Narendra Tuteja & Sarvajeet S. Gill 
Abiotic Stress Response in Plants [PDF ebook] 

Understanding abiotic stress responses in plants is critical for the development of new varieties of crops, which are better adapted to harsh climate conditions. The new book by the well-known editor team Narendra Tuteja and Sarvajeet Gill provides a comprehensive overview on the molecular basis of plant responses to external stress like drought or heavy metals, to aid in the engineering of stress resistant crops.
After a general introduction into the topic, the following sections deal with specific signaling pathways mediating plant stress response. The last part covers translational plant physiology, describing several examples of the development of more stress-resistant crop varieties.

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PART I: ABIOTIC STRESSES – AN OVERVIEW
Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants: An Overview
The Plant Response to Genotoxic Stress: A Crucial Role in the Context of Global Climate Change
Understanding Altered Molecular Dynamics in the Targeted Plant Species in Western Himalaya in Relation to Environmental Cues
Crosstalk between Salt, Drought and Cold Stress in Plants: Towards Genetic Engineering for Stress Tolerance
Intellectual Property Management and Rights, Climate Change and Food Security

PART II: INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING
Abiotic Stress Response in Plants: Role of Cytoskeleton
Molecular Chaperone: Structure, Function and Role in Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Physiological Roles of Glutathione in Conferring Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Plants
Role of Calcium Dependent Protein Kinases during Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Lectin Receptor-Like Kinases and their Emerging Role in Abiotic Stress Tolerance

PART III: EXTRACELLULAR OR HORMONE-BASED SIGNALING
Heavy Metal Induced Oxidative Stress in Plants: Physiological and Molecular Perspectives
Metallothioneins and Phytochelatins: Role and Perspectives in Heavy Metal(loid)s Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
Plant Response to Arsenic Stress and Role of Exogenous Selenium to Mitigate Arsenic Induced Damages
Brassinosteroids: Physiology and Stress Management in Plants
Abscisic acid (ABA): Biosynthesis, regulation and role in abiotic stress tolerance
Cross-Stress Tolerance in Plants: Molecular Mechanisms and Possible Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species and Methylglyoxal Detoxification Systems

PART IV: TRANSLATIONAL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Molecular Markers and Crop Improvement
Polyamines in Stress Protection: Applications in Agriculture

关于作者

An elected fellow of numerous academies, Narendra Tuteja is currently a senior scientist at ICGEB, New Delhi, India. He has made significant contributions to crop improvement under adverse conditions, reporting the first helicase from plant and human cells and demonstrating new roles of Ku autoantigen, nucleolin and e IF4A as DNA helicases. Furthermore, he discovered novel functions of helicases, G-proteins, CBL-CIPK and Lec RLK in plant stress tolerance, and PLC and MAP-kinase as effectors for G proteins. Narendra Tuteja also reported several high salinity stress tolerant genes from plants and fungi and developed salt/drought tolerant plants.

Currently assistant professor at MD University, Rohtak, India, Sarvajeet Singh Gill has made significant contributions to abiotic stress tolerance. Together with Narendra Tuteja he worked on plant helicases and discovered a novel function of plant MCM6 in salinity stress tolerance that will help improve crop production at sub-optimal conditions. A recipient of the Junior Scientist of the Year Award 2008 from the National Environmental Science Academy, Sarvajeet Gill has edited several books and has a number of research papers, review articles, and book chapters to his name.