About the EditorGirdhar K. Pandey, Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

• Volume IAbout the Editor xvList of Contributors xviiPreface xxiiiPart I Action of Phytohormones in Stress 11 Auxin as a Mediator of Abiotic Stress Responses 3Branka Salopek-Sondi, Iva Pavloviæ, Ana Smolko, and Dunja Šamec2 Mechanism of Auxin Mediated Stress Signaling in Plants 37Lekshmy S, Krishna G.K., Jha S.K., and Sairam R.K.3 Integrating the Knowledge of Auxin Homeostasis with Stress Tolerance in Plants 53Shivani Saini, Isha Sharma, and Pratap Kumar Pati4 Cytokinin Signaling in Plant Response to Abiotic Stresses 71Nguyen Binh Anh Thu, Xuan Lan Thi Hoang, Mai Thuy Truc, Saad Sulieman, Nguyen Phuong Thao, and Lam-Son Phan Tran5 Crosstalk Between Gibberellins and Abiotic Stress Tolerance Machinery in Plants 101Ashutosh Sharan, Jeremy Dkhar, Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek, and Ashwani Pareek6 The Crosstalk of GA and JA: A Fine-Tuning of the Balance of Plant Growth, Development, and Defense 127Yuge Li and Xingliang Hou7 Jasmonate Signaling and Stress Management in Plants 143Sirhindi Geetika, Mushtaq Ruqia, Sharma Poonam, Kaur Harpreet, and Ahmad Mir Mudaser8 Mechanism of ABA Signaling in Response to Abiotic Stress in Plants 173Ankush Ashok Saddhe, Kundan Kumar, and Padmanabh Dwivedi 9 Abscisic Acid Signaling and Involvement of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases and Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases During Plant Abiotic Stress 197Aryadeep Roychoudhury and Aditya Banerjee10 Abscisic Acid Activates Pathogenesis-Related Defense Gene Signaling in Lentils 243Rebecca Ford, David Tan, Niloofar Vaghefi, and Barkat Mustafa11 Signaling and Modulation of Non-Coding RNAs in plants by Abscisic Acid (ABA) 271Raj Kumar Joshi, Swati Megha, Urmila Basu, and Nat N.V. Kav12 Ethylene and Stress Mediated Signaling in Plants: A Molecular Perspective 295Priyanka Agarwal, Gitanjali Jiwani, Ashima Khurana, Pankaj Gupta, and Rahul Kumar13 Regulatory Function of Ethylene in Plant Responses to Drought, Cold, and Salt Stresses 327Haixia Pei, HonglinWang, LijuanWang, Fangfang Zheng, and Chun-Hai Dong14 Plant Nitric Oxide Signaling Under Environmental Stresses 345Ione Salgado, Halley Caixeta Oliveira, and Marília Gaspar15 Cell Mechanisms of Nitric Oxide Signaling in Plants Under Abiotic Stress Conditions 371Yuliya A. Krasylenko, Alla I. Yemets, and Yaroslav B. Blume16 S-Nitrosylation in Abiotic Stress in Plants and Nitric Oxide Interaction with Plant Hormones 399Ankita Sehrawat and Renu Deswal17 Salicylic Acid Signaling and its Role in Responses to Stresses in Plants 413Pingzhi Zhao, Gui-Hua Lu, and Yong-Hua Yang18 Glucose and Brassinosteroid Signaling Network in Controlling Plant Growth and Development Under Different Environmental Conditions 443Manjul Singh, Aditi Gupta, and Ashverya LaxmiIndex 471Volume IIAbout the Editor xvList of Contributors xviiPreface xxiiiPart II Interaction of Other Components with Phytohormones 11 Interaction between Hormone and Redox Signaling in Plants: Divergent Pathways and Convergent Roles 3Srivastava AK, Redij T, Sharma B, and Suprasanna P2 Redox Regulatory Networks in Response to Biotic Stress in Plants: A New Insight Through Chickpea-Fusarium Interplay 23Anirban Bhar, Sumanti Gupta, Moniya Chatterjee, and Sampa Das3 Ca2+, The Miracle Molecule in Plant Hormone Signaling During Abiotic Stress 45Swatismita Dhar Ray4 Phosphoglycerolipid Signaling in Response to Hormones Under Stress 91Igor Pokotylo, Martin Janda, Tetiana Kalachova, Alain Zachowski, and Eric Ruelland5 The Role of the Plant Cytoskeleton in Phytohormone Signaling under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 127Yaroslav B. Blume, Yuliya A. Krasylenko, and Alla I. Yemets6 Proteins in Phytohormone Signaling Pathways for Abiotic Stress in Plants 187Sasikiran Reddy Sangireddy, Zhujia Ye, Sarabjit Bhatti, Xiao Bo Pei, Muhammad Younas Khan Barozai, Theodore Thannhauser, and Suping Zhou7 Perturbation and Disruption of Plant Hormone Signaling by Organic Xenobiotic Pollution 199Anne-Antonella Serra, Diana Alberto, Fanny Ramel, Gwenola Gouesbet, Cécile Sulmon, and Ivan Couée8 Plant Hormone Signaling Mediates Plant Growth Plasticity in Response to Metal Stress 223Xiangpei Kong, Huiyu Tian, and Zhaojun DingPart III Transcriptional Regulators of Phytohormones 2379 Transcription Factors and Hormone-Mediated Mechanisms Regulate Stomata Development and Responses Under Abiotic Stresses: An Overview 239Marco Landi, Alice Basile, Marco Fambrini, and Claudio Pugliesi10 Convergence of Stress-Induced Hormone Signaling Pathways on a Transcriptional Co-Factor 285Nidhi Dwivedi, Vinay Kumar, and Jitendra K. Thakur11 Micro-Regulators of Hormones and Stress 319Neha Sharma, Deepti Mittal, and Neeti-Sanan MishraPart IV Involvement of Multiple Phytohormones in Stress Responses 35312 Signal Transduction Components in Guard Cells During Stomatal Closure by Plant Hormones and Microbial Elicitors 355Srinivas Agurla, Gunja Gayatri, and Agepati S. Raghavendra13 Plants’ Defense and Survival Strategies versus Pathogens’ Anti-Defense and Infection Capabilities: The Hormone-Based Mechanisms 389Pranav Pankaj Sahu, Namisha Sharma, and Manoj Prasad14 Exploring Crossroads Between Seed Development and Stress Response 415Sushma Naithani, Hiro Nonogaki, and Pankaj Jaiswal15 Role of Multiple Phytohormones in Regulating Stress Responses in Plants 455Diwaker Tripathi, Bal Krishna Chand Thakuri, and Dhirendra Kumar16 Phytohormones and Drought Stress: Plant Responses to Transcriptional Regulation 477Neha Pandey, Zahra Iqbal, Bhoopendra K. Pandey, and Samir V. Sawant17 Mechanisms of Hormone Signaling in Plants Under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 505Jogeswar Panigrahi, and Gyana Ranjan Rout18 Transgenic Approaches to Improve Crop Productivity via Phytohormonal Research: A Focus on the Mechanisms of Phytohormone Action 533Brijesh Gupta, Rohit Joshi, Ashwani Pareek, and Sneh L. Singla-PareekIndex 569

About the EditorGirdhar K. Pandey, Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

• Volume IAbout the Editor xvList of Contributors xviiPreface xxiiiPart I Action of Phytohormones in Stress 11 Auxin as a Mediator of Abiotic Stress Responses 3Branka Salopek-Sondi, Iva Pavloviæ, Ana Smolko, and Dunja Šamec2 Mechanism of Auxin Mediated Stress Signaling in Plants 37Lekshmy S, Krishna G.K., Jha S.K., and Sairam R.K.3 Integrating the Knowledge of Auxin Homeostasis with Stress Tolerance in Plants 53Shivani Saini, Isha Sharma, and Pratap Kumar Pati4 Cytokinin Signaling in Plant Response to Abiotic Stresses 71Nguyen Binh Anh Thu, Xuan Lan Thi Hoang, Mai Thuy Truc, Saad Sulieman, Nguyen Phuong Thao, and Lam-Son Phan Tran5 Crosstalk Between Gibberellins and Abiotic Stress Tolerance Machinery in Plants 101Ashutosh Sharan, Jeremy Dkhar, Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek, and Ashwani Pareek6 The Crosstalk of GA and JA: A Fine-Tuning of the Balance of Plant Growth, Development, and Defense 127Yuge Li and Xingliang Hou7 Jasmonate Signaling and Stress Management in Plants 143Sirhindi Geetika, Mushtaq Ruqia, Sharma Poonam, Kaur Harpreet, and Ahmad Mir Mudaser8 Mechanism of ABA Signaling in Response to Abiotic Stress in Plants 173Ankush Ashok Saddhe, Kundan Kumar, and Padmanabh Dwivedi 9 Abscisic Acid Signaling and Involvement of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases and Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases During Plant Abiotic Stress 197Aryadeep Roychoudhury and Aditya Banerjee10 Abscisic Acid Activates Pathogenesis-Related Defense Gene Signaling in Lentils 243Rebecca Ford, David Tan, Niloofar Vaghefi, and Barkat Mustafa11 Signaling and Modulation of Non-Coding RNAs in plants by Abscisic Acid (ABA) 271Raj Kumar Joshi, Swati Megha, Urmila Basu, and Nat N.V. Kav12 Ethylene and Stress Mediated Signaling in Plants: A Molecular Perspective 295Priyanka Agarwal, Gitanjali Jiwani, Ashima Khurana, Pankaj Gupta, and Rahul Kumar13 Regulatory Function of Ethylene in Plant Responses to Drought, Cold, and Salt Stresses 327Haixia Pei, HonglinWang, LijuanWang, Fangfang Zheng, and Chun-Hai Dong14 Plant Nitric Oxide Signaling Under Environmental Stresses 345Ione Salgado, Halley Caixeta Oliveira, and Marília Gaspar15 Cell Mechanisms of Nitric Oxide Signaling in Plants Under Abiotic Stress Conditions 371Yuliya A. Krasylenko, Alla I. Yemets, and Yaroslav B. Blume16 S-Nitrosylation in Abiotic Stress in Plants and Nitric Oxide Interaction with Plant Hormones 399Ankita Sehrawat and Renu Deswal17 Salicylic Acid Signaling and its Role in Responses to Stresses in Plants 413Pingzhi Zhao, Gui-Hua Lu, and Yong-Hua Yang18 Glucose and Brassinosteroid Signaling Network in Controlling Plant Growth and Development Under Different Environmental Conditions 443Manjul Singh, Aditi Gupta, and Ashverya LaxmiIndex 471Volume IIAbout the Editor xvList of Contributors xviiPreface xxiiiPart II Interaction of Other Components with Phytohormones 11 Interaction between Hormone and Redox Signaling in Plants: Divergent Pathways and Convergent Roles 3Srivastava AK, Redij T, Sharma B, and Suprasanna P2 Redox Regulatory Networks in Response to Biotic Stress in Plants: A New Insight Through Chickpea-Fusarium Interplay 23Anirban Bhar, Sumanti Gupta, Moniya Chatterjee, and Sampa Das3 Ca2+, The Miracle Molecule in Plant Hormone Signaling During Abiotic Stress 45Swatismita Dhar Ray4 Phosphoglycerolipid Signaling in Response to Hormones Under Stress 91Igor Pokotylo, Martin Janda, Tetiana Kalachova, Alain Zachowski, and Eric Ruelland5 The Role of the Plant Cytoskeleton in Phytohormone Signaling under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 127Yaroslav B. Blume, Yuliya A. Krasylenko, and Alla I. Yemets6 Proteins in Phytohormone Signaling Pathways for Abiotic Stress in Plants 187Sasikiran Reddy Sangireddy, Zhujia Ye, Sarabjit Bhatti, Xiao Bo Pei, Muhammad Younas Khan Barozai, Theodore Thannhauser, and Suping Zhou7 Perturbation and Disruption of Plant Hormone Signaling by Organic Xenobiotic Pollution 199Anne-Antonella Serra, Diana Alberto, Fanny Ramel, Gwenola Gouesbet, Cécile Sulmon, and Ivan Couée8 Plant Hormone Signaling Mediates Plant Growth Plasticity in Response to Metal Stress 223Xiangpei Kong, Huiyu Tian, and Zhaojun DingPart III Transcriptional Regulators of Phytohormones 2379 Transcription Factors and Hormone-Mediated Mechanisms Regulate Stomata Development and Responses Under Abiotic Stresses: An Overview 239Marco Landi, Alice Basile, Marco Fambrini, and Claudio Pugliesi10 Convergence of Stress-Induced Hormone Signaling Pathways on a Transcriptional Co-Factor 285Nidhi Dwivedi, Vinay Kumar, and Jitendra K. Thakur11 Micro-Regulators of Hormones and Stress 319Neha Sharma, Deepti Mittal, and Neeti-Sanan MishraPart IV Involvement of Multiple Phytohormones in Stress Responses 35312 Signal Transduction Components in Guard Cells During Stomatal Closure by Plant Hormones and Microbial Elicitors 355Srinivas Agurla, Gunja Gayatri, and Agepati S. Raghavendra13 Plants’ Defense and Survival Strategies versus Pathogens’ Anti-Defense and Infection Capabilities: The Hormone-Based Mechanisms 389Pranav Pankaj Sahu, Namisha Sharma, and Manoj Prasad14 Exploring Crossroads Between Seed Development and Stress Response 415Sushma Naithani, Hiro Nonogaki, and Pankaj Jaiswal15 Role of Multiple Phytohormones in Regulating Stress Responses in Plants 455Diwaker Tripathi, Bal Krishna Chand Thakuri, and Dhirendra Kumar16 Phytohormones and Drought Stress: Plant Responses to Transcriptional Regulation 477Neha Pandey, Zahra Iqbal, Bhoopendra K. Pandey, and Samir V. Sawant17 Mechanisms of Hormone Signaling in Plants Under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 505Jogeswar Panigrahi, and Gyana Ranjan Rout18 Transgenic Approaches to Improve Crop Productivity via Phytohormonal Research: A Focus on the Mechanisms of Phytohormone Action 533Brijesh Gupta, Rohit Joshi, Ashwani Pareek, and Sneh L. Singla-PareekIndex 569

About the EditorGirdhar K. Pandey, Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

• Volume IAbout the Editor xvList of Contributors xviiPreface xxiiiPart I Action of Phytohormones in Stress 11 Auxin as a Mediator of Abiotic Stress Responses 3Branka Salopek-Sondi, Iva Pavloviæ, Ana Smolko, and Dunja Šamec2 Mechanism of Auxin Mediated Stress Signaling in Plants 37Lekshmy S, Krishna G.K., Jha S.K., and Sairam R.K.3 Integrating the Knowledge of Auxin Homeostasis with Stress Tolerance in Plants 53Shivani Saini, Isha Sharma, and Pratap Kumar Pati4 Cytokinin Signaling in Plant Response to Abiotic Stresses 71Nguyen Binh Anh Thu, Xuan Lan Thi Hoang, Mai Thuy Truc, Saad Sulieman, Nguyen Phuong Thao, and Lam-Son Phan Tran5 Crosstalk Between Gibberellins and Abiotic Stress Tolerance Machinery in Plants 101Ashutosh Sharan, Jeremy Dkhar, Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek, and Ashwani Pareek6 The Crosstalk of GA and JA: A Fine-Tuning of the Balance of Plant Growth, Development, and Defense 127Yuge Li and Xingliang Hou7 Jasmonate Signaling and Stress Management in Plants 143Sirhindi Geetika, Mushtaq Ruqia, Sharma Poonam, Kaur Harpreet, and Ahmad Mir Mudaser8 Mechanism of ABA Signaling in Response to Abiotic Stress in Plants 173Ankush Ashok Saddhe, Kundan Kumar, and Padmanabh Dwivedi 9 Abscisic Acid Signaling and Involvement of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases and Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases During Plant Abiotic Stress 197Aryadeep Roychoudhury and Aditya Banerjee10 Abscisic Acid Activates Pathogenesis-Related Defense Gene Signaling in Lentils 243Rebecca Ford, David Tan, Niloofar Vaghefi, and Barkat Mustafa11 Signaling and Modulation of Non-Coding RNAs in plants by Abscisic Acid (ABA) 271Raj Kumar Joshi, Swati Megha, Urmila Basu, and Nat N.V. Kav12 Ethylene and Stress Mediated Signaling in Plants: A Molecular Perspective 295Priyanka Agarwal, Gitanjali Jiwani, Ashima Khurana, Pankaj Gupta, and Rahul Kumar13 Regulatory Function of Ethylene in Plant Responses to Drought, Cold, and Salt Stresses 327Haixia Pei, HonglinWang, LijuanWang, Fangfang Zheng, and Chun-Hai Dong14 Plant Nitric Oxide Signaling Under Environmental Stresses 345Ione Salgado, Halley Caixeta Oliveira, and Marília Gaspar15 Cell Mechanisms of Nitric Oxide Signaling in Plants Under Abiotic Stress Conditions 371Yuliya A. Krasylenko, Alla I. Yemets, and Yaroslav B. Blume16 S-Nitrosylation in Abiotic Stress in Plants and Nitric Oxide Interaction with Plant Hormones 399Ankita Sehrawat and Renu Deswal17 Salicylic Acid Signaling and its Role in Responses to Stresses in Plants 413Pingzhi Zhao, Gui-Hua Lu, and Yong-Hua Yang18 Glucose and Brassinosteroid Signaling Network in Controlling Plant Growth and Development Under Different Environmental Conditions 443Manjul Singh, Aditi Gupta, and Ashverya LaxmiIndex 471Volume IIAbout the Editor xvList of Contributors xviiPreface xxiiiPart II Interaction of Other Components with Phytohormones 11 Interaction between Hormone and Redox Signaling in Plants: Divergent Pathways and Convergent Roles 3Srivastava AK, Redij T, Sharma B, and Suprasanna P2 Redox Regulatory Networks in Response to Biotic Stress in Plants: A New Insight Through Chickpea-Fusarium Interplay 23Anirban Bhar, Sumanti Gupta, Moniya Chatterjee, and Sampa Das3 Ca2+, The Miracle Molecule in Plant Hormone Signaling During Abiotic Stress 45Swatismita Dhar Ray4 Phosphoglycerolipid Signaling in Response to Hormones Under Stress 91Igor Pokotylo, Martin Janda, Tetiana Kalachova, Alain Zachowski, and Eric Ruelland5 The Role of the Plant Cytoskeleton in Phytohormone Signaling under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 127Yaroslav B. Blume, Yuliya A. Krasylenko, and Alla I. Yemets6 Proteins in Phytohormone Signaling Pathways for Abiotic Stress in Plants 187Sasikiran Reddy Sangireddy, Zhujia Ye, Sarabjit Bhatti, Xiao Bo Pei, Muhammad Younas Khan Barozai, Theodore Thannhauser, and Suping Zhou7 Perturbation and Disruption of Plant Hormone Signaling by Organic Xenobiotic Pollution 199Anne-Antonella Serra, Diana Alberto, Fanny Ramel, Gwenola Gouesbet, Cécile Sulmon, and Ivan Couée8 Plant Hormone Signaling Mediates Plant Growth Plasticity in Response to Metal Stress 223Xiangpei Kong, Huiyu Tian, and Zhaojun DingPart III Transcriptional Regulators of Phytohormones 2379 Transcription Factors and Hormone-Mediated Mechanisms Regulate Stomata Development and Responses Under Abiotic Stresses: An Overview 239Marco Landi, Alice Basile, Marco Fambrini, and Claudio Pugliesi10 Convergence of Stress-Induced Hormone Signaling Pathways on a Transcriptional Co-Factor 285Nidhi Dwivedi, Vinay Kumar, and Jitendra K. Thakur11 Micro-Regulators of Hormones and Stress 319Neha Sharma, Deepti Mittal, and Neeti-Sanan MishraPart IV Involvement of Multiple Phytohormones in Stress Responses 35312 Signal Transduction Components in Guard Cells During Stomatal Closure by Plant Hormones and Microbial Elicitors 355Srinivas Agurla, Gunja Gayatri, and Agepati S. Raghavendra13 Plants’ Defense and Survival Strategies versus Pathogens’ Anti-Defense and Infection Capabilities: The Hormone-Based Mechanisms 389Pranav Pankaj Sahu, Namisha Sharma, and Manoj Prasad14 Exploring Crossroads Between Seed Development and Stress Response 415Sushma Naithani, Hiro Nonogaki, and Pankaj Jaiswal15 Role of Multiple Phytohormones in Regulating Stress Responses in Plants 455Diwaker Tripathi, Bal Krishna Chand Thakuri, and Dhirendra Kumar16 Phytohormones and Drought Stress: Plant Responses to Transcriptional Regulation 477Neha Pandey, Zahra Iqbal, Bhoopendra K. Pandey, and Samir V. Sawant17 Mechanisms of Hormone Signaling in Plants Under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 505Jogeswar Panigrahi, and Gyana Ranjan Rout18 Transgenic Approaches to Improve Crop Productivity via Phytohormonal Research: A Focus on the Mechanisms of Phytohormone Action 533Brijesh Gupta, Rohit Joshi, Ashwani Pareek, and Sneh L. Singla-PareekIndex 569