Environmental Adaptations and Stress Tolerance of Plants in the Era of Climate Change

1. Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants: An Overview
Hans-Werner Koyro, Parvaiz Ahmad, Nicole Geissler

2. Prospects of Halophytes in Understanding and Managing Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Vinayak H. Lokhande, Penna Suprasanna

3. UV-B Radiation, Its Effects and Defense Mechanisms in Terrestrial Plants
Fernando E. Prado, Mariana Rosa, Carolina Prado, Griselda Podazza, Roque Interdonato, Juan A. González, Mirna Hilal

4. K+ Nutrition, Uptake, and Its Role in Environmental Stress in Plants
Manuel Nieves-Cordones, Fernando Alemán, Mario Fon, Vicente Martínez, Francisco Rubio

5. Temperature Stress and Responses of Plants
Anna Źróbek-Sokolnik

6. Responses and Management of Heat Stress in Plants
Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Farooq, Iqbal Hussain, Rizwan Rasheed, Saddia Galani

7. Understanding Chilling Tolerance Traits Using Arabidopsis Chilling-Sensitive Mutants
Dana Zoldan, Reza Shekaste Band, Charles L. Guy, Ron Porat

8. Root Form and Function in Plant as an Adaptation to Changing Climate
Maria Rosa Abenavoli, Maria Rosaria Panuccio, Agostino Sorgonà

9. Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide in Plants Under Cadmium Stress: From Toxicity to Signaling
Luisa M. Sandalio, Maria Rodríguez-Serrano, Dharmendra K. Gupta, Angustias Archilla, Maria C. Romero-Puertas, Luis A. Río

10. Reactive Nitrogen Inflows and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Agriculture: An Environment Perspective
Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Ruby Chandna, Altaf Ahmad, Muhammad Iqbal

11. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Other Plant–Soil Interactions in Relation to Environmental Stress
Patrick Audet

12. MicroRNAs and Their Role in Plants During Abiotic Stresses
Praveen Guleria, Deepmala Goswami, Monika Mahajan, Vinay Kumar, Jyoti Bhardwaj, Sudesh Kumar Yadav

13. Transcription Factors Involved in Environmental Stress Responses in Plants
Haibo Xin, Feng Qin, Lam-Son Phan Tran

14. Plant Signaling Under Abiotic Stress Environment
Parvaiz Ahmad, Renu Bhardwaj, Narendra Tuteja

15. Calcium Signalling in Plant Cells Under Environmental Stress
Sylvia Lindberg, Md. Abdul Kader, Vladislav Yemelyanov

16. Role of H2O2 as Signaling Molecule in Plants
M. A. Matilla-Vázquez, A. J. Matilla

17. Role of Phytohormone Signaling During Stress
Mohammad Miransari

18. Ethylene and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
Elisa Gamalero, Bernard R. Glick

19. New Approaches to Study Metal-Induced Stress in Plants
M. C. Cia, F. R. Capaldi, R. F. Carvalho, P. L. Gratão, R. A. Azevedo

20. Sulfur in the Alleviation of Cadmium-Induced Oxidative Stress in Plants
Noushina Iqbal, Nafees A. Khan, Md. Iqbal R. Khan, Rahat Nazar, Asim Masood, Shabina Syeed

21. Role of Salicylic Acid in Alleviating Heavy Metal Stress
Losanka P. Popova, Liliana T. Maslenkova, Albena Ivanova, Zhivka Stoinova

22. Bioremediation and Mitigation of Organic Contaminants in the Era of Climate Changes
Laura Coppola, Edoardo Puglisi, Costantino Vischetti, Marco Trevisan

23. Exploitation of Weeds and Ornamentals for Bioremediation of Metalliferous Substrates in the Era of Climate Change
M. N. V. Prasad

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Sciences, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Physiology, Plant Genetics & Genomics