Nitric Oxide in Plant Biology: An Ancient Molecule with Emerging Roles is an extensive volume which provides a broad and detailed overview of Nitric Oxide (NO) in plant biology.
The book covers the entirety of the crucial role NO plays in the plant lifecycle, from the regulation of seed germination and growth to synthesis, nitrogen fixation and stress response. Beginning with NO production and NO homeostasis, Nitric Oxide in Plant Biology goes on to cover a variety of NO roles, with a focus on NO signalling, crosstalk and stress responses.
Edited by leading experts in the field and featuring the latest research from laboratories from across the globe, it is a comprehensive resource of interest to students and researchers working in plant physiology, agriculture, biotechnology, and the pharmaceutical and food industries.
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Table of Contents
Volume I: Nitric Oxide and Stress Interface 1. Overview of Nitric Oxide Homeostasis: Strategies for Altering the Levels of this Signaling Molecule in Plants 2. Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Plant Kingdom 3. The Role of Plants and Plant Secondary Metabolites as Selective NOS Inhibitors 4. Nitrate Reductase-Dependent Synthesis of Nitric Oxide in Plants 5. Nitric Oxide Production Mediated by Nitrate Reductase in Plants 6. Role of Nitric Oxide in Plants: A Current Update 7. Nitric Oxide: A Key Player in Mitigating Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants 8. Role of Nitric Oxide in Drought Stress 9. Nitric Oxide Regulation of Temperature Stress in Plants 10. Nitric Oxide Signaling in Plants During Flooding Stress 11. Plant Metabolism Adjustment in Exogenously Applied Nitric Oxide Under Stress 12. Nitric Oxide and Metabolic Reprogramming Under Phytotoxicity Stress 13. Nitric Oxide and Lateral Root Development in Plants Under Stress 14. Targets of Nitric Oxide in Plastids 15. Polyamine Metabolism and Nitric Oxide Signalling in Plants 16. Nitric Oxide Signalling and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants 17. Responses of Halophytes to Nitric Oxide 18. The Role of Nitric Oxide in LichensVolume II: Nitric Oxide Crosstalk 19. Nitric Oxide and Hydrogen Sulfide Crosstalk in Plants under Stress 20. Roles of S-Nitrosylation in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants 21. Nitric Oxide and Reactive Oxygen Species Crosstalk, and the Acquisition of Abiotic Stress Tolerance 22. Nitric Oxide-Mediated Regulation of Stomatal Movement During Desiccation 23. The Nitric Oxide Challenges During Metal Stress 24. Crosstalk of Nitric Oxide and Phytohormones in the Regulation of Plant Development 25. Nitric Oxide and Phytohormones Crosstalk in Plant Defence Against Abiotic Stress 26. Transcriptional Regulation by Nitric Oxide in Plant Disease Resistance 27. Gene Regulation by Nitric Oxide in Plants 28. The Ubiquitin-Proteosome System as Part of Nitric Oxide Sensing in Plants 29. Nitric Oxide and Hydrogen Peroxide Crosstalk in Plant Adaptation to Stress Conditions 30. The Role of Nitric Oxide in Fruit Ripening 31. Nitric Oxide Synthases from Photosynthetic Microorganisms: Discovering the Tip of the Iceberg 32. Nitric Oxide-mediated regulation of the physiological and molecular responses induced by UV-B radiation in plants
Authors
Vijay Pratap Singh Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Chaudhary Mahadeo Prasad College, Allahabad, UP, India. Dr. Singh obtained his PhD from the University of Allahabad on topic "Oxidative stress and antioxidant system in some cyanobacteria simultaneously exposed to UV-B and heavy metal.� He has authored 102 publications, as well as editorials in reputed journals. His area of research interest is the role of nitric oxide and hydrogen sulphide signalling in the regulation of abiotic stress in plants. Dr. Singh is also working as an editor and reviewer of several reputed international journals.Vijay Pratap Singh is an Assistant Professor, Department of Botany C.M.P. Post Graduate College, University of Allahabad, India. Dr. Singh has obtained his D.Phil. degree from University of Allahabad. He has authored 95 publications including book chapters and editorials in reputed journals. He has edited several books with Elsevier, Wiley, CRC Press, Nova Publisher, Studium Press, etc. His area of research interest is regulation of abiotic stress in plants with special emphasis on nitric oxide, hydrogen sulfide, reactive oxygen species and phytohormonal signaling. Dr. Singh is also working as an editor and reviewer of reputed international journals. Samiksha Singh Research Scholar, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India. Samiksha Singh is working as a D.Phil. research scholar in Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India. She has obtained her M.Sc. degree in Environmental Science from Lucknow University. Her area of research interest is management of abiotic stress in plants using biochemical and molecular approach.
Samiksha Singh is a Junior Research Fellow in the Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, India. Her area of research interest is management of metal stress in plants using biochemical and molecular approach with emphasis on nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide signaling. She has authored 33 publications in reputed international journals. She has edited books with Wiley, Nova Science Publisher, Studium Press and others. Durgesh Kumar Tripathi Amity University Uttar Pradesh.
Dr. Durgesh Kumar Tripathi is currently an Associate Professor at Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. He is the recipient of 'Dr DS Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship' of the UGC, New Delhi. Dr. Tripathi has received his D.Phil. in Science from University of Allahabad, India. During this period, Dr. Tripathi worked extensively on phytolith analysis, crop stress physiology, agro-nanotechnology and molecular biology. He has expertise on laser spectroscopy. His research interests encompass stress tolerance mechanisms in plants. Presently, he is working with nano-materials and their interactions with plants to find out their detoxification mechanisms, he is also working on Silicon, Nitric oxide and hormonal crosstalk against abiotic stress in plants.
Maria C. Romero-Puertas Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants, CSIC, Spain. Dr. Romero-Puertas is working as a tenure track researcher at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, in the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain. She has authored more than 50 articles in highly reputed journals and Her research is related with NO signaling in plants under both, biotic and abiotic stress conditions. Luisa Mar�a Sandalio Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants, CSIC, Spain. Prof. Luisa M. Sandalio is a researcher with wide experience in the field of biochemistry and physiology of abiotic stress in plants, including heavy metal stress, salinity, herbicides and senescence processes. She is the head of the research group "Signaling by oxygen and nitrogen reactive species under stress conditions in plants� and of the Excellence Group of the same name under the auspices of the Junta de Andalucia in the Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants in the Estaci�n Experimental del Zaid�n, CSIC, Granada, Spain. Her work has pioneered the study of different sources of superoxide radicals in plant peroxisomes and the presence in these organelles of a complex set of antioxidants. She has made especially contributed to our knowledge of the role of ROS and NO in cell responses to heavy metals.
