Description
Climatic conditions are key determinants of plant growth, whether at the scale of temperature regulation of the cell cycle or at the scale of the geographic limits for a particular species. The climate is changing due to human activities – particularly the emission of greenhouse gases – therefore the conditions for the establishment, growth, reproduction, survival, and distribution of plant species are changing. In contrast to animals, plants are able to cease and resume growth. This flexibility in their architecture and growth pattern is partly achieved by the action of plant hormones. Still, the role of plant growth regulators (PGRs) in agriculture is modest compared to other agrochemicals, such as fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides. Plant Growth Regulators for Climate-Smart Agriculture is an invaluable guide to the varied roles filled by PGRs in the attainment of higher-quality, better-yielding crops.
Salient Features (minimum 5):
- Explores plant growth regulators and anthropogenic climate change.
- Provides new insights related to hormonal cross-talk in plant development and stress responses.
- Sheds new light on the role of PGRs in agriculture in the attainment of higher-quality, better-yielding crops.
- Delivers valuable information on physiological and molecular mechanisms linked to the role of plant growth regulators in stress tolerance.
- Provides valuable knowledge for students of agronomy, plant physiology, molecular biology, and environmental sciences.
Table of Contents
1. Role of Gibberellins in Response to Stress Adaptation in Plants
[Mousumi Mondal, Sourav Garai, Jagamohan Nayak, Anirban Roy, Debjani Dutta,
Snehashis Karmakar, Shah Fahad, and Akbar Hossain]
2. Abscisic Acid and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops
[Abdul Rehman, Hafiza Iqra Almas, Abdul Qayyum, Hongge Li, Zhen Peng,
Guangyong Qin, Yinhua Jia, Zhaoe Pan, Shoupu He, and Xiongming Du]
3. Plant Growth Regulators’ Role in Developing Cereal Crops Resilient to
Climate Change
[Adnan Noor Shah, Asad Abbas, Mohammad Safdar Baloch, Javaid Iqbal, Amjed Ali,
Shah Fahad, and Muhammad Adnan Bukhari]
4. Jasmonates: Debatable Role in Temperature Stress Tolerance
[Sherien Bukhat, Habib-ur-Rehman Athar, Tariq Shah, Hamid Manzoor, Sumaira Rasul,
and Fozia Saeed]
5. The Role of Gibberellin against Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
[Sagar Maitra, Akbar Hossain, Chandrasekhar Sahu, Udit Nandan Mishra,
Pradipta Banerjee, Preetha Bhadra, Subhashisa Praharaj, Tanmoy Shankar,
and Urjashi Bhattacharya]
6. Role of Phytohormones in Drought Stress
[Abdul Rehman, Hafiza Iqra Almas, Abdul Qayyum, Hongge Li, Zhen Peng,
Guangyong Qin, Yinhua Jia, Zhaoe Pan, Fazal Akbar, Shoupu He, and Xiongming Du]
7. Cross-Talk between Phytohormone-Signalling Pathways under Abiotic
Stress Conditions
[Asif Iqbal, Mazhar Iqbal, Madeeha Alamzeb, Shah Fahad, Mohammad Akmal,
Shazma Anwar, Asad Ali Khan, Muhammad Arif, Inamullah, Shaheenshah,
Muhammad Saeed, Manzoor Ahmad, Qiang Dong, Xiangru Wang, Huiping Gui,
Hengheng Zhang, Xiling Zhang, Du Xiongming, and Meizhen Song]
8. Salicylic Acid: Its Role in Temperature Stress Tolerance
[Nosheen Khalid, Imran Khan, Shehla Sammi, Inam-u-llah, Muhammad Liaquat,
and Muhammad Jahangir]
9. Ethylene: A Key Regulatory Molecule in Plant Appraisal of Abiotic Stress Tolerance
[Mona H. Soliman, Awatif M. Abdulmajeed, and Abdelghafar M. Abu-Elsaoud]
10. The Role of Phytohormones in Heat Stress Tolerance in Plants
[Sagar Maitra, Akbar Hossain, Pradipta Banerjee, and Preetha Bhadra]
11. Plant Resilience to Abiotic Stress Mitigated through Phytohormones’ Production and
Their Transcriptional Control
[Sammina Mahmood, Umair Ashraf, Zia ur Rehman, Muhammad Ikram, and Sajid Mehmood]
12. The Role of Phytohormones in Combating Biotic Stress
[Fazal Akbar, Atta Ur Rahman, Abdul Rehman, Nisar Ahmad, Mohammad Ali,
Akhtar Rasool, Muzafar Shah, Muhammad Israr, Muhammad Suleman, and Muhammad Rizwan]
