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Title:

Environmental adaptations and stress tolerance of plants in the era of climate change / Parvaiz Ahmad, M.N.V. Prasad, editors.

Publisher:

Springer New York,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xvi, 515 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Vegetation and climate.
Plants--Adaptation.
Plants--Effect of stress on.

Other Authors:

Ahmad, Parvaiz.
Prasad, M. N. V. (Majeti Narasimha Vara), 1953-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

1. Abiotic stress responses in plants: an overview / Hans-Werner Koyro, Parvaiz Ahmad, and Nicole Geissler -- 2. Prospects of halophytes in understanding and managing / Vinayak H. Lokhande and Penna Suprasana -- 3. UV-B radiation, its effects and defense mechanisms in terrestrial plants / Fernando E. Prado, Mariana Rosa, Carolina Prado, Griselda Podazza, Roque Interdonato, Juan A. González, and Mirna Hilal -- 4. K⁺ nutrition, uptake, and its role in environmental stress in plants / Manuel Nieves-Cordones, Fernando Alemán, Mario Fon, Vicente Martínez, and Francisco Rubio -- 5. Temperature stress and responses of plants / Anna Źróbek-Sokolnik -- 6. Responses and management of heat stress in plants / Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Farooq, Iqbal Hussain, Rizwan Rasheed, and Saddia Galani -- 7. Understanding chilling tolerance traits using Arabidopsis chilling-sensitive mutants / Dana Zoldan, Reza Shekaste Band, Charles L. Guy, and Ron Porat -- 8. Root form and function in plant as an adaptation to changing climate / Maria Rosa Abenavoli, Maria Rosaria Panuccio, and Agostino Sorgonà -- 9. Reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide in plants under cadmium stress: from toxicity to signaling / Luisa M. Sandalio, Maria Rodriguez-Serrano, Dharmendra K. Gupta, Angustias Archilla, Maria C. Romero-Puertas, and Luis a del Río -- 10. Reactive nitrogen inflows and nitrogen use efficiency in agriculture: an environment perspective / Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Ruby Chandna, Altaf Ahmad, and Muhammad Iqbal -- 11. Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and other plant-soil interactions in relation to environmental stress / Patrick Audet -- 12. MicroRNAs and their role in plants during abiotic stresses / Praveen Guleria, Deepmala Goswami, Monika Mahajan, Vinay Kumar, Jytoi Bhardwaj, and Sudesh Kumar Yadav -- 13. Transcription factors involved in environmental stress responses in plants / Haibo Xin, Feng Ain, and Lam-Son Phan Tran -- 14. Plant signaling under abiotic stress environment / Parvaiz Ahmad, Renu Bhardwaj, and Narendra Tuteja -- 15. Calcium signalling in plant cells under environmental stress / Sylvia Lindberg, Md. Mbdul Kader, and Vladislav Yemelyanov -- 16. Role of H₂O₂ as signaling molecule in plants / M.A. Matilla-Vázquez and A.J. Matilla -- 17. Role of phytohormone signaling during stress / Mohammad Miransari -- 18. Ethylene and abiotic stress tolerance in plants / Elisa Gamalero and Bernard R. Glick -- 19. New approaches to study metal-induced stress in plants / M.C. Cia, F.F. Capaldi, R.F. Carvalho, P.L. Gratão, and R.A. Azevedo -- 20. Sulfur in the alleviation of cadmium-induced oxidative stress in plants / Noushina Iqbal, Nafees A. Khan, Md. Iqbal R. Khan, Rahat Nazar, Asim Masood, and Shabina Syeed -- 21. Role of salicylic acid in alleviating heavy metal stress / Losanka P. Popova, Liliana T. Maslenkova, Albena Ivanova, and Zhivka Stoinova -- 22. Bioremediation and mitigation of organic contaminants in the era of climate changes / Laura Coppola, Edoardo Puglisi, Costantino Vischetti, and Marco Trevisan -- 23. Exploitation of weeds and ornamentals for bioremediation of metalliferous substrates in the era of climate change / M.N.V. Prasad.

ISBN:

1461408148
9781461408147

OCLC:

(OCoLC)733249611

LCCN:

2011938457

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)