Changing Environment: Sensing, Signaling and Defending Mechanisms
Prince Thakur, Harsh Nayyar

3 Drought and Salinity Tolerant Biofuel Crops for the Thar Desert
Karan Malhotra, Gulshan K Chhabra, Rachana Jain, Vinay Sharma, Shashi Kumar

4 Strategies for the salt tolerance in bacteria and archeae and its implications in developing crops for adverse conditions

Satya P. Singh, Vikram Raval, Megha K. Purohit

5 Adverse Effects of Abiotic Stresses on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and their Alleviation by Calcium
M. Naeem, M. Nasir Khan, M. Masroor A. Khan, Moinuddin

6 Role of DREB-like Proteins in Improving Stress Tolerance of Transgenic Crops
Deepti Jain, Debasis Chattopadhyay

7 Homeobox Genes as Potential Candidates for Crop Improvement under Abiotic Stress
Annapurna Bhattacharjee, Mukesh Jain

8 APETALA2 Gene Family: Potential for Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions
Sowmya Krishnaswamy, Shiv Verma, Muhammad H. Rahman, Nat Kav

9 Osmoprotectants: Potential for Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions

Saurabh C. Saxena, Harmeet Kaur, Pooja Verma, Bhanu P. Petla, Venkateswara R. Andugula, Manoj Majee

10 Epigenetic Modifications in Plants under Adverse Conditions Agricultural Applications

Alex Boyko, Igor Kovalchuk

11 Physiological Role of Nitric Oxide in Plants Grown under Adverse Environmental Conditions

Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Narendra Tuteja, Masayuki Fujita

12 Weeds as a Source of Genetic Material for Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions
Bhumesh Kumar, Meenal Rathore, A. R. G. Ranganatha

13 Sustainable Agriculture Practices for Food and Nutritional Security
Vibha Dhawan

14 Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants for Sustainable Agriculture
Rupam Kapoor, Heikham Evelin, Piyush Mathur, Bhoopander Giri

15 Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Eco-friendly Agricultural Approach to Crop Improvement
Ranjan Kumar Sahoo, Deepak Bhardwaj, Narendra Tuteja

16 Plant Pathogen Interactions: Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions
Kamal Kumar, Praveen Kumar Verma

17 Can G-proteins be the key proteins for overcoming environmental stresses and increasing crop yield in plants?

Deepak Bhardwaj, Suman Lakhanpaul, Narendra Tuteja