The Plant Hormone Ethylene: Stress Acclimation and Agricultural Applications presents current knowledge on our understanding of ethylene perception and signaling, its role in the regulation of plant physiological processes, and its contribution to acclimation in stressful environments.
Plants regularly face environmental constraints due to their immobile nature. In persistently changing environmental conditions, several stress factors influence cellular metabolism, ultimately causing reduced plant growth and development with a significant loss in agricultural productivity. Sustainable agriculture depends on the acclimation of plant processes to the changing environment through altered physiological and molecular responses, which are controlled by plant hormones, including ethylene. Ethylene interacts with other plant hormones and signaling molecules to regulate several cellular processes, plant growth and development, and, ultimately, crop productivity.
This book begins with an introduction to ethylene before providing a detailed study of the latest findings on the role of ethylene in plants, including its role in photosynthetic processes, flower development, leaf senescence, nutrients acquisition, and regulation of abiotic stress responses as well as its application in agriculture. The book is an ideal guide for researchers exploring plant physiology and biochemistry as well as for those investigating the use of ethylene knowledge in agriculture in persistently changing environmental conditions.
1. The Plant Hormone Ethylene - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Chapter 1 Ethylene: A gaseous signaling molecule with diverse roles - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Ethylene in chloroplast development and photosynthetic performance - p. 15 10. Chapter 3 The role of ethylene in photosynthate partitioning and source-sink modulation in crops - p. 23 11. Chapter 4 Ethylene in the regulation of seed dormancy and germination: Molecular mechanisms - p. 41 12. Chapter 5 Ethylene in the regulation of seed dormancy and germination: Biodiversity matters - p. 61 13. Chapter 6 Ethylene as a plant aging modulator - p. 73 14. Chapter 7 Ethylene in the regulation of major biotechnological processes - p. 89 15. Chapter 8 Ethylene and horticultural crops - p. 107 16. Chapter 9 Ethylene in floriculture - p. 123 17. Chapter 10 Ethylene and cellular redox management in plants - p. 141 18. Chapter 11 Ethylene as a modulator of redox reaction - p. 171 19. Chapter 12 Ethylene interplay with metabolites in crops - p. 181 20. Chapter 13 Crosstalk between ethylene and mineral nutrients in regulation of morphophysiological traits and nutrients homeostasis in plants - p. 191 21. Chapter 14 Ethylene in abiotic stress tolerance in crops - p. 211 22. Chapter 15 Ethylene and biotic stress in crops - p. 221 23. Index - p. 233
The Plant Hormone Ethylene: Stress Acclimation and Agricultural Applications presents current knowledge on our understanding of ethylene perception and signaling, its role in the regulation of plant physiological processes, and its contribution to acclimation in stressful environments.
Plants regularly face environmental constraints due to their immobile nature. In persistently changing environmental conditions, several stress factors influence cellular metabolism, ultimately causing reduced plant growth and development with a significant loss in agricultural productivity. Sustainable agriculture depends on the acclimation of plant processes to the changing environment through altered physiological and molecular responses, which are controlled by plant hormones, including ethylene. Ethylene interacts with other plant hormones and signaling molecules to regulate several cellular processes, plant growth and development, and, ultimately, crop productivity.
This book begins with an introduction to ethylene before providing a detailed study of the latest findings on the role of ethylene in plants, including its role in photosynthetic processes, flower development, leaf senescence, nutrients acquisition, and regulation of abiotic stress responses as well as its application in agriculture. The book is an ideal guide for researchers exploring plant physiology and biochemistry as well as for those investigating the use of ethylene knowledge in agriculture in persistently changing environmental conditions.
1. The Plant Hormone Ethylene - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Chapter 1 Ethylene: A gaseous signaling molecule with diverse roles - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Ethylene in chloroplast development and photosynthetic performance - p. 15 10. Chapter 3 The role of ethylene in photosynthate partitioning and source-sink modulation in crops - p. 23 11. Chapter 4 Ethylene in the regulation of seed dormancy and germination: Molecular mechanisms - p. 41 12. Chapter 5 Ethylene in the regulation of seed dormancy and germination: Biodiversity matters - p. 61 13. Chapter 6 Ethylene as a plant aging modulator - p. 73 14. Chapter 7 Ethylene in the regulation of major biotechnological processes - p. 89 15. Chapter 8 Ethylene and horticultural crops - p. 107 16. Chapter 9 Ethylene in floriculture - p. 123 17. Chapter 10 Ethylene and cellular redox management in plants - p. 141 18. Chapter 11 Ethylene as a modulator of redox reaction - p. 171 19. Chapter 12 Ethylene interplay with metabolites in crops - p. 181 20. Chapter 13 Crosstalk between ethylene and mineral nutrients in regulation of morphophysiological traits and nutrients homeostasis in plants - p. 191 21. Chapter 14 Ethylene in abiotic stress tolerance in crops - p. 211 22. Chapter 15 Ethylene and biotic stress in crops - p. 221 23. Index - p. 233
