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Plants are sessile organisms and their only alternative to a
rapidly changing environment is a fast adaptation to abiotic and
biotic stresses. Among the several known species of flowering
plants, Arabidopsis thaliana is the only plant that has been most
thoroughly studied. This angiosperm with dicotyledonous seeds
belonging to the family Brassicaceae was known to botanists for at
least four centuries and has been used since then for experimental
studies for about half a century, until it was Friedrich Laibach
who had outlined the advantages of using it in genetic experiments
and had also suggested that it could be used as a plant model
system in 1943. Its unique features favors genetic experiments,
which include its small size, a rapid generation time, the ability
to grow well under controlled conditions, high fecundity of up to
10,000 seeds per plant. Like the peas that Mendel studied, it
reproduces mainly by self-fertilisation. Arabidopsis is considered
a model plant for many studies as its genomic sequence was
completely identified and its mechanisms in genomic, transcriptomic
and proteomic regulation are often similar to other plant species.
The aim of this book is to give an up-to-date overview on the
recent breakthroughs in the area of responses and adaptations of
Arabidopsis, particularly those regarding its cultivation, life
cycle and functional genomics. The chapters are focused on the most
exciting and innovative researches on this species, involving
authors with strong research experience. The present volume would
definitely be an ideal source of scientific information to the
advanced students, junior researchers, faculty and scientists
involved in the ecology, agriculture, environmental microbiology,
genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology and other
areas involving Arabidopsis studies and plant sciences in general.
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