Plants face a wide range of environmental challenges, which are expected to become more intense as a result of global climate change. Plant–soil interactions play an important role in the functioning of ecosystems. Soil properties represent a strong selection pressure for plant diversity and influence the structure of plant communities and biodiversity. The complexity of plant–soil interactions has recently been studied by developing a trait-based approach in which responses and effects of plants on soil environment are quantified and modelled. This fundamental research on plant–soil interaction in ecosystems is essential to transpose knowledge of functional ecology to environmental management.Frontiers in Plant-Soil Interaction: Molecular Insights into Plant Adaptation will address topics that provide advances in understanding plant responses to soil conditions through the integration of genetic, molecular, and plant-level studies of diverse biotic and abiotic stresses under field and laboratory conditions. This book will be beneficial to students and researchers working on stress physiology and stress proteins, genomics, proteomics, genetic engineering and other fields of plant-soil interactions. Frontiers in Plant-Soil Interaction will also help scientists explore new horizons in their area of research.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xvii 7. Chapter 1. Plant–soil interactions in a changing world: a climate change perspective - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Role of carbon cycle in soil productivity and carbon fluxes under changing climate - p. 29 9. Chapter 3. Molecular advances in plant root system architecture response and redesigning for improved performance under unfavorable environments - p. 49 10. Chapter 4. Nanotechnology-based biofortification: a plant–soil interaction modulator/enhancer - p. 83 11. Chapter 5. Transcription factors involved in plant responses to stress adaptation - p. 107 12. Chapter 6. Nitrate assimilation: cross talk between plants and soil - p. 135 13. Chapter 7. Next-generation genetic engineering tools for abiotic stress tolerance in plants - p. 153 14. Chapter 8. Omics approaches for improving abiotic stress tolerance in rice: recent advances and future prospects - p. 199 15. Chapter 9. Interactions of phytohormones with abiotic stress factors under changing climate - p. 221 16. Chapter 10. The role of soil microbes in the plant adaptation to stresses: current scenario and future perspective - p. 237 17. Chapter 11. CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing for improved stress tolerance in plants - p. 259 18. Chapter 12. Photosynthetic and cellular responses in plants under saline conditions - p. 293 19. Chapter 13. Physiological and molecular strategies of plant adaptationin phosphorus-deficient soils - p. 367 20. Chapter 14. Biotic stresses on plants: reactive oxygen species generation and antioxidant mechanism - p. 381 21. Chapter 15. Physiological mechanisms and adaptation strategies of plants under heavy metal micronutrient deficiency/toxicity conditions - p. 413 22. Chapter 16. Halophytes as effective tool for phytodesalination and land reclamation - p. 459 23. Chapter 17. Role of nickel in regulation of nitrogen metabolism in legume–rhizobium symbiosis under critical conditions - p. 495 24. Chapter 18. Beneficial aspects of cobalt uptake in plants exposed to abiotic stresses - p. 523 25. Chapter 19. Iron in the soil–plant–human continuum - p. 531 26. Chapter 20. The molecular mechanism of brassinosteroids in mediating the abiotic stress responses of plants - p. 547 27. Emerging roles of osmoprotectant glycine betaine against salt-induced oxidative stress in plants: a major outlook of maize (Zea mays L.) - p. 567 28. Chapter 22. Ecodesigning for ecological sustainability - p. 589 29. Index - p. 617
Plants face a wide range of environmental challenges, which are expected to become more intense as a result of global climate change. Plant–soil interactions play an important role in the functioning of ecosystems. Soil properties represent a strong selection pressure for plant diversity and influence the structure of plant communities and biodiversity. The complexity of plant–soil interactions has recently been studied by developing a trait-based approach in which responses and effects of plants on soil environment are quantified and modelled. This fundamental research on plant–soil interaction in ecosystems is essential to transpose knowledge of functional ecology to environmental management.Frontiers in Plant-Soil Interaction: Molecular Insights into Plant Adaptation will address topics that provide advances in understanding plant responses to soil conditions through the integration of genetic, molecular, and plant-level studies of diverse biotic and abiotic stresses under field and laboratory conditions. This book will be beneficial to students and researchers working on stress physiology and stress proteins, genomics, proteomics, genetic engineering and other fields of plant-soil interactions. Frontiers in Plant-Soil Interaction will also help scientists explore new horizons in their area of research.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xvii 7. Chapter 1. Plant–soil interactions in a changing world: a climate change perspective - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Role of carbon cycle in soil productivity and carbon fluxes under changing climate - p. 29 9. Chapter 3. Molecular advances in plant root system architecture response and redesigning for improved performance under unfavorable environments - p. 49 10. Chapter 4. Nanotechnology-based biofortification: a plant–soil interaction modulator/enhancer - p. 83 11. Chapter 5. Transcription factors involved in plant responses to stress adaptation - p. 107 12. Chapter 6. Nitrate assimilation: cross talk between plants and soil - p. 135 13. Chapter 7. Next-generation genetic engineering tools for abiotic stress tolerance in plants - p. 153 14. Chapter 8. Omics approaches for improving abiotic stress tolerance in rice: recent advances and future prospects - p. 199 15. Chapter 9. Interactions of phytohormones with abiotic stress factors under changing climate - p. 221 16. Chapter 10. The role of soil microbes in the plant adaptation to stresses: current scenario and future perspective - p. 237 17. Chapter 11. CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing for improved stress tolerance in plants - p. 259 18. Chapter 12. Photosynthetic and cellular responses in plants under saline conditions - p. 293 19. Chapter 13. Physiological and molecular strategies of plant adaptationin phosphorus-deficient soils - p. 367 20. Chapter 14. Biotic stresses on plants: reactive oxygen species generation and antioxidant mechanism - p. 381 21. Chapter 15. Physiological mechanisms and adaptation strategies of plants under heavy metal micronutrient deficiency/toxicity conditions - p. 413 22. Chapter 16. Halophytes as effective tool for phytodesalination and land reclamation - p. 459 23. Chapter 17. Role of nickel in regulation of nitrogen metabolism in legume–rhizobium symbiosis under critical conditions - p. 495 24. Chapter 18. Beneficial aspects of cobalt uptake in plants exposed to abiotic stresses - p. 523 25. Chapter 19. Iron in the soil–plant–human continuum - p. 531 26. Chapter 20. The molecular mechanism of brassinosteroids in mediating the abiotic stress responses of plants - p. 547 27. Emerging roles of osmoprotectant glycine betaine against salt-induced oxidative stress in plants: a major outlook of maize (Zea mays L.) - p. 567 28. Chapter 22. Ecodesigning for ecological sustainability - p. 589 29. Index - p. 617
