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Brassinosteroids in Plant Developmental Biology and Stress Tolerance
- 1st Edition - November 19, 2021
- Editors: Golam Jalal Ahammed, Anket Sharma, Jingquan Yu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 2 2 7 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 2 2 8 - 9
Brassinosteroids in Plant Developmental Biology and Stress Tolerance provides insights into understanding the mechanisms of Brassinosteroid-regulated plant developmental biology an… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBrassinosteroids in Plant Developmental Biology and Stress Tolerance provides insights into understanding the mechanisms of Brassinosteroid-regulated plant developmental biology and stress tolerance covering various biochemical, physiological, genetic and molecular studies.
As unprecedented climate change poses a serious threat to global food security by intensifying environmental stresses, studies reveal that Brassinosteroids (BRs) could not only protect plants from stresses to ensure food security, but could also reduce toxic compounds in edible plant parts for assuring food safety. Therefore, utilization of BRs in modern agriculture will be of great significance in the context of global climate change.
This book also highlights key information for developing eco-friendly growth regulators and understanding the importance of brassinosteroids in safe food production.
- Presents the multifaceted roles of brassinosteroids as phytohormones in plant growth, development and response to biotic and/or abiotic stresses
- Unveils the physiological and molecular mechanisms controlling plant stress response to biotic and abiotic stress
- Discusses developmental processes relating to environmental adaptations that are mediated by brassinosteroids
- Brings together recent works of experts studying brassinosteroid crosstalk with other signals, including hormones, sugars, redox and light signals
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Scientists and academics involved in plant hormone research
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Chemists, industrialists and employees involved in production and marketing of plant growth regulators
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Master and doctoral degree students of biochemistry, botany, agriculture, horticulture majoring in plant physiology and molecular biology
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Consultants working on production of crops in marginal environments
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Phytotechnologists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. An introduction to brassinosteroids: history, biosynthesis, and chemical diversity
- 1. Introduction
- 2. History
- 3. Biosynthesis of BRs
- 4. BRs classification and chemical biodiversity
- 5. BR biosynthesis inhibitors
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Revisiting brassinosteroids signaling in plants: current advances and challenges
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Characteristics and biosynthesis of brassinosteroids
- 3. Physiological functions of brassinosteroids in plant growth and developments
- 4. Signaling pathway of brassinosteroids in plants
- 5. Role of brassinosteroids in biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in plants
- 6. Convergence of brassinosteroids and environmental signals
- 7. Two-way sensing between signaling in brassinosteroids and other plant hormones
- 8. Involvement of brassinosteroids in plant reaction to elevated CO2 concentration
- 9. Application of brassinosteroids for improving crop production and productivity
- 10. Conclusions and future prospects
- Chapter 3. Brassinosteroids' regulation of plant architecture
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Regulation of plant height by BR
- 3. Regulation of leaf angle by BR
- 4. Regulation of shoot branching by BR
- 5. Regulation of root development by BR
- 6. Conclusion and perspectives
- Chapter 4. Brassinosteroids and primary photosynthetic processes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Impact of brassinosteroids on efficiency of the photosynthetic electron transport chain
- 3. Impact of brassinosteroids on thylakoid organization and structure
- 4. Impact of brassinosteroids on expression of genes coding for the components of the photosynthetic electron-transport chain
- 5. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 5. Brassinosteroids in plant reproductive development
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Brassinosteroids and flower development
- 3. Brassinosteroids and fruit ripening
- 4. Brassinosteroids and seed setting
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Cross-talk between brassinosteroids and other phytohormones: biological functions and molecular mechanism
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Brassinosteroid homeostasis
- 3. Brassinosteroid signaling
- 4. Brassinosteroid cross-talk with other phytohormones
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Convergence of brassinosteroids and environmental signals
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Brassinosteroids and abiotic stresses
- 3. Brassinosteroid signaling and its perception
- 4. Brassinosteroids–light interaction and its impact on plants
- 5. Brassinosteroids–temperature interaction regulates physiological processes
- 6. Brassinosteroids–heavy metals cross-talk
- 7. Brassinosteroids –salinity cross-talk and its role in plant's life cycle
- 8. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Brassinosteroids in plant response to high temperature stress
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Effect of heat stress on plants
- 3. BRs in thermotolerance
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Brassinosteroids and cold stress tolerance in plants
- 1. Introduction
- 2. BRs and plants under cold stress
- 3. Molecular mechanism of BR-induced cold stress tolerance
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Plant responses to drought stress: role of brassinosteroids
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Effects of drought stress in plants
- 3. Brassinosteroids
- 4. Exogenous brassinosteroid application in plant tolerance to drought stress
- 5. Concluding remarks
- Chapter 11. Brassinosteroids in plant nutrition and heavy metal tolerance
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Regulatory mechanism of brassinosteroids in plants
- 3. Brassinosteroids and heavy metal stress
- 4. Different physiological mechanisms of brassinosteroids against stress
- 5. Cross-talk between brassinosteroid signaling and plant nutrition
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 12. Involvement of brassinosteroids in plant response to salt stress
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Plant responses to salt stress
- 3. Brassinosteroids-mediated tolerance in response to salt stress
- 4. Conclusions
- Chapter 13. Regulation of plant defense against biotic stressors by brassinosteroids
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Brassinosteroid signal transduction during biotic stress
- 3. Brassinosteroid cross-talk with other phytohormones during biotic stress
- 4. Brassinosteroids and biotic stressors
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 14. Application of brassinosteroids for improving crop production: from laboratory to field
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Brassinosteroid transport and mechanism of action
- 3. Scientific basis for the application of brassinosteroids in agricultural practice
- 4. Brassinosteroids and plant stress
- 5. Conjugated molecules based on steroid hormones and their practical application
- 6. Conclusion and future prospects
- Index
- No. of pages: 326
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 19, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128132272
- eBook ISBN: 9780128132289
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Golam Jalal Ahammed
Dr. Golam Jalal Ahammed is an Associate Professor at the Department of Horticulture, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China His major research interests include plant stress physiology, phytohormones, climate change effect on plants, and environmental pollution. Dr. Ahammed was awarded two research grants for International Young Scientists by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He was also a recipient of several grants from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Currently, Dr. Ahammed is actively involved in unraveling the role of melatonin in plant stress response and is a Senior Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Springer Nature), and an Associate Editor of AoB Plants (Oxford Academics), and Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (Springer).
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, ChinaAS
Anket Sharma
Anket Sharma is currently working as a Visiting Research Scientist at University of Maryland, College Park, USA & as an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China. Dr. Sharma has more than 100 research articles to his credit. Dr. Sharma Completed his M.Phil and Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Visiting Research Scientist, University of Maryland, College Park, USA and Associate Professor (Adjunct), Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, ChinaJY
Jingquan Yu
Prof. Yu is Director, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plants Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, the Ministry of Agriculture, China Professor, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University. He is one of the leading scientists in the area of brassinosteroid research and has received a number of honors and awards such as Excellent Youth Instructor (2007), Yangtze River Scholar (2007), National Natural Science Award (2006), Science and Technology Advancement Award (2006), Science and Technology Advancement Award of Zhejiang Province (first class, 2005), National Outstanding Youth Scholar (2002), and so on. He has published more than 200 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, and is an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports, Plant Biology Section and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Director, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plants Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, ChinaRead Brassinosteroids in Plant Developmental Biology and Stress Tolerance on ScienceDirect