Ethylene in Plant Biology

Samiksha Singh, Laboratory of Herbal Pesticides, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Tajammul Husain, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. Vijay Pratap Singh, Department of Botany, C.M.P. Degree College, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Crop Nanobiology and Molecular Stress Physiology Laboratory, Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. Sheo Mohan Prasad, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. Nawal Kishore Dubey, Laboratory of Herbal Pesticides, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

List of Contributors v

Preface ix

1 Ethylene Implication in Root Development 1
Aditi Gupta, Anshu Rastogi, and Manjul Singh v

2 Crosstalk of Ethylene and Other Phytohormones in the Regulation of Plant Development 17
Savita Bhardwaj, Dhriti Sharma, Sadaf Jan, Rattandeep Singh, Renu Bhardwaj, and Dhriti Kapoor

3 Ethylene and Regulation of Metabolites in Plants 32
Savita Bhardwaj, Tunisha Verma, and Dhriti Kapoor

4 Ethylene as a Multitasking Regulator of Abscission Processes 49
Agata Kućko, Timothy J. Tranbarger, Juan D. Alché, and Emilia Wilmowicz

5 Ethylene: A Powerful Coordinator of Drought Responses 82
Emilia Wilmowicz, Agata Kućko, Sebastian Burchardt, and Jacek Karwaszewski

6 Current Understanding of Ethylene and Fruit Ripening 109
Shubhra Gupta, Kapil Gupta, Jasminkumar Kheni, and Jogeswar Panigrahi Copyrighted Material

7 Ethylene and ROS Crosstalk in Plant Developmental Processes 125
Kumar Chandra- kuntal

8 Role of Ethylene in Flower and Fruit Development 178
Cecilia Martínez, Alicia García, and Manuel Jamilena

9 Ethylene and Nutrient Regulation in Plants 220
Badar Jahan, Zebus Sehar, Harsha Gautam, Mehar Fatma, Noushina Iqbal, Asim Masood, and Nafees A. Khan

10 Plant Metabolism Adjustment in Exogenously Applied Ethylene under Stress 246
Niharika, N.B. Singh, Ajey Singh, and Shubhra Khare

11 Role of ET and ROS in Salt Homeostasis and Salinity Stress Tolerance and Transgenic Approaches to Making Salt- Tolerant Crops 259
Neeraj Kumar Dubey, Kapil Gupta, Surendra Pratap Singh, Jogeswar Panigrahi , and Satendra Pal Singh

12 Ethylene and Phytohormone Crosstalk in Plant Defense Against Abiotic Stress 277
Nimisha Amist and N.B. Singh

13 Mechanism for Ethylene Synthesis and Homeostasis in Plants: Current Updates 291
Rachana Tripathi, Nisha Agrawal, and Meeta Jain

14 Ethylene and Nitric Oxide Under Salt Stress: Exploring Regulatory Interactions 312
Noushina Iqbal, Peer Saffeullah, and Shahid Umar

15 Ethylene and Metabolic Reprogramming under Abiotic Stresses 345
Nisha Agrawal, Rachana Tripathi, and Meeta Jain

16 Regulation of Thermotolerance Stress in Crops by Plant Growth- Promoting Rhizobacteria Through Ethylene Homeostasis 363
Priyanka Gogoi, Parishmita Gogoi, Archana Yadav, and Ratul Saikia

17 Ethylene: Signaling, Transgenics, and Applications in Crop Improvement 374
Pragati Kumari, Rahul Thakur, Arvind Gupta, Vinay Kumar, Archana Thakur, and Saurabh Yadav

18 Role of Ethylene in Combating Biotic Stress 388
Shivam Jasrotia and Raman Jasrotia

19 Ethylene and Nitric Oxide Crosstalk in Plants under Abiotic Stress 398
Juhie Joshi- Paneri, Kanchan Jumrani, Sunita Kataria, Anita Dubey, and Meeta Jain

20 Polyamine Metabolism and Ethylene Signaling in Plants 420
Ekhlaque A. Khan, Zahra Souri, and Víctor García- Gaytán

Index 437