Jasmonates and Plant Defense (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

Description

Rapid change in environmental conditions is likely to override the adaptive efficiency of plants. Jasmonates are a class of plant hormones that have strong potential to ameliorate various abiotic and biotic stresses, such as exposure to mechanical stress, osmotic stress, herbivory, exposure to UV irradiation, damage from ozone, and heavy metal stress. This book, Jasmonates and Plant Defense: An Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Approach for Stress Tolerance, highlights the beneficial presence and roles of jasmonates in plants, discussing the use of jasmonates in nano- to micromolecular concentrations to mitigate the toxic effects of various biotic and abiotic stresses and to improve crop yield in an eco-friendly and sustainable manner. It discusses in detail the genetic basis of jasmonates' action, effects of jasmonates on the antioxidant defense system, crosstalk between jasmonates and other plant hormones, how jasmonates enhance plant defense under biotic and abiotic stresses, and more.

Key features:

• Provides an overview of the role of jasmonates in plant growth and development
• Reviews the genetic and molecular basis of jasmonates action
• Discusses the defensive role of jasmonates under biotic and abiotic stresses
• Looks at jasmonates' mediation in plant-microbe (symbiotic) relations
• Reviews jasmonates' crosstalk with antioxidants and other phytohormones

Providing a detailed account of the role of jasmonates in plant defense to combat various biotic and abiotic stresses, this volume will prove useful for botanists and plant researchers, environmental scientists, agriculturists, and faculty and students of botany.