The Plant Hormone Ethylene: Stress Acclimation and Agricultural Applications presents current knowledge on our understanding of ethylene reception and signaling, its role in the regulation of plant physiological processes, and its contribution to acclimation in stressful environments. In persistently changing environmental conditions, several stress factors influence cellular metabolism, ultimately causing reduced plant growth and development with a significant loss in agricultural productivity. Sustainable agriculture depends on the acclimation of plant processes to the changing environment through altered physiological and molecular responses, which are controlled by plant hormones, including ethylene.
Ethylene, the simplest alkene, is also known as the volatile hormone, one of the most critical hormones in plants. It is a signaling molecule with the ability to modulate several responses at the molecular level in plants, from various processes related to plant growth and development (from seed germination to senescence), to several responses to changing environmental conditions (including both biotic and abiotic stresses). As a plant hormone involved in several physiological and biochemical processes that are tightly connected with the yield of agriculture crops, ethylene can interact with primary and secondary metabolism of plants affecting both yield and quality.
- Provides state-of-the art insights into ethylene regulated photosynthesis, growth and productivity in crop plants
- Presents regulatory mechanisms of ethylene action
- Assists in developing physio-molecular strategies for augmenting crop performance in changing climates
1. Ethylene: A small signaling molecule with diverse roles
2. Ethylene in Chloroplast Development and Photosynthetic Performance
3. Ethylene in Photosynthate Partitioning and Source-Sink Modulation in Agricultural Crops
4. Ethylene in the Regulation of Seed Dormancy and Germination: Molecular Mechanisms
5. Ethylene in the Regulation of Seed Dormancy and Germination: Biodiversity Matters
6. Ethylene as a plant ageing modulator
7. Ethylene in the Regulation of Major Biotechnological Processes
8. Ethylene in Horticulture Crops
9. Ethylene in Floriculture
10. Ethylene and cellular redox management in plant
11. Ethylene as a Modulator of Redox Reaction
12. Ethylene Interplay with Metabolites in Crops
13. Crosstalk between ethylene and mineral nutrients in regulation of morpho-physiological traits and nutrients homeostasis in plants
14. Ethylene in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops
15. Ethylene and Biotic Stress in Crops
Antonio Ferrante holds a PhD in advanced technologies in horticultural science from the Scuola Superiore SantAnna, Pisa Italy. He was a visiting researcher at the University California, Davis, and a visiting teaching professor with ERASMUS program in Cardiff University (2015) and Almeria University (2017) and has been a member of the scientific committee of several international conferences. He has authored more than 200 international publications in peer-reviewed journals. Sergi Munné-Bosch has been a full professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain since 2017 and holds a PhD in plant physiology from the same institution. He has previously served as a research scientist abroad, including the University of Hannover (Germany), University of Fukuyama (Japan), and University of Virginia (USA), among others. The Catalan Government awarded him the ICREA Academia Award in 2008, 2014 and 2020. He is currently an Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal titled Environmental and Experimental Botany. Prof. Nafees A. Khan research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of hormonal and nutritional regulation of plant growth with special emphasis on abiotic stress vis-a-vis photosynthetic efficiency and abiotic stress tolerance. He has received multiple recognitions of his work including recognition as a top scientist in a study conducted by Stanford University and published in Plos Journal He is highly cited and received a UGC Mid-Career Award in 2018.
