Brassinosteroids and Abiotic Stress

Anket Sharma, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China Renu Bhardwaj, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India Deepshikha Thakur, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Bingsong Zheng, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• List of contributors vii1 Roles of Brassinosteroids in Plant Growth and Development: A Revisit 1Vimal Pandey, Amar Kumar Muska, Raju Mallick, Neha Behar, Anjali Srivastava, Arya Srivastava, Ritu Badgujar, Sahil Mehta, and Om Prakash Narayan2 Brassinosteroid-mediated Regulation of Plant Biology: An Omics Approach 35Indu Sharma, Ashish Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Vikas Sharma, Pooja Sharma, Sonika Sharma, Rasha S. El-Serafy , Renu Bhardwaj, and Ashutosh Sharma3 Regulation of Plant Primary Metabolism by Brassinosteroids Under Abiotic Stress 63Slimane Mokrani and El Hafid Nabti4 Regulation of Plant Secondary Metabolism by Brassinosteroids Under Abiotic Stress 89Dhriti Sharma, Bharat Kapoor, and Dhriti Kapoor5 Brassinosteroids Improve Resilience Against Nutritional Stress: Dissecting the Responses in Crops 119Allan Klynger da Silva Lobato, Roberto Rivelino do Nascimento Barbosa, Leidy Alves dos Santos, Lorene Bianca Araújo Tadaiesky, and Ynglety Cascaes Pereira6 Role of Brassinosteroids on Postharvest Physiology of Plants 139Naveed Mushtaq, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf , and Zhiwei Wang7 Brassinosteroid-mediated Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms in Plants Under Heavy Metal Stress 159Deepak Kumar, Mohd Ali, Raman Tikoria, Parkirti, Roohi Sharma, Vikram, Rajesh Kumari Manhas, Harish Changotra, and Puja Ohri8 Brassinosteroid-mediated Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms in Plants Under Heat Stress 187Neetu Jagota, Swapnil Singh, Ravneet Kaur, Harleen Kaur, and Ashish Sharma9 Brassinosteroids Biology in Plants Under Salt Stress: Physiological and Molecular Aspects 207Muhammad Ahsan Altaf and Riaz Ahmad10 Brassinosteroids Biology in Plants Under Pesticide Stress: Physiological and Molecular Aspects 223Palak Bakshi, Pooja Sharma, Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Dhriti Kapoor, Nahida Rehman Mir, Nitika Kapoor, and Renu Bhardwaj11 Brassinosteroids Biology in Plants Under Drought Stress: Physiological and Molecular Aspects 245Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Ravinder Kumar, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Hafiza Muniba Din Muhammad, and Riaz Ahmad12 Illuminating Insight: Exploring Brassinosteroid Biology in Plants Amidst High Light and UV Exposure 257Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Harsimran Kaur, Pooja Sharma, Priyanka Sharma, Manu Sharma, Shalini Dhiman, Nikita Kapoor, and Renu Bhardwaj13 Brassinosteroids: Fascinating Roles on Stomatal Mechanism, Physiological, and Anatomical Responses 291Maria Antonia Machado Barbosa and Allan Klynger da Silva Lobato14 Regulation of Photosynthesis by Brassinosteroids Under Optimal and Suboptimal Conditions 309Rohit Chhabra, Neetu Jagota, Kompal Gaur, Tavisha Singh, and Ashish Sharma15 Brassinosteroids and Its Crosstalk with Other Plant Hormones Under Stressful Environments 335Mohammad Faizan, Ghafoor Unnisa, Aurosha Fayaz, Ira Khan, S. Maqbool Ahmed, and Shamsul Hayat16 Role of Brassinosteroids on Antioxidants Regulation Under Abiotic Stresses 353Mohammad Faizan, Anjuman Hussain, Shamsul Hayat, Nayab Ishrat, Aurosha Fayaz, and S. Maqbool Ahmed17 Implications of Brassinosteroids Application: A Review 367Saurabh Awasthi, Abhay Chand, Om Prakash Narayan, and Sahil MehtaIndex 383