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.
Table of Content
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 r adiation, 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. Micro RNAs 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 Tranb
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
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