Plant Adaptation To Environmental Change

Description: Plants constantly cope with unfavourable ecosystem conditions, which often prevent them reaching their full genetic potential in terms of growth, development and productivity. This book covers plants' responses to these environmental changes, namely, the modulation of amino acids, peptides and amines to combat both biotic and abiotic stress factors. Bringing together the most recent developments, this book is an important resource for researchers and students of crop stress and plant physiology.



Contents: SECTION I C INTRODUCTION 1. Environmental Change, and Plant Amino Acids and Their Derivatives - An Introduction SECTION II C AMINO ACIDS AND PEPTIDES, AND PLANT STRESS ADAPTATION 2. 5-Aminolevulinic Acid GBP5-ALA- A Multifunctional Amino Acid as A Plant Growth Stimulator and Stress Tolerance Factor 3. Cysteine - Jack of All Glutathione-based Plant Stress Defense Trades 4. Amino Acids and Drought Stress in Lotus: Use of Transcriptomics and Plastidic Glutamine Synthetase Mutants for New Insights in Proline Metabolism 5. Modulation of Proline - Implications in Plant Stress Tolerance and Development 6. Target Osmoprotectants for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants - Glycine Betaine and Proline SECTION III C AMINES AND BRASSINOSTEROIDS, AND PLANT STRESS ADAPTATION 7. Polyamines as Indicators and as Modulators in the Abiotic Stress in Plants 8. Polyamines in Stress Protection: Applications in Agriculture 9. Functional Role of Polyamines and Polyamine-Metabolizing Enzymes during Salinity, Drought and Cold stresses 10. Regulatory Role of Polyamines in Growth, Development and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants 11. Polyamines - Involvement in Plant Stress Tolerance and Adaptation 12. Role of Polyamines in Plant-Pathogen Interactions 13. Role of Polyamines in Stress Management 14. Polyamines in Plant In Vitro Culture 15. Betaines and Related Osmoprotectants - Significance in Metabolic Engineering of Plant Stress Resistance 16. Brassinosteroids Role for Amino Acids, Peptides and Amines Modulation in Stressed Plants C A Review SECTION IV C APPRAISAL AND PERSPECTIVES 17. Plant Adaptation to Environmental Change and Significance of Amino Acids and Their Derivatives C Appraisal and Perspectives



Author Biography: Dr. Naser A. Anjum is a Post-Doctoral Scientist at CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Dr. Sarvajeet Singh Gill is Assistant Professor of Agriculture Biotechnology, Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab; Centre for Biotechnology; MD University; Rohtak, Haryana, India