Tariq Aftab - Jasmonates and Salicylates Signaling in Plants

This book series will be devoted to diverse aspects of signaling and communication at all levels of plant organization, starting from single molecules and ending at ecological communities. The individual volumes will interlink molecular biology with plant physiology and the behavior of individual organisms, right up to the system analysis of whole plant communities and ecosystems.

Plants have developed a robust signaling apparatus with both chemical and physical communication pathways. The chemical communication is based either on vesicular trafficking pathways or accomplished directly through cell-cell channels known as plasmodesmata. Moreover, there are numerous signal molecules generated within cell walls and also diffusible signals, such as nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species and ethylene, penetrating cells from exocellular space. Physical communication on the other hand is based on electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical signals.

The integrative view of this book series will foster our understanding of plant communication throughout the individual plant and with other communicative systems such as fungi, nematodes, bacteria, viruses, insects, other plants, and predatory animals.

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Demand for agricultural crops and nutritional requirements continues to escalate in response to increasing population. Also, climate change exerts adverse effects on agricultural crop productivity. Plant researchers have therefore focused to identify the scientific approaches that minimize the negative impacts of climate change on agriculture crops. Thus, it is the need of the hour to expedite the process for improving stress tolerance mechanisms in agricultural crops against various environmental factors, in order to fulfil the worlds food demand. Among the various applied approaches, the application of phytohormones, has gained significant attention in inducing stress tolerance mechanisms.

Jasmonates are phytohormones with ubiquitous distribution among plants and generally considered to modulate many physiological events in higher plants such as defence responses, flowering, and senescence. Also, jasmonates mediate plant responses to many biotic and abiotic stresses by triggering a transcriptional reprogramming that allows cells to cope with pathogens and stresses. Likewise, salicylates are important signal molecules for modulating plant responses to environmental stresses. Salicylic acid may influence a range of diverse processes in plants, including seed germination, stomatal closure, ion uptake and transport, membrane permeability and photosynthetic and growth rate.

The present book covers a wide range of topics, discussing the role and signalling of jasmonates and salicylates in normal as well as challenging environments. Moreover, this is an unique reference book on the topic discussing the role of jasmonates and salicylates with the latest biotechnological approaches. We believe that this book will initiate and introduce readers to state-of-the-art developments and trends in this field of study.

The book comprises of 15 chapters, which are review articles written by experts, highlighting wide range of topics, discussing the role and regulation jasmonates and salicylates in plants under normal and stressful conditions. We are hopeful, this volume would furnish the need of all researchers who are working or have interest in this particular field. Undoubtedly, this book will be helpful for general use of research students, teachers, and those who have interest in these growth regulators.

We are highly grateful to all our contributors for accepting our invitation for not only sharing their knowledge and research, but for venerably integrating their expertise in dispersed information from diverse fields in composing the chapters and enduring editorial suggestions to finally produce this venture. We also thank Springer Nature team for their generous cooperation at every stage of the book production.

Lastly, thanks are also due to well-wishers, research students, and editors family members for their moral support, blessings, and inspiration in the compilation of this book.