Table Of ContentADVANCES IN
SELECTED PLANT
PHYSIOLOGY ASPECTS
Edited by Giuseppe Montanaro
and Bartolomeo Dichio
Advances in Selected Plant Physiology Aspects
Edited by Giuseppe Montanaro and Bartolomeo Dichio
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Contents
Preface IX
Section 1 Abiotic Stress 1
Chapter 1 Abiotic Stress Responses in
Plants: A Focus on the SRO Family 3
Rebecca S. Lamb
Chapter 2 Characterization of Plant Antioxidative
System in Response to Abiotic Stresses:
A Focus on Heavy Metal Toxicity 23
Miguel Mourato, Rafaela Reis and Luisa Louro Martins
Chapter 3 Genetic and Molecular Aspects of Plant
Response to Drought in Annual Crop Species 45
Anna M. De Leonardis, Maria Petrarulo,
Pasquale De Vita and Anna M. Mastrangelo
Chapter 4 Plant-Heavy Metal Interaction:
Phytoremediation, Biofortification and Nanoparticles 75
Elena Masarovičová and Katarína Kráľová
Section 2 Plant Water Relations 103
Chapter 5 Plant Water Relations: Absorption,
Transport and Control Mechanisms 105
Geraldo Chavarria and Henrique Pessoa dos Santos
Chapter 6 Defence Strategies of Annual Plants Against Drought 133
Eszter Nemeskéri, Krisztina Molnár, Róbert Víg,
Attila Dobos and János Nagy
Section 3 Mineral Nutrition and Root Absorption Processes 159
Chapter 7 Soil Fungi-Plant Interaction 161
Giuseppe Tataranni, Bartolomeo Dichio and Cristos Xiloyannis
VI Contents
Chapter 8 Plant-Soil-Microorganism Interactions
on Nitrogen Cycle: Azospirillum Inoculation 189
Elda B. R. Perotti and Alejandro Pidello
Chapter 9 Selenium Metabolism in Plants: Molecular Approaches 209
Özgür Çakır, Neslihan Turgut-Kara and Şule Arı
Chapter 10 Fruit Transpiration: Mechanisms and
Significance for Fruit Nutrition and Growth 233
Giuseppe Montanaro, Bartolomeo Dichio and Cristos Xiloyannis
Chapter 11 Significance of UV-C Hormesis and Its Relation to Some
Phytochemicals in Ripening and Senescence Process 251
Maharaj Rohanie and Mohammed Ayoub
Chapter 12 The Role of Root-Produced Volatile Secondary
Metabolites in Mediating Soil Interactions 269
Sergio Rasmann, Ivan Hiltpold and Jared Ali
Section 4 Reproduction 291
Chapter 13 Cytokinins and Their Possible Role in
Seed Size and Seed Mass Determination in Maize 293
Tomaž Rijavec, Qin-Bao Li,
Marina Dermastia and Prem S. Chourey
Chapter 14 Nutritional and Proteomic Profiles
in Developing Olive Inflorescence 309
Christina K. Kitsaki, Nikos Maragos and Dimitris L. Bouranis
Chapter 15 Regulatory Mechanism in Sexual
and Asexual Cycles of Dictyostelium 327
Aiko Amagai
Chapter 16 Terpenoids and Gibberellic Acids Interaction in Plants 345
Zahra Asrar
Chapter 17 Lipotubuloids – Structure and Function 365
Maria Kwiatkowska, Katarzyna Popłońska, Dariusz Stępiński,
Agnieszka Wojtczak, Justyna Teresa Polit and Katarzyna Paszak
Preface
The book provides general principles and new insights of some plant physiology
aspects covering abiotic stress, plant water relations, mineral nutrition and
reproduction.
Plant response to reduced water availability and other abiotic stress (e.g. metals) have
been analysed through changes in water absorption and transport mechanisms and
also by molecular and genetic approach. A relatively new aspects of fruit nutrition are
presented in order to provide the basis for the improvement of some fruit quality
traits. The involvement of hormones, nutritional and proteomic plant profiles together
with some structure/function of sexual components have also been addressed. Written
by leading scientists from around the world it may serve as source of methods,
theories, ideas and tools for students, researchers and experts in that areas of plant
physiology.
Dr. Giuseppe Montanaro
Prof. Bartolomeo Dichio
Department of Crop Systems,
Forestry and Environmental Sciences,
University of Basilicata,
Italy
