Environmental Adaptations and Stress Tolerance of Plants in the Era of Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9781493941254 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 515 str.

Parvaiz Ahmad; M. N. V. Prasad

Opis

This book describes how plants have evolved defenses against environmental stress, including synthesis of osmolytes, osmoprotectants and antioxidants, and shows how phytoconstituents, hormones and plant-associated microbes help plants tolerate stress.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Abiotic stress responses in plants: an Overview

Hans-Werner Koyro, Parvaiz Ahmad and Nicole Geissler

 

Chapter 2. Prospects of halophytes in understanding and managing abiotic stress tolerance

Vinayak H. Lokhande and Penna Suprasanna

 

Chapter 3. UV-B radiation, its effects and defense mechanisms in Terrestrial plants

Fernando E. Prado, Mariana Rosa, Carolina Prado, Griselda Podazza, Roque Interdonato, Juan A. González and Mirna Hilal

 

Chapter 4. K⁺ nutrition, K⁺ uptake and its role in environmental stress in plants

Manuel Nieves-Cordones, Fernando Alemán, Mario Fon, Vicente Martínez and Francisco Rubio

 

Chapter 5. Temperature Stress and Responses of Plants

Anna Źróbek-Sokolnik

 

Chapter 6. Responses and Management of Heat Stress in Plants

Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Farooq, Iqbal Hussain, Rizwan Rasheed and Saddia Galani

 

Chapter 7. Understanding Chilling Tolerance Traits Using Arabidopsis Chilling-Sensitive Mutants

Dana Zoldan, Reza Shekaste band, Charles L. Guy and Ron Porat

 

Chapter 8. Root Form and Function in Plant as an Adaptation to Changing Climate

Maria Rosa Abenavoli, Maria Rosaria Panuccio and Agostino Sorgonà

Chapter 9.  Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide in Plants under Cadmium Stress: From Toxicity to Signaling 

Luisa M. Sandalio, Maria Rodríguez-Serrano, Dharmendra K. Gupta, Angustias Archilla, Maria C. Romero-Puertas and Luis A. del Río

 

Chapter 10. Reactive Nitrogen Inflows and Nitrogen use Efficiency in Agriculture: An Environment Perspective

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Ruby Chandna, Altaf Ahmad and Muhammad Iqbal

 

Chapter 11. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Other Plant-Soil Interactions in Relation to Environmental Stress

Patrick Audet

 

Chapter 12. MicroRNAs and their Role in Plants during Abiotic Stresses

Praveen Guleria, Deepmala Goswami, Monika Mahajan, Vinay Kumar, Jyoti Bhardwaj and Sudesh Kumar Yadav

 

Chapter 13. Transcription Factors Involved in Environmental Stress Responses in Plants

Haibo Xin, Feng Qin and Lam-Son Phan Tran^b

 

Chapter 14. Plant Signaling Under Abiotic Stress Environment

Parvaiz Ahmad, Renu Bhardwaj, Narendra Tuteja

 

Chapter 15. Calcium Signalling in Plant Cells Under Environmental Stress

Sylvia Lindberg, Abdul Kader and Vladislav Yemelyanov

 

Chapter 16. Role of H₂O₂ as Signalling Molecule in Plants

M.A Matilla-Vázquez and A.J Matilla

 

Chapter 17. Role of Phytohormone Signaling During Stress

Mohammad Miransari

 

Chapter 18. Ethylene and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

Elisa Gamalero and Bernard R. Glick

 

Chapter 19. New Approaches to Study Metal-Induced Stress in Plants

M. C. Cia, F. R. Capaldi, R. F. Carvalho, P. L. Gratão and R. A. Azevedo^,

 

Chapter 20. Sulfur in the alleviation of cadmium-induced oxidative stress in plants

Noushina Iqbal, Nafees A. Khan, Md. Iqbal R. Khan, Rahat Nazar, Asim Masood and Shabina Syeed

 

Chapter 21. Role of Salicylic acid in Alleviating Heavy Metal Stress

Losanka P. Popova, Liliana T. Maslenkova, Albena Ivanova and Zhivka Stoinova

 

Chapter 22. Bioremediation and mitigation of organic contaminants in the era of climate changes

Laura Coppola, Edoardo Puglisi, Costantino Vischetti and Marco Trevisan

 

Chapter 23. Exploitation of Weeds and Ornamentals for Bioremediation of Metalliferous Substrates in the Era of Climate Change

M.N.V. Prasad

Blurb

Climate change is a complex phenomenon with a wide range of impacts on the environment. Biotic and abiotic stress are a result of climate change.  Abiotic stress is caused by primary and secondary stresses which are an impediment to plant productivity. Prolonged exposure to these stresses results in altered metabolism and damage to biomolecules. Plants evolve defense mechanisms to withstand these stresses, e.g. synthesis of osmolytes, osmoprotectants, and antioxidants. Stress responsive genes and gene products including expressed proteins are implicated in conferring tolerance to the plant. This volume will provide the reader with a wide spectrum of information, including vital references. It also provides information as to how phytoconstituents, hormones and plant associated microbes help the plants to tolerate the stress. This volume also highlights the use of plant resources for ameliorating soil contaminants such as heavy metals.

 

Dr. Parvaiz is Assistant professor in Botany at A.S. College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has completed his post-graduation in Botany in 2000 from Jamia Hamdard New Delhi India. After his Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India in 2007 he joined the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi. He has published more than 20 research papers in peer reviewed journals and 4 book chapters. He has also edited a volume which is in press with Studium Press Pvt. India Ltd., New Delhi, India. Dr. Parvaiz is actively engaged in studying the molecular and physio-biochemical responses of different plants (mulberry, pea, Indian mustard) under environmental stress.

 

Prof. M.N.V. Prasad is a Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Hyderabad, India. He received B.Sc. (1973) and M.Sc. (1975) degrees from Andhra University, India, and the Ph.D. degree (1979) in botany from the University of Lucknow, India. Prasad had published 216 articles in peer reviewed journals and 82 book chapters and conference proceedings in the broad area of  environmental botany and heavy metal stress in plants. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor for eight books. He is the recipient of  Pitamber Pant national Environment Fellowship  of  2007 awarded by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.