Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress, 2013

Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress using Priming Agents.- Facing the Cold Stress by Plants in the Changing Environment: Sensing, Signaling and Defending Mechanisms.- Drought and Salinity Tolerant Biofuel Crops for the Thar Desert.- Strategies for the salt tolerance in bacteria and archeae and its implications in developing crops for adverse conditions.- Adverse Effects of Abiotic Stresses on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and their Alleviation by Calcium.- Role of DREB-like Proteins in Improving Stress Tolerance of Transgenic Crops.- Homeobox Genes as Potential Candidates for Crop Improvement under Abiotic Stress.- APETALA2 Gene Family: Potential for Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions.- Osmoprotectants: Potential for Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions.- Epigenetic Modifications in Plants under Adverse Conditions – Agricultural Applications.- Physiological Role of Nitric Oxide in Plants Grown under Adverse Environmental Conditions.- Weeds as a Source of Genetic Material for Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions.- Sustainable Agriculture Practices for Food and Nutritional Security.- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants for Sustainable Agriculture.- Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Eco-friendly Agricultural Approach to Crop Improvement.- Plant Pathogen Interactions: Crop Improvement under Adverse Conditions.- Can G-proteins be the key proteins for overcoming environmental stresses and increasing crop yield in plants?.

Covers state of the art topical articles from experts around the world Suitable for a wide audience, including post graduates, Ph.D scholars, and researchers working in the field of crop improvement, genetic engineering and abiotic stress tolerance Features over 100 illustrations Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras