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Harsh Environment and Plant Resilience

Molecular and Functional Aspects

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Editors:
  1. Azamal Husen

    1. Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia

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  • Broadens understanding of the core developmental, physiological, and molecular aspects that regulate plant growth and productivity under harsh environmental conditions
  • Illustrates plant resilience to climate change for sustainable agricultural and horticultural practices
  • Enriches understanding of gene function, molecules, physiology, cell biology, fast-breeding programmes, ecophysiological interactions of plants, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, biosensors for monitoring stress, production of secondary metabolites, stress alleviation processes etc.

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Harsh Environment and Resilient Plants: An Overview

    • Azamal Husen
    Pages 1-23

  3. Expression and Regulation of Stress-Responsive Genes in Plants Under Harsh Environmental Conditions

    • Sahil, Radhika Keshan, Anupam Patra, Sahil Mehta, K. F. Abdelmotelb, Shivaji Ajinath Lavale et al.
    Pages 25-44

  4. Genome Editing: A Tool from the Vault of Science for Engineering Climate-Resilient Cereals

    • Rahul Dilawari, Navneet Kaur, Nitesh Priyadarshi, Brijesh Kumar, K. F. Abdelmotelb, Shambhu Krishan Lal et al.
    Pages 45-72

  5. Advancement in Molecular and Fast Breeding Programs for Climate-Resilient Agriculture Practices

    • Anirban Roy, Shampa Purkaystha, Somnath Bhattacharyya
    Pages 73-98

  6. Recombinant DNA Technology for Sustainable Plant Growth and Production

    • Saumya Pandey
    Pages 99-120

  7. Regulatory Role of Micro-RNAs in Plants Under Challenging Environmental Conditions with Special Focus on Drought and Salinity

    • Ashok Kumar, Ranjeet Kaur, Manchikatla Venkat Rajam
    Pages 121-140

  8. Molecular Mechanisms of Heat Shock Proteins for Sustainable Plant Growth and Production

    • Maria Kidwai, Puja Singh, Prasanna Dutta, Khushboo Chawda, Debasis Chakrabarty
    Pages 141-169

  9. Physiological and Molecular Responses to Heavy Metal Stresses in Plants

    • Mitesh Patel, Malvi Surti, Syed Amir Ashraf, Mohd Adnan
    Pages 171-202

  10. Morpho-anatomical, Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Responses of Plants to Air Pollution

    • Azamal Husen
    Pages 203-234

  11. Physiological and Molecular Responses to High, Chilling, and Freezing Temperature in Plant Growth and Production: Consequences and Mitigation Possibilities

    • Noreen Zahra, Kanval Shaukat, Muhammad Bilal Hafeez, Ali Raza, Sadam Hussain, Muhammad Tanees Chaudhary et al.
    Pages 235-290

  12. Physiological and Molecular Responses to Salinity Due to Excessive Na+ in Plants

    • Varucha Misra, A. K. Mall, Mohammad Israil Ansari
    Pages 291-303

  13. Physiological and Molecular Responses to Drought, Submergence and Excessive Watering in Plants

    • Namrata Verma, Prachi Sao, Aashna Srivastava, Sachidanand Singh
    Pages 305-321

  14. Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase, Plants, and Heat Stress

    • Jyotsna Bharti, Sahil, Sahil Mehta, Shaban Ahmad, Baljinder Singh, Asish K. Padhy et al.
    Pages 323-354

  15. Cross Talk Between Heme Oxygenase 1 and Lateral Root Development for Salt Tolerance

    • Khushbu Verma, Shubham Dixit, Afroz Alam
    Pages 355-365

  16. Salt-Tolerant and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria: A New-Fangled Approach for Improving Crop Yield

    • Subhadeep Dutta, Debjoy Bhattacharjya, Sangram Sinha, Amit Kumar Mandal
    Pages 367-385

  17. Improving Resilience Against Drought Stress Among Crop Plants Through Inoculation of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria

    • Hafiz Tanvir Ahmad, Azhar Hussain, Ayesha Aimen, Muhammad Usman Jamshaid, Allah Ditta, Hafiz Naeem Asghar et al.
    Pages 387-408

  18. Trends in Biosensors and Current Detection Methods for Stress Monitoring of Plants Growing in Adverse Environmental Conditions

    • Vasileios Tsekouras, Sofia Mavrikou, Spyridon Kintzios
    Pages 409-436

  19. Secondary Metabolites for Sustainable Plant Growth and Production Under Adverse Environment Conditions

    • Additiya Paramanya, Prairna, Nazım ÅžekeroÄŸlu, Ahmad Ali
    Pages 437-456

  20. Medicinal Plants and Their Pharmaceutical Properties Under Adverse Environmental Conditions

    • Archana Bachheti, Deepti, R. K. Bachheti, Azamal Husen
    Pages 457-502
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Keywords

About this book

In the recent past, threats from climate change and unforeseeable environmental extremes to plant growth and productivity have consistently increased. The climate change-driven effects, especially from unpredictable environmental fluctuations, can result in an increased prevalence of abiotic and biotic stresses in plants. These stresses have slowed down the global yields of crop plants. On the other hand, food security for the rapidly growing human population in a sustainable ecosystem is a major concern of the present-day world. Thus, understanding the core developmental, physiological and molecular aspects that regulate plant growth and productivity in a challenging environment is a pivotal issue to be tackled by the scientific community dealing with sustainable agricultural and horticultural practices. 


Plants are influenced by the adverse environmental conditions at various levels, their different and diverse responses play a significant rolein determining their growth, production and the overall geographical distribution. The chapters in this book focus on the biological mechanisms and fundamental principles that determine how different plant species grow, perform and interact with a challenging environment. 


This book covers a broad range of topics in plant science, including gene function, molecules, physiology, cell biology and plant ecology, to understand the functioning of plants under harsh environmental conditions. The book elucidates the physiological and molecular mechanisms in different plant species, ecophysiological interactions of plants, interplay between plant roots, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, biosensors for monitoring stress, production of secondary metabolites, stress alleviation processes, and more.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia

    Azamal Husen

About the editor

Professor Azamal Husen (BSc from Shri Murli Manohar Town Post Graduate College, Ballia, UP, MSc from Hamdard University, New Delhi; and PhD from Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India) is a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. He has served the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, as a Full Professor of Biology, and also worked as the Coordinator of MSc Program and the Head, Department of Biology. He was a Visiting Faculty of the Forest Research Institute, and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehra Dun, India. He has a more than 20 years’ experience of teaching, research and administration. Dr. Husen specializes in biogenic nanomaterials fabrication and their application, plant response to nanomaterials, plant production and adaptation to harsh environments at physiological, biochemical and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation and improvement of tree species. He has conducted several research projects sponsored by various funding agencies, including the World Bank, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), the Indian Council of Forest Research Education (ICFRE); and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), etc. He has published over 100 research papers, review articles and book chapters, edited books of international repute, presented papers in several conferences, and produced over a dozen of manuals and monographs. Husen received four fellowships from India and a recognition award from University of Gondar, Ethiopia, for excellent teaching, research and community service. An active organizer of seminars/conferences and an efficient evaluator of research projects and book proposals as he is, Dr. Husen has been on the Editorial board and the panel of reviewers of several reputed journals of Elsevier, Frontiers Media SA, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature, RSC, Oxford University Press, Sciendo, The Royal Society, CSIRO, PLOS and John Wiley & Sons. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is a Fellow of the Plantae group of American Society of Plant Biologists, and a Member of International Society of Root Research, Asian Council of Science Editors, and INPST, etc. Also, he is Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Plant Physiology; and a Series Editor of ‘Exploring Medicinal Plants’ published by Taylor & Francis Group, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Harsh Environment and Plant Resilience

  • Book Subtitle: Molecular and Functional Aspects

  • Editors: Azamal Husen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65912-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65911-0Published: 03 April 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65914-1Published: 03 April 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65912-7Published: 02 April 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 542

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Physiology, Plant Ecology, Plant Sciences, Agriculture

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