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

By Parvaiz Ahmad

Book Overview

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. Gonz lez and Mirna Hilal

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

Manuel Nieves-Cordones, Fernando Alem n, Mario Fon, Vicente Mart nez and Francisco Rubio

Chapter 5. Temperature Stress and Responses of Plants

Anna Źr bek-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 Sorgon

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

Luisa M. Sandalio, Maria Rodr guez-Serrano, Dharmendra K. Gupta, Angustias Archilla, Maria C. Romero-Puertas and Luis A. del R o

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 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-V zquez 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. Grat o 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 ch

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461408148
• ISBN13: 9781461408147
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 515 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.1"