Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword..................................................................................................................................................................................................xi

Acknowledgments................................................................................................................................................................................. xiii

Editors.....................................................................................................................................................................................................xv

Contributors......................................................................................................................................................................................... xvii

Section I Abiotic Stress Management and Its Impact on Plants

1. Effects of Different Abiotic Stresses on Primary Metabolism...................................................................................................3

Belen Colavolpe, Fabiana Espasandin, Juan Manuel Vilas, Santiago Maiale, Pedro Sansberro, and Oscar A. Ruiz

2. Metabolic Adaptation and Allocation of Metabolites to Phloem Transport and Regulation Under Stress........................21

Kathryn Dumschott, Andrew Merchant, and Millicent Smith

3. Mechanism of Salt Stress Tolerance and Pathways in Crop Plants.........................................................................................27

Manu Kumar and Mahipal Singh Kesawat

4. Recent Advances on the Modulatory Role of ATPases toward Salt Tolerance in Plants.......................................................45

Soumya Mukherjee

5. Physiological and Phenological Responses of Crop Plants under Heat Stress.......................................................................55

Allah Ditta

6. Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of High-Temperature Stress in Crop Plants........................................................65

Gurpreet Kaur, Bavita Asthir, and N.S. Bains

7. Profiles of Antioxidant Isoenzymes and Physiological Behavior of Tomato Exposed to NaCl Stress and Treated

with Salicylic Acid.........................................................................................................................................................................73

Salma Wasti, Nizar Dhaoui, Ibtissem Medyouni, Hajer Mimouni, Hela Ben Ahmed, and Abdellah Chalh

8. Toxicity of Heavy Metal and Its Mitigation Strategies through Application of Nutrients, Hormones,

and Metabolites.............................................................................................................................................................................81

Rachana Singh, Parul Parihar, Anita Singh, and Sheo Mohan Prasad

9. Regulation of Pesticide Stress on Metabolic Activities of Plant...............................................................................................99

Santwana Tiwari, Anita Singh, and Sheo Mohan Prasad

10. Oxidative Stress and Its Management in Plants During Abiotic Stress................................................................................111

P. Faseela, A.K. Sinisha, T.T. Dhanya Thomas, and Jos T. Puthur

11. Plant Genome Response Related to Phenylpropanoid Induction under Abiotic Stresses...................................................127

Ariel D. Arencibia

12. Metabolic Control of Seed Dormancy and Germination: New Approaches Based in Seed Shape

Quantification in Desert Plants.................................................................................................................................................137

Emilio Cervantes, José Javier Martín Gómez, and Ezzeddine Saadaoui

13. Plant Ionomics: An Important Component of Functional Biology........................................................................................147

Anita Mann, Sangeeta Singh, Gurpreet, Ashwani Kumar, Pooja Sujit Kumar, and Bhumesh Kumar

Section II Role of Major Plant Metabolites During Abiotic Stress Management

14. Role of Glutamate-Derived Amino Acids under Stress Conditions: The Case of Glutamine and Proline........................157

Marco Biancucci, Roberto Mattioli, Adra Mouellef, Nadia Ykhlef, and Maurizio Trovato

15. Role of Glycinebetaine and Trehalose as Osmoregulators During Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants.............................171

Mona G. Dawood and Mohamed E. El-Awadi

16. Polyamine Metabolism and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants.............................................................................................191

Rubén Alcázar and Antonio F. Tiburcio

17. Plant Glycine-Rich Proteins and Abiotic Stress Tolerance.....................................................................................................203

Juan Francisco Jiménez-Bremont, Maria Azucena Ortega-Amaro, Itzell Eurídice Hernández-Sánchez, Alma Laura

Rodriguez-Piña, and Israel Maruri-Lopez

18. Compatible Solutes and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants...................................................................................................213

Vinay Kumar, Tushar Khare, Samrin Shaikh, and Shabir H. Wani

19. Protective Role of Indoleamines (Serotonin and Melatonin) During Abiotic Stress in Plants............................................221

Ramakrishna Akula, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, and G.A. Ravishankar

20. Flavonoid Accumulation as Adaptation Response in Plants during Abiotic Stresses..........................................................229

Rubal, Ashok Dhawan, and Vinay Kumar

21. The Role of Gamma Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) During Abiotic Stress in Plants.............................................................239

Paramita Bhattacharjee, Sasanka Chakraborti, Soumi Chakraborty, and Kaninika Paul

Section III Role of Specialized Proteins During Abiotic Stress Management

22. MicroRNAs: Emerging Roles in Abiotic Stresses and Metabolic Processes.........................................................................251

Susana S. Araújo, Carolina Gomes, Jorge A.P. Pavia, Alma Balestrazzi, and Anca Macovei

23. Current Understanding of Regulation of GBF3 Under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses and Its Potential Role in

Combined Stress Tolerance........................................................................................................................................................267

Sandeep Kumar Dixit, Aarti Gupta, and Muthappa Senthil-Kumar

24. microRNAs: Key Modulators of Drought Stress Responses in Plants..................................................................................273

A. Thilagavathy, Kavya Naik, and V.R. Devaraj

25. Proteomics of Salinity Stress: Opportunities and Challenges................................................................................................285

Shweta Jha

Section IV Role of Signaling Molecules Under Abiotic Stress Management

26. Signaling Molecules and Their Involvement in Abiotic and Biotic Stress Response Crosstalk in Plants..........................295

V.R. Devaraj and R.D. Myrene

27. Current Understanding of the Role of Jasmonic Acid During Photoinhibition in Plants...................................................311

Ruquia Mushtaq, Sarvajeet S. Gill, Shruti Kaushik, Anil K. Singh, Akula Ramakrishna, and Geetika Sirhindi

28. Current Scenario of NO (S-Nitrosylation) in Cold Stress.......................................................................................................331

Yaiphabi Sougrakpam, Priyanka Babuta, and Renu Deswal

29. Physiological Roles of Brassinosteroids in Conferring Temperature and Salt Stress Tolerance in Plants.......................341

Sirhindi Geetika, Bhardwaj Renu, Kumar Manish, Kumar Sandeep, Dogra Neha, Sekhon Harpreet,

Kaushik Shruti and Madaan Isha

Section V Biotechnological Applications to Improve the Plant

Metabolic Pathways Towards Better Adaptations

30. Genetic Engineering Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Broccoli: Recent Progress............................................363

Pankaj Kumar, Ajay Kumar Thakur, and Dinesh Kumar Srivastava

31. Impact of Abiotic Stresses on Metabolic Adaptation in Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.).....................................371

Ankesh Pandey, S. N. Jena, and Sudhir Shukla

32. In Vitro Selection and Genetic Engineering for Abiotic Stress Tolerant Plants and Underlying Mechanism..................383

Srinath Rao and H. Sandhya

33. Plant-environment Interaction: Influence of Abiotic Stress on Plant Essential Oil Yield and Quality.............................391

Marine Hussain, Barbi Gogoi, Babita Joshi, Bitupon Borah, Lucy Lalthafamkimi and B.S. Bhau

34. Differences in Adaptation to Water Stress in Stress Sensitive and Resistant Varieties of Kabuli and Desi Type

Chickpea.......................................................................................................................................................................................403

Nadia Fatnassi, Ralph Horres, Natasa Cerekovic, Angelo Santino, and Palmiro Poltronieri

About the Author

Ramakrishna Akula is currently a scientist at Monsanto Breeding Station, Bangalore, India. Dr. Ramakrishna holds a master's degree from Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Anantapur, India. He started his research career in 2005 at the Department of Plant Cell Biotechnology, CFTRI, Mysuru, in the research group of Dr. G.A. Ravishankar. He is a Senior Research Fellow of CSIR, New Delhi. He obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Mysore, Mysuru, in the area of development of high frequency somatic embryogenesis and regulation of secondary metabolites in Coffea canephora. He worked extensively on the role of serotonin, melatonin, and calcium-mediated signaling in plants. He has made significant contributions to metabolic engineering of secondary metabolites from plants and abiotic stress in plants. He has worked in the area of tissue culture, in vitro production, and regulation of plant secondary metabolites from food value plants that include natural pigment caffeine, steviosides, anthocyanins, and carotenoids. He is the author of three books, 12 peerreviewed publications, two reviews, and eight chapters in books. His books include Serotonin and Melatonin: Their Functional Role in Plants, Food, Phytomedicine, and Human Health, Metabolic Adaptations in Plants During Abiotic Stress (CRC Press, 2016) and Neurotransmitters in Plants: Perspectives and Applications (CRC Press, 2018). He is a member of the Society for Biotechnologists (India). He is a fellow of the Society for Applied Biotechnology, India (2012), and has received the Global Vegetable Research Excellence Award (2017), three global technology recognition awards, a Rapid Recognition Award, Test Master, Asia Veg R&D quarterly recognitions, and special recognition from the Monsanto company. He attended the Fifth International Symposium on Plant Neurobiology held in 2009 in Florence, Italy. He also attended the Technical Community of Monsanto (TCM) held in 2016, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Sarvajeet Singh Gill is currently working as assistant professor at the Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. In 2001, Dr. Gill completed an MSc in botany from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, INDAI, with a Gold Medal. Soon after, Dr. Gill started his research career (M.Phil. and PhD, 2001・ 2008) in plant stress physiology and molecular biology at AMU. Dr. Gill has made significant contributions towards abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. Dr. Gill's research includes abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants, reactive oxygen species signaling and antioxidant machinery, gene expression, helicases, crop improvement, transgenics, nitrogen and sulfur metabolism, and plant fungal symbiotic interactions. Together with Dr. Narendra Tuteja at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, he worked on plant helicases for abiotic stress tolerance. He further explored the mechanism of stress tolerance by PDH45 in tobacco and rice (Plant Mol Biol 82(1・2):1・22, 2013, and PLoS One 9(5): e98287, 2014). Dr. Gill discovered a novel function of plant MCM6 in salinity stress tolerance that will help to improve crop production at sub-optimal conditions (Plant Mol Biol 76(2011):19・34, 2014). Herbicide and salinity stress tolerance (PDH45 + EPSPS) in plants has also been explored by Dr. Gill (Front. Plant Sci. 8:364, 2017). He helped to develop salinity-tolerant tobacco and rice plants, without affecting the overall yield. This research uncovers new pathways to plant abiotic stress tolerance and indicates the potential for improving crop production at sub-optimal conditions. A recipient of the INDIA Research Excellence & Citation Award 2017 from Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science), Sarvajeet Gill has edited several books with Springer, Wiley, Elsevier, CABI, and others, and has a number of research papers, review articles, and book chapters to his name.