Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1 Environmental Change, and Plant Amino Acids and their Derivatives – An Introduction

PART II: AMINO ACIDS AND PEPTIDES, AND PLANT STRESS ADAPTATION

2 5-Aminolevulinic Acid (5-ALA) – A Multifunctional Amino Acid as a Plant Growth Stimulator and Stress Tolerance Factor

3 Cysteine – Jack of All Glutathione-based Plant Stress Defence Trades

4 Amino Acids and Drought Stress in Lotus: Use of Transcriptomics and Plastidic Glutamine Synthetase Mutants for New Insights in Proline Metabolism

5 Modulation of Proline: Implications in Plant Stress Tolerance and Development

6 Target Osmoprotectants for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants – Glycine Betaine and Proline

PART III: AMINES AND BRASSINOSTEROIDS, AND PLANT STRESS ADAPTATION

7 Polyamines as Indicators and as Modulators of the Abiotic Stress in Plants

8 Polyamines in Stress Protection – Applications in Agriculture

9 Functional Role of Polyamines and Polyamine-metabolizing Enzymes during Salinity, Drought and Cold Stresses

10 Regulatory Role of Polyamines in Growth, Development and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

11 Polyamines – Involvement in Plant Stress Tolerance and Adaptation

12 Role of Polyamines in Plant–Pathogen Interactions

13 Role of Polyamines in Stress Management

14 Polyamines in Plant In Vitro Culture

15 Betaines and Related Osmoprotectants – Significance in Metabolic Engineering of Plant Stress Resistance

16 Brassinosteroids’ Role for Amino Acids, Peptides and Amines Modulation in Stressed Plants – A Review

PART IV: APPRAISAL AND PERSPECTIVES

17 Plant Adaptation to Environmental Change, and Significance of Amino Acids and their Derivatives – Appraisal and Perspectives

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