Plant Tolerance to Environmental Stress

Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2012, he received his PhD on 'Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism' from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan with Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research in Center of Molecular Biosciences (COMB), University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan with 'Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)' postdoctoral fellowship. Subsequently, he joined as Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania with Australian Government's Endeavour Research Fellowship. He joined as a Lecturer in the Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in June 2006. He was promoted to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor in June 2008, June 2013, and June 2017, respectively. Prof. Hasanuzzaman has been devoting himself in research in the field of Crop Science, especially focused on Environmental Stress Physiology since 2004. He has been performing as team leader/principal investigator of different projects funded by World Bank, FAO, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh) and so on. Prof. Hasanuzzaman published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books. He has edited 2 books and written 35 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress responses, and environmental problems in relation to plant species. These books were published by the internationally renowned publishers (Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, Wiley, etc.). His publications got over 2000 citations with h-index: 23 (according to Scopus). Prof. Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a research supervisor of undergraduate and graduate students and supervised 20 M.S. students so far. He is Editor and Reviewer of more than 50 peer reviewed international journals and recipient of 'Publons Peer Review Award 2017'. Dr. Hasanuzzaman is active member of about 40 professional societies and acting as Publication Secretary of Bangladesh Society of Agronomy. He has been honored by different authorities due to his outstanding performance in different fields like research and education. He received the World Academy of Science (TWAS) Young Scientist Award 2014. He attended and presented 25 papers and posters in national and international conferences in different countries (USA, UK, Germany, Australia, Japan, Austria, Sweden, Russia, etc.). Masayuki Fujita is a Professor in the Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, and M.Agr. and Ph.D. in plant biochemistry from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. His research interests include physiological, biochemical, and molecular biological responses based on secondary metabolism in plants under various abiotic and biotic stresses; phytoalexin, cytochrome P450, glutathione S-transferase, and phytochelatin; and redox reaction and antioxidants. In the last decade his works were focused on oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in plants under environmental stress. His group investigates the role of different exogenous protectants in enhancing antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems in plants. He has supervised 4 M.S. students and 13 PhD students as main supervisor. He has about 150 publications in journal and books and has edited 4 books. Hirosuke Oku is a Professor in the Center of Molecular Biosciences at the Tropical Biosphere Research Center in University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. He obtained Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from University of the Ryukyus in 1980. He received his PhD in Biochemistry from Kyushu University, Japan in 1985. In the same year he started his career as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus. He became Professor in 2009. He received

Contents Preface.........................................................................................................................................................................ix About the Editors........................................................................................................................................................xi List of Contributors.................................................................................................................................................. xiii Chapter 1 Impacts of Abiotic Stresses on Growth and Development of Plants.......................................................1 Muhammad Fasih Khalid, Sajjad Hussain, Shakeel Ahmad, Shaghef Ejaz, Iqra Zakir, Muhammad Arif Ali, Niaz Ahmed, and Muhammad Akbar Anjum Chapter 2 Influence of Phytoprotectants on Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants......................................................9 Rabia Amir, Tooba Iqbal, Maryam Khan, Faiza Munir, and Rumana Keyani Chapter 3 Effect of Seed Priming on Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants..............................................................29 V.K. Choudhary, Subhash Chander, C.R. Chethan, and Bhumesh Kumar Chapter 4 Application of Osmolytes in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plant...........................................47 Shaghef Ejaz, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, and Shakeel Ahmad Chapter 5 Proline - A Key Regulator Conferring Plant Tolerance to Salinity and Drought.................................59 Renu Khanna-Chopra, Vimal Kumar Semwal, Nita Lakra, and Ashwani Pareek Chapter 6 Phytohormones in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants......................................................... 81 Parminder Kaur, Poonam Yadav, Shagun Bali, Vandana Guatum, Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Dhriti Kapoor, Saroj Arora, Adarsh Pal Vig, Rajinder Kaur, and Renu Bhardwaj Chapter 7 Drought Tolerance in Plants: Role of Phytohormones and Scavenging System of ROS..................... 103 Shah Fahad, Abid Ullah, Usman Ali, Ehsan Ali, Shah Saud, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Hesham Alharby, Ayman EL Sabagh, Celaleddin Barutcular, Muhammad Kamran, Veysel Turan, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Arif, and Amanullah Chapter 8 Strigolactones: Mediators of Abiotic Stress Response and Weakness in Parasite Attraction............. 115 Denitsa Teofanova, Mariela Odjakova, Nabil Abumhadi, and Lyuben Zagorchev Chapter 9 The Role of Non-enzymatic Antioxidants in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants..............129 Muhammad Arslan Ashraf, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Saleem Arif, Rizwan Rasheed, Muhammad Iqbal, Iqbal Hussain, and Muhammad Salman Mubarik Chapter 10 Nitric Oxide: A Regulator of Plant Signaling and Defense Against Abiotic Stress............................ 145 Hanan A. Hashem Chapter 11 Role of Exogenous Hydrogen Peroxide and Nitric Oxide on Improvement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants.............................................................................................................................. 159 Ghader Habibi Chapter 12 Role of Amino Acids in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Plants.............................................. 175 Qasim Ali, Habib-ur-Rehman Athar, Muhammad Zulqurnain Haider, Sumreena Shahid, Nosheen Aslam, Faisal Shehzad, Jazia Naseem, Riffat Ashraf, Aqsa Ali, and Syed Murtaza Hussain Chapter 13 Role of Calcium in Conferring Abiotic Stress Tolerance....................................................................205 Muhammad Naeem, Misbah Amir, Hamid Manzoor, Sumaira Rasul, and Habib-ur-Rehman Athar Chapter 14 Sulfur Nutrition and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plant....................................................................... 219 Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Neha Handa, Parminder Kaur, Poonam Yadav, Vinod Kumar, Rajinder Kaur, Saroj Arora, Adarsh Pal Vig, and Renu Bhardwaj Chapter 15 Exogenous Silicon Increases Plant Tolerance to Unfavorable Environments..........................