Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book offers an up-to-date review of the regulatory role of nitric oxide (NO) changes in the morphological, physio-biochemical as well as molecular characteristics of plants under abiotic stress. The first of two parts comprises four chapters and focuses on the properties, chemical reactions involving NO and reactive nitrogen species in plants. The second part, consisting of eleven chapters, describes the current understanding of the role of NO in the regulation of gene expression, NO signaling pathways and its role in the up-regulation of the endogenous defense system and programmed cell death. Furthermore, its interactions with other signaling molecules and plant hemoglobins under environmental and soil related abiotic stresses, including post-harvest stress in fruits, vegetables and ornamentals and wounding are discussed in detail. Together with the companion book Nitric Oxide in Plants: Metabolism and Role in Stress Physiology, this volume provides a concise overview of the field and offers a valuable reference work for teachers and researchers in the fields of plant physiology, biochemistry and agronomy.
Synopsis
Part I: Nitric Oxide: Properties and Functional Role
1 Reactive Nitrogen Species and Nitric Oxide
Dagmar Proch zkov , Naďa Wilhelmov and Milan Pavl k
2 Functional Role of Nitric Oxide under Abiotic Stress Conditions
Mehmet Tufan Oz, Fusun Eyidogan, Meral Yucel and H seyin Avni Oktem
3 Nitric Oxide and Abiotic Stress Induced Oxidative Stress
Sunita Sheokand and Anita Kumari
4 Regulatory Role of Nitric Oxide in Alterations of Morphological Features of Plants under Abiotic Stress
David W. M. Leung
Part II: Nitric Oxide and Plant Adaptation to Abiotic Stresses
5 Nitric Oxide and High Temperature Stress: A Physiological Perspective
M. Nasir Khan, Mohammad Mobin and Zahid bin Khorshid Abdulkhaliq Nourabbas
6 Nitric Oxide in Drought Stress Signaling and Tolerance in Plants
Shivam Sidana, Jayakumar Bose, Lana Shabala and Sergey Shabala
7 Nitric Oxide and Plant Hemoglobins Improve the Tolerance of Plants to Hypoxia
Christos Dordas
8 Nitric Oxide as a Mediator of Cold Stress Response: a Transcriptional Point of View
Emmanuel Baudouin and Sylvain Jeandroz
9 Nitric Oxide and UV-B Radiation
Alla I. Yemets, Yuliya A. Krasylenko and Yaroslav B. Blume
10 Nitric Oxide Impact on Plant Adaptation to Transition Metal Stress
Mohammad Mobin, M. Nasir Khan and Zahid bin Khorshid Abdulkhaliq Nourabbas
11 Nitric Oxide Action in the Improvement of Plant Tolerance to Nutritional Stress
Vasileios Ziogas and Athanassios Molassiotis
12 Role of Nitric Oxide in Heavy Metal Stress
R. Cerana and M. Malerba
13 Role of Nitric Oxide in Salt Stress-induced Programmed Cell Death and Defense Mechanisms
P ter Po r, G bor Laskay and Irma Tari
14 Nitric Oxide and Postharvest Stress of Fruits, Vegetables and Ornamentals
R.B.H. Wills, P. Pristijono and J.B. Golding
15 Insights into the Participation of Nitric Oxide and Extra Cellular ATP in Wounding
Claudia A. Casalongu , Diego F. Fiol, Sebasti n D Ipp lito, Claudia Ton n and Ramiro Par s