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Osmolytes and Plants Acclimation to Changing Environment: Emerging Omics Technologies

  • Emphasizes on the role of various osmolytes in abiotic stress tolerance
  • Uniquely defines the interaction between osmolytes and phytohormones signaling pathways under optimal and stressful conditions
  • Presents knowledge on tolerance of stress through various osmolytes as a boon to develop stress resistant varieties for better growth and productivity

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Osmolyte Accumulation and Implications in Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance

    • P. Suprasanna, G. C. Nikalje, A. N. Rai
    Pages 1-12
  3. Roles of Osmolytes in Plant Adaptation to Drought and Salinity

    • Kamrun Nahar, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Masayuki Fujita
    Pages 37-68
  4. Glycine Betaine: Role in Shifting Plants Toward Adaptation Under Extreme Environments

    • Asim Masood, Tasir S. Per, Mohd Asgher, Mehar Fatma, M. Iqbal R. Khan, Faisal Rasheed et al.
    Pages 69-82
  5. Metabolic Engineering of Compatible Solute Trehalose for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

    • Saroj Kumar Sah, Gurwinder Kaur, Shabir H. Wani
    Pages 83-96
  6. Polyamines: Osmoprotectants in Plant Abiotic Stress Adaptation

    • Atreyee Sengupta, Mayukh Chakraborty, Jayita Saha, Bhaskar Gupta, Kamala Gupta
    Pages 97-127
  7. Proline Accumulation in Plants: Roles in Stress Tolerance and Plant Development

    • Mudasir Irfan Dar, Mohd Irfan Naikoo, Farha Rehman, Fauzia Naushin, Fareed Ahmad Khan
    Pages 155-166
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 167-170

About this book

The continual change in climatic conditions induces a series of adaptations in plants to suit the unfavorable conditions for sustainable agriculture. For sustainable agriculture, it is important to unravel the precise mechanism(s) that disturb the homeostatic equilibrium at cellular and molecular level and also to enhance understanding to build strategies for the tolerance of plants. Osmolytes have long been identified as pivotal abiotic stress busters because of their role in plants in overcoming extremely harsh environmental conditions. This edited compilation attempts to put forth the scattered knowledge on osmolytes and their role in abiotic stress tolerance together and disseminate as a package to deal with the problems of lower productivity under stressful environment. It will enhance the understanding on osmolytes function and bioengineering of plants for abiotic stress tolerance.

The book covers very interesting topics dealing with various osmolytes and the mechanistic approach for abiotic stress tolerance to pave the path of agricultural scientists, breeders for developing high yielding sustainable transgenic crops.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India

    Noushina Iqbal, Rahat Nazar

  • Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

    Nafees A. Khan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Osmolytes and Plants Acclimation to Changing Environment: Emerging Omics Technologies

  • Editors: Noushina Iqbal, Rahat Nazar, Nafees A. Khan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2616-1

  • Publisher: Springer New Delhi

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature India Private Limited 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2615-4Published: 29 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3799-0Published: 27 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-2616-1Published: 16 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 170

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Protein Science, Protein Structure

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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