Part I: Nitric Oxide: Properties and Functional Role
1 Reactive Nitrogen Species and Nitric Oxide
Dagmar Procházková, Naďa Wilhelmová and Milan Pavlík
2 Functional Role of Nitric Oxide under Abiotic Stress Conditions
Mehmet Tufan Oz, Fusun Eyidogan, Meral Yucel and Hüseyin 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
Péter Poór, Gábor 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