Approaches for Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

Contents Preface.........................................................................................................................................................................ix About the Editors........................................................................................................................................................xi List of Contributors .................................................................................................................................................. xiii Chapter 1 Abiotic Stress in Plants: A General Outline............................................................................................1 Ashutosh K. Pandey, Annesha Ghosh, Kshama Rai, Adeeb Fatima, Madhoolika Agrawal, and S.B. Agrawal Chapter 2 Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Production, with Special Reference to Southeast Asia...............47 Jong Ahn Chun, Christianne M. Aikins, Daeha Kim, Sanai Li, Wooseop Lee, and Eun-Jeong Lee Chapter 3 Plant Responses and Tolerance to Salt Stress........................................................................................ 61 Babar Shahzad, Shah Fahad, Mohsin Tanveer, Shah Saud, and Imtiaz Ali Khan Chapter 4 Plant Responses and Tolerance to Drought...........................................................................................79 Sumit Jangra, Aakash Mishra, Priti, Disha Kamboj, Neelam R. Yadav, and Ram C. Yadav Chapter 5 Plants Signaling Toward Drought Stress...............................................................................................99 Muhammad Jamil, Aamir Ali, Alvina Gul, Khalid Farooq Akbar, Abdul Aziz Napa, and A. Mujeeb-Kazi Chapter 6 Variability in Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Mechanisms of Chickpea Varieties to Water Stress......................................................................................................................................... 113 Natas a C erekovic , Nadia Fatnassi, Angelo Santino, and Palmiro Poltronieri Chapter 7 Plant Responses and Mechanisms of Tolerance to Cold Stress...........................................................129 Aruna V. Varanasi, Nicholas E. Korres, and Vijay K. Varanasi Chapter 8 Unraveling the Molecular and Biochemical Mechanisms of Cold Stress Tolerance in Rice.............. 149 Joseph Msanne, Lymperopoulos Panagiotis, Roel C. Rabara, and Supratim Basu Chapter 9 Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants and Its Mitigation.............................................................................. 171 Roomina Mazhar and Noshin Ilyas Chapter 10 Nutrient Deficiency and Toxicity Stress in Crop Plants: Lessons from Boron.................................... 179 Himanshu Bariya, Durgesh Nandini, and Ashish Patel Chapter 11 Plant Responses to Ozone Stress: Actions and Adaptations................................................................ 193 Santisree Parankusam, Srivani S. Adimulam, Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, and Kiran K. Sharma Chapter 12 Hydrocarbon Contamination in Soil and its Amelioration.................................................................. 219 Maimona Saeed and Noshin Ilyas Chapter 13 Abiotic Stress-Mediated Oxidative Damage in Plants: An Overview.................................................227 Ruchi Rai, Shilpi Singh, Shweta Rai, Alka Shankar, Antara Chatterjee and L.C. Rai Chapter 14 Plant Antioxidant Response During Abiotic Stress: Role of Transcription Factors............................ 253 Deyvid Novaes Marques, Savio Pinho dos Reis, Nicolle Louise Ferreira Barros, Liliane de Souza Conceicao Tavares and Claudia Regina Batista de Souza Chapter 15 Approaches to Enhance Antioxidant Defense in Plants......................................................................273 Hamid Mohammadi, Saeid Hazrati, and Mohsen Janmohammadi Chapter 16 Coordination and Auto-propagation of ROS Signaling in Plants........................................................299 Suruchi Singh, Abdul Hamid, Mad