Chapter 1
Biochemical and Molecular Approaches for Drought Tolerance in Plants
Parvaiz Ahmad, Asiya Hameed, Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah, Subzar Ahmad Sheikh, Mohd Rafiq Wani, Saiema Rasool, Sumiya Jamsheed and Ashwani Kumar
Chapter 2
Heavy-Metal Attack on Freshwater Side: Physiological Defense Strategies of Macrophytes and Ecotoxicological Ops
David Delmail and Pascal Labrousse
Chapter 3
Secondary Metabolites and Environmental Stress in Plants: Biosynthesis, Regulation and Function
Mohammad Babar Ali
Chapter 4
Major Phytohormones under Abiotic Stress
Iwona Morkunas, Van Chung Mai, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Magda Formela and Piotr Goliński
Chapter 5
Nitric Oxide: Role in Plants under Abiotic Stress
Andrzej Bajguz
Chapter 6
Brassinosteroids: Improving Crop Productivity and Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Renu Bhardwaj, Indu Sharma, Dhriti Kapoor, Poonam, Vandana Gautam, Ravdeep Kaur, Shagun Bali and Anket Sharma
Chapter 7
Ethylene: Role in Plants under Environmental Stress
M.A. Matilla-Vázquez and A.J. Matilla
Chapter 8
Scenario of Climate Changes in the Context of Agriculture
Rida Rehman, Anber Hamdani, Aisha Naseem, Muhammad Ashraf and Alvina Gul Kazi
Chapter 9
Importance of Protective Compounds in Stress Tolerance
Aykut Sağlam and Sumira Jan
Chapter 10
Growth Patterns of Tomato Plants Subjected to Two Non-Conventional Abiotic Stresses: UV-C Irradiations and Electric Fields
Adriano Sofo, Donato Castronuovo, Stella Lovelli, Giuseppe Tataranni and Antonio Scopa
Chapter 11
Rhizobacteria: Restoration of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils
Seifeddine Ben Tekaya, Sherlyn Tipayno, Kiyoon Kim, Parthiban Subramanian and Tongmin Sa
Chapter 12
Potassium and Sodium Transport Channels under NaCl Stress
Igor Pottosin, Ana-María Velarde-Buendia and Oxana Dobrovinskaya
Chapter 13
Jatropha curcas: An Overview
Nisha Singh Tomar, Mohammad Abass Ahanger and R M Agarwal
About the Author:
Dr. Parvaiz Ahmad
Department of Botany, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Dr. Mohd Rafiq Wani
Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College (Boys), Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India