The Plant Family Brassicaceae : Biology and Physiological Responses to Environmental Stresses

This book provides all aspects of the physiology, stress responses and tolerance to abiotic stresses of the Brassicaceae plants. Different plant families have been providing food, fodder, fuel, medicine and other basic needs for the human and animal since the ancient time. Among the plant families, Brassicaceae has special importance for their agri-horticultural importance and multifarious uses apart from the basic needs. Interest understanding the response of Brassicaceae plants toward abiotic stresses is growing considering the economic importance and the special adaptive mechanisms. The knowledge needs to be translated into improved elite lines that can contribute to achieve food security. The physiological and molecular mechanisms acting on Brassicaceae introduced in this book are useful to students and researchers working on biology, physiology, environmental interactions and biotechnology of Brassicaceae plants. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv The Plant Family Brassicaceae: Introduction, Biology, And Importance (Ali Raza, Muhammad Bilal Hafeez, Noreen Zahra, Kanval Shaukat, Shaheena Umbreen, Javaria Tabassum et al.)....Pages 1-43 Agricultural, Economic and Societal Importance of Brassicaceae Plants (Nusrat Jabeen)....Pages 45-128 Arabidopsis thaliana: Model Plant for the Study of Abiotic Stress Responses (Ali Raza, Sidra Charagh, Nida Sadaqat, Wanmei Jin)....Pages 129-180 Newly Revealed Promising Gene Pools of Neglected Brassica Species to Improve Stress-Tolerant Crops (Mohammad Mafakheri, Mojtaba Kordrostami)....Pages 181-193 Enhancement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Camelina sativa: Conventional Breeding and Biotechnology (Larysa V. Nishchenko, Mirza Hasanuzzaman)....Pages 195-202 Brassicaceae Plants Response and Tolerance to Salinity (Subhankar Mondal, Koushik Chakraborty)....Pages 203-228 Brassicaceae Plants Response and Tolerance to Drought Stress: Physiological and Molecular Interventions (Ali Raza, Sidra Charagh, Ali Razzaq, Rida Javed, Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan, Mirza Hasanuzzaman)....Pages 229-261 Rapeseed: Biology and Physiological Responses to Drought Stress (Mojtaba Kordrostami, Mohammad Mafakheri)....Pages 263-276 Responses and Tolerance of Brassicas to High Temperature (Pushp Sharma)....Pages 277-310 Brassicaceae Plants Response and Tolerance to Waterlogging and Flood (Mrinalini Prasad, Rajiv Ranjan)....Pages 311-335 Brassicaceae Plants Response and Tolerance to Nutrient Deficiencies (K. S. Karthika, Prabha Susan Philip, S. Neenu)....Pages 337-362 Brassicaceae Plants Response and Tolerance to Metal/Metalloid Toxicity (Shyamashree Roy, Sanchita Mondal)....Pages 363-377 Toxic Metals/Metalloids Accumulation, Tolerance, and Homeostasis in Brassica Oilseed Species (Muhammad Mudassir Nazir, Zaid Ulhassan, Muhammad Zeeshan, Sharafat Ali, Muhammad Bilal Gill)....Pages 379-408 Phytoremediation of Toxic Metals/Metalloids and Pollutants by Brassicaceae Plants (Neerja Srivastava)....Pages 409-435 Molecular and Biotechnological Interventions for Improving Brassicaceae Crops for Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Pankaj Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Srivastava)....Pages 437-450 Biotechnological Approach for Enhancing Capability of Brassica oleracea var. italica Against Stresses Under Changing Climate (Mohammad Mafakheri, Mojtaba Kordrostami)....Pages 451-472 Genome Editing for the Improvement of Brassicaceae for Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Syed Uzma Jalil, Mohammad Israil Ansari)....Pages 473-482 Bioinformatics Studies on the Identification of New Players and Candidate Genes to Improve Brassica Response to Abiotic Stress (Heba T. Ebeed)....Pages 483-496 Use of Biostimulants for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Brassicaceae Plants (M. H. M. Borhannuddin Bhuyan, Sayed Mohammad Mohsin, Jubayer Al Mahmud, Mirza Hasanuzzaman)....Pages 497-531