Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement examines the signaling pathways and mechanisms associated with phytohormones, with particular focus on stress resilience. The growing population of world and unpredictable climate puts pressure on the agriculture production. Current constraints such as increasing temperatures, drought, salinity, cold, nutrient deficiency, along with biotic interactions trigger exquisitely tuned responsive mechanisms in plants. The main coordinators of all stress-related mechanisms are phytohormones, which can be transported over long distances and play a significant role in controlling physiological, agronomic and growth traits, metabolites and sustained crop productivity. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms influencing the stress responses mediated by phytohormones is crucial to ensure the continuity of agricultural production and food security.
This book aims to address sustainable agricultural approaches to improve biotic and abiotic stress resilience in crop plants, covering different topics from perception and signaling plant hormones to physiological and molecular changes under different cues.
Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement is an essential read for students, researchers and agriculturalists interested in plant physiology, plant genetics and crop yield improvement.
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. xi 7. Chapter 1. Regulatory role of phytohormones in plant growth and development - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Deciphering the physiological and molecular functions of phytohormones - p. 15 9. Chapter 3. Regulatory role of phytohormones in the interaction of plants with insect herbivores - p. 41 10. Chapter 4. Role of phytohormones in regulating agronomically important seed traits in crop plants - p. 65 11. Chapter 5. Phytohormone signaling in osmotic stress response - p. 89 12. Chapter 6. Role of phytohormones in plant response to drought and salinity stresses - p. 109 13. Chapter 7. Regulation of plants nutrient deficiency responses by phytohormones - p. 129 14. Chapter 8. Extended role of auxin: reconciliation of growth and defense responses under biotic stress - p. 147 15. Chapter 9. Jasmonic acid biosynthesis pathway and its functional role in plants - p. 167 16. Chapter 10. Brassinosteroids in plant growth and development - p. 185 17. Chapter 11. Understanding the role of phytohormones in governing heat, cold, and freezing stress response - p. 205 18. Chapter 12. Drought-induced plant miRNAome and phytohormone signaling cross-talk - p. 235 19. Chapter 13. Interaction between the key defense-related phytohormones and polyamines in crops - p. 249 20. Chapter 14. Interplay between phytohormones and hydrogen sulfide regulates plant growth and development under normal and abiotic stresses - p. 265 21. Chapter 15. Emerging trends in plant metabolomics and hormonomics to study abiotic stress tolerance associated with rhizospheric probiotics - p. 283 22. Chapter 16. The main fungal pathogens and defense-related hormonal signaling in crops - p. 307 23. Index - p. 333
Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement examines the signaling pathways and mechanisms associated with phytohormones, with particular focus on stress resilience. The growing population of world and unpredictable climate puts pressure on the agriculture production. Current constraints such as increasing temperatures, drought, salinity, cold, nutrient deficiency, along with biotic interactions trigger exquisitely tuned responsive mechanisms in plants. The main coordinators of all stress-related mechanisms are phytohormones, which can be transported over long distances and play a significant role in controlling physiological, agronomic and growth traits, metabolites and sustained crop productivity. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms influencing the stress responses mediated by phytohormones is crucial to ensure the continuity of agricultural production and food security.
This book aims to address sustainable agricultural approaches to improve biotic and abiotic stress resilience in crop plants, covering different topics from perception and signaling plant hormones to physiological and molecular changes under different cues.
Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement is an essential read for students, researchers and agriculturalists interested in plant physiology, plant genetics and crop yield improvement.
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. xi 7. Chapter 1. Regulatory role of phytohormones in plant growth and development - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Deciphering the physiological and molecular functions of phytohormones - p. 15 9. Chapter 3. Regulatory role of phytohormones in the interaction of plants with insect herbivores - p. 41 10. Chapter 4. Role of phytohormones in regulating agronomically important seed traits in crop plants - p. 65 11. Chapter 5. Phytohormone signaling in osmotic stress response - p. 89 12. Chapter 6. Role of phytohormones in plant response to drought and salinity stresses - p. 109 13. Chapter 7. Regulation of plants nutrient deficiency responses by phytohormones - p. 129 14. Chapter 8. Extended role of auxin: reconciliation of growth and defense responses under biotic stress - p. 147 15. Chapter 9. Jasmonic acid biosynthesis pathway and its functional role in plants - p. 167 16. Chapter 10. Brassinosteroids in plant growth and development - p. 185 17. Chapter 11. Understanding the role of phytohormones in governing heat, cold, and freezing stress response - p. 205 18. Chapter 12. Drought-induced plant miRNAome and phytohormone signaling cross-talk - p. 235 19. Chapter 13. Interaction between the key defense-related phytohormones and polyamines in crops - p. 249 20. Chapter 14. Interplay between phytohormones and hydrogen sulfide regulates plant growth and development under normal and abiotic stresses - p. 265 21. Chapter 15. Emerging trends in plant metabolomics and hormonomics to study abiotic stress tolerance associated with rhizospheric probiotics - p. 283 22. Chapter 16. The main fungal pathogens and defense-related hormonal signaling in crops - p. 307 23. Index - p. 333
