Table Of ContentSajad Majeed Zargar
Mohammad Yousuf Zargar Editors
Abiotic Stress-
Mediated Sensing
and Signaling in
Plants: An Omics
Perspective
Abiotic Stress-Mediated Sensing and
Signaling in Plants: An Omics Perspective
Sajad Majeed Zargar
Mohammad Yousuf Zargar
Editors
Abiotic Stress-Mediated
Sensing and Signaling in
Plants: An Omics
Perspective
Editors
Sajad Majeed Zargar Mohammad Yousuf Zargar
Division of Plant Biotechnology Directorate of Research
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural
Sciences & Technology of Kashmir Sciences & Technology of Kashmir
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Preface
Present climatic changes lead to decrease in timely precipitation, increase in tem-
perature and have drastic effect on sustainability. Water, food, health, land and envi-
ronment that are the essential needs of life are all threatened by the changing
climate. There will be a tremendous decline in crop yield as well as food quality that
will have a major impact on all other aspects of life. The negative effects of the
changing climate are most apparent on genetic resources and biodiversity that rep-
resent one of the major limiting factors for crop improvement. As such, there is a
need to understand molecular mechanisms and the biology behind tolerance to these
abiotic stresses.
Plants have evolved a wide range of mechanisms to cope with various abiotic
stresses. In various crop plants, molecular mechanisms involved in a single stress
tolerance have been revealed comparatively and independently; however, in order to
have a holistic understanding of major and common events happening among vari-
ous abiotic stresses, there is a need to elucidate the signalling pathways involved. So
far, several molecules, like transcription factors and kinases, have been identified as
promising candidates that are involved in crosstalk between stress signalling path-
ways. There are various other pathways that are involved in a crosstalk for abiotic
stress tolerance. However, there is a need to better understand the tolerance mecha-
nisms for different abiotic stresses through elucidation of signalling and sensing
mechanisms involved.
Here, we have covered various topics that include the impact of different abiotic
stresses on plants, the molecular mechanisms leading to tolerance for different abi-
otic stresses, signalling cascades revealing crosstalk among various abiotic stresses
and elucidation of major candidate molecules that may provide abiotic stress toler-
ance in plants.
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India Sajad Majeed Zargar
Mohammad Yousuf Zargar
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Acknowledgements
A lot of effort were put in the completion of this book, and without the support of
people around us, it would not have been possible.
We would like to thank our organisation (SKUAST-Kashmir), particularly
Honourable Vice Chancellor Prof. Nazeer Ahmed, for their support, guidance and
encouragement. We would also like to thank Extension Director Prof. M A Teli,
Education Director Prof. S A Wani and Dean Prof. F A Zaki of the Faculty of
Horticulture for their support and guidance.
SMZ acknowledges the support and encouragement of the scientific staff of the
Division of Plant Biotechnology, especially Prof. Riaz Ahmad Shah, Prof. Shafiq
A. Wani, Prof. Nazir A. Ganai and Prof. F A Nehvi.
SMZ also acknowledges the support of students especially Dr. Reetika and col-
laborators especially Prof. Randeep Rakwal (University of Tsukuba, Japan) for his
generosity. SMZ also thanks his family for their support and best wishes.
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Contents
1 “Omics”: A Gateway Towards Abiotic Stress Tolerance ..................... 1
Sreshti Bagati, Reetika Mahajan, Muslima Nazir, Aejaz Ahmed Dar,
and Sajad Majeed Zargar
2 Second Messengers: Central Regulators in Plant
Abiotic Stress Response .......................................................................... 47
Muskan Jain, Preeti Nagar, Parul Goel, Anil Kumar Singh,
Sumita Kumari, and Ananda Mustafiz
3 Signaling Peptides: Hidden Molecular Messengers
of Abiotic Stress Perception and Response in Plants ........................... 95
Jebi Sudan, Devyani Sharma, Ananda Mustafiz,
and Sumita Kumari
4 Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS): A Way to Stress
Survival in Plants .................................................................................... 127
Pawan Saini, Mudasir Gani, Jashan Jot Kaur, Lal Chand Godara,
Charan Singh, S. S. Chauhan, Rose Mary Francies,
Ajay Bhardwaj, N. Bharat Kumar, and M. K. Ghosh
5 Role of Cuticular Wax in Adaptation to Abiotic Stress:
A Molecular Perspective ......................................................................... 155
Swati Singh, Sandip Das, and R. Geeta
6 Abiotic Stress Response in Plants: A Cis- Regulatory Perspective ...... 183
Aditi Jain, Gauri Joshi, Chetan Chauhan, and Sandip Das
7 Multifarious Role of ROS in Halophytes: Signaling and Defense ...... 207
G. C. Nikalje, S. J. Mirajkar, T. D. Nikam, and P. Suprasanna
8 Enhancing Cold Tolerance in Horticultural Plants
Using In Vitro Approaches ..................................................................... 225
Samira Chugh, Shweta Sharma, Anjana Rustagi, Pratibha Kumari,
Aayushi Agrawal, and Deepak Kumar
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9 Omics-Based Strategies for Improving Salt Tolerance
in Maize (Zea mays L.) ............................................................................ 243
Mohammed Shalim Uddin, Masum Billah, Neelima Hossain,
Shamim Ara Bagum, and M. Tofazzal Islam
10 Drought Stress Tolerance in Wheat: Omics Approaches
in Understanding and Enhancing Antioxidant Defense ...................... 267
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Jubayer Al Mahmud, Taufika Islam Anee,
Kamrun Nahar, and M. Tofazzal Islam
11 Signalling During Cold Stress and Its Interplay
with Transcriptional Regulation ............................................................ 309
Pushpika Udawat and Priyanka Deveshwar
12 Cross Talk Between Phytohormone Signaling Pathways
Under Abiotic Stress Conditions and Their Metabolic
Engineering for Conferring Abiotic Stress Tolerance .......................... 329
Sheezan Rasool, Uneeb Urwat, Muslima Nazir, Sajad Majeed
Zargar, and M. Y. Zargar
Contributors
Aayushi Agrawal Department of Biotechnology, Sharda University, Greater
Noida, India
Aejaz Ahmed Dar School of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of
Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Taufika Islam Anee Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-
Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sreshti Bagati School of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural
Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Shamim Ara Bagum Stress Breeding Lab, Bangladesh Agricultural Research
Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Ajay Bhardwaj Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, India
N. Bharat Kumar Central Silk Board (CSB), Central Sericultural Research
&Training Institute (CSR&TI), Pampore, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Masum Billah Stress Breeding Lab, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute,
Gazipur, Bangladesh
Chetan Chauhan Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
S. S. Chauhan Central Silk Board (CSB), Central Sericultural Research &Training
Institute (CSR&TI), Pampore, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Samira Chugh Department of Botany, Gargi College, University of Delhi, New
Delhi, India
Sandip Das Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Priyanka Deveshwar Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of
Delhi, New Delhi, India
Rose Mary Francies Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Mudasir Gani Central Silk Board (CSB), Central Sericultural Research &Training
Institute (CSR&TI), Pampore, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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