Plant-environment interaction : responses and approaches to mitigate stress / edited by Mohamed Mahgoub Azooz, South Valley University, Egypt, Parvaiz Ahmad, S.P. College, Srinagar, India.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Azooz, M. M., editor.

Ahmad, Parvaiz, editor.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants--Effect of stress on.

Plants.

Plant ecophysiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (650 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2016.

Language Note:

English

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Summary:

The increase in global population, urbanization and industrialization is resulting in the conversion of cultivated land into wasteland. Providing food from these limited resources to an ever-increasing population is one of the biggest challenges that present agriculturalists and plant scientists are facing. Environmental stresses make this situation even graver. Plants on which mankind is directly or indirectly dependent exhibit various mechanisms for their survival. Adaptability of the plants to changing environment is a matter of concern for plant biologists trying to reach the goal of food security. Despite the induction of several tolerance mechanisms, sensitive plants often fail to withstand these environmental extremes. Using new technological approaches has become essential and imperative. Plant-Environment Interaction: Responses and Approaches to Mitigate Stress throws light on the changing environment and the sustainability of plants under these conditions. It contains the most up-to-date research and comprehensive detailed discussions in plant physiology, climate change, agronomy and forestry, sometimes from amolecular point of view, to convey in-depth understanding of the effects of environmental stress in plants, their responses to the environment, how to mitigate the negative effects and improve yield under stress. This edited volume is written by expert plant biologists from around the world, providing invaluable knowledge to graduate and undergraduate students in plant biochemistry, food chemistry, plant physiology, molecular biology, plant biotechnology, and environmental sciences. This book updates scientists and researchers with the very latest information and sustainable methods used for stress tolerance, which will also be of considerable interest to plant based companies and institutions concerned with the campaign of food security.

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface; About the editors; CHAPTER 1: Biotechnological applications to improve salinity stress in wheat; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Salinity stress is a striking environmental threat to plants; 1.3 Effects of salinity stress on wheat; 1.4 Wheat natural tolerance and defence against salinity; 1.5 Biotechnological applications to improve salinity stress in wheat; 1.6 Conclusion and future perspectives; References; CHAPTER 2: Soybean under abiotic stress: Proteomic approach; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Proteomic approach; 2.3 Proteomics for soybean

2.4 Proteomics of soybean under abiotic stresses2.5 Conclusion and future perspectives; Acknowledgement; References; CHAPTER 3: Proteomic analysis of food crops under abiotic stresses in the context of climate change; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Atmospheric greenhouse gas composition; 3.3 Temperature; 3.4 Conclusions and future perspectives; References; CHAPTER 4: Transcriptome modulation in rice under abiotic stress; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Drought stress; 4.3 Salt stress; 4.4 Temperature stress; 4.5 Heavy metals; 4.6 Common stress-responsive genes; 4.7 Conclusions and future prospects

AcknowledgementsReferences; CHAPTER 5: Sulphur: Role in alleviation of environmental stress in crop plants; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Sulphur assimilation and the most important S compounds in plants; 5.3 Heavy metals; 5.4 Salinity; 5.5 Drought; 5.6 Hydrogen sulphide; 5.7 Conclusions and future prospects; References; CHAPTER 6: Proline and glycine betaine modulate cadmium-induced oxidative stress tolerance in plants: Possible biochemical and molecular mechanisms; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Cadmium toxicity symptoms in plant cells and physiological and cellular responses

6.3 Possible mechanisms of cadmium tolerance in plants6.4 Cadmium-induced ROS generation in plant cells; 6.5 Detoxification of ROS under Cd stress; 6.6 Modulation of antioxidant enzyme activities in response to cadmium stress; 6.7 Methylglyoxal and glyoxalase enzyme activities under cadmium stress; 6.8 Co-ordinated induction of MG and ROS detoxification systems in inducing heavy metal stress tolerance, including Cd stress; 6.9 Exogenous proline and betaine pretreatment and Cd stress tolerance in relation to ROS and MG detoxification; 6.10 Conclusions and future perspectives; References

CHAPTER 7: Enhancement of vegetables and fruits growth and yield by application of brassinosteroids under abiotic stresses: A review7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Environmental stresses; 7.3 Brassinosteroids; 7.4 Role of BRs on the growth and yield of vegetables and fruits under various environmental stresses; 7.5 Conclusion and future prospects; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 8: Physiological mechanisms of salt stress tolerance in plants: An overview; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Adverse impact of salinity on plants; 8.3 Plant performance under saline conditions; 8.4 Mechanism of salinity tolerance

8.5 Salt and water stress

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119081029

1119081025

9781119081005

1119081009

9781119081036

1119081033

OCLC:

957699561