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Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants - Metabolism, Productivity and Sustainability (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012)
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Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants - Metabolism, Productivity and Sustainability (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012)
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Abiotic stress cause changes in soil-plant-atmosphere continuum and
is responsible for reduced yield in several major crops. Therefore,
the subject of abiotic stress response in plants - metabolism,
productivity and sustainability - is gaining considerable
significance in the contemporary world. Abiotic stress is an
integral part of "climate change," a complex phenomenon with a wide
range of unpredictable impacts on the environment. Prolonged
exposure to these abiotic stresses results in altered metabolism
and damage to biomolecules. Plants evolve defense mechanisms to
tolerate these stresses by upregulation of osmolytes,
osmoprotectants, and enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, etc.
This volume deals with abiotic stress-induced morphological and
anatomical changes, abberations in metabolism, strategies and
approaches to increase salt tolerance, managing the drought stress,
sustainable fruit production and postharvest stress treatments,
role of glutathione reductase, flavonoids as antioxidants in
plants, the role of salicylic acid and trehalose in plants,
stress-induced flowering. The role of soil organic matter in
mineral nutrition and fatty acid profile in response to heavy metal
stress are also dealt with. Proteomic markers for oxidative stress
as a new tools for reactive oxygen species and photosynthesis
research, abscisic acid signaling in plants are covered with chosen
examples. Stress responsive genes and gene products including
expressed proteins that are implicated in conferring tolerance to
the plant are presented. Thus, this volume would provides the
reader with a wide spectrum of information including key references
and with a large number of illustrations and tables. Dr. Parvaiz is
Assistant Professor in Botany at A.S. College, Srinagar, Jammu and
Kashmir, India. He has completed his post-graduation in Botany in
2000 from Jamia Hamdard New Delhi India. After his Ph.D from the
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India in 2007 he joined
the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,
New Delhi. He has published more than 20 research papers in peer
reviewed journals and 4 book chapters. He has also edited a volume
which is in press with Studium Press Pvt. India Ltd., New Delhi,
India. Dr. Parvaiz is actively engaged in studying the molecular
and physio-biochemical responses of different plants (mulberry,
pea, Indian mustard) under environmental stress. Prof. M.N.V.
Prasad is a Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at the
University of Hyderabad, India. He received B.Sc. (1973) and M.Sc.
(1975) degrees from Andhra University, India, and the Ph.D. degree
(1979) in botany from the University of Lucknow, India. Prasad has
published 216 articles in peer reviewed journals and 82 book
chapters and conference proceedings in the broad area of
environmental botany and heavy metal stress in plants. He is the
author, co-author, editor, or co-editor for eight books. He is the
recipient of Pitamber Pant National Environment Fellowship of 2007
awarded by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of
India.
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