Plants constantly cope with unfavorable ecosystem conditions, which often prevent them from reaching their full genetic potential in terms of growth, development and productivity. This book covers plants' responses to these environmental changes, namely, the modulation of amino acids, peptides, and amines to combat both biotic and abiotic stress factors. Bringing together the most recent developments, this book is an important resource for researchers and students of crop stress and plant physiology.
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 PlantPathogen 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"
Dr. Masayuki Fujita is Professor in the Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, and M.Agr. and Ph.D. in plant biochemistry from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. His research interests include physiological, biochemical, and molecular biological responses based on secondary metabolism in plants under various abiotic and biotic stresses; phytoalexin, cytochrome P450, glutathione S-transferase, and phytochelatin; and redox reaction and antioxidants. In the last decade, his works were focused on oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in plants under environmental stress. His group investigates the role of different exogenous protectants in enhancing antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems in plants. He has supervised 4 M.S. students and 13 PhD students as the main supervisor. He has about 150 publications in journal and books and has edited 10 books.
