Key features: Serves as a cutting-edge resource for researchers and students who are studying plant abiotic stress tolerance and crop improvement through metabolic adaptations Presents the latest trends and developments in the field of metabolic engineering and abiotic stress tolerance Addresses the adaptation of plants to climatic changes Gives special attention to emerging topics such as the role of secondary metabolites, small RNA mediated regulation and signaling molecule responses to stresses Provides extensive references that serve as entry points for further research Metabolic Adaptations in Plants during Abiotic Stress covers a topic of past, present and future interest for both scientists and policy makers as the global challenge of climate change is addressed. Understanding the mechanisms of plant adaptation to environmental stresses can provide the necessary tools needed to take action to protect them, and hence ourselves. This book brings together recent findings about metabolic adaptations during abiotic stress and in diverse areas of plant adaptation. It covers not only the published results, but also introduces new concepts and findings to offer original views on the perspectives and challenges in this field.

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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