Expanding beyond fundamental processes, the volume highlights NO’s crucial involvement across a spectrum of abiotic stresses-drought, salinity, temperature extremes, heavy metals, and UV radiation-unveiling its capacity to mitigate damage and strengthen plant resilience. It also discusses the crosstalk between NO and other signaling molecules, such as phytohormones and emerging growth regulators, revealing synergistic pathways that underpin sustainable agriculture.
Designed for researchers, advanced students, and plant scientists worldwide, this work illuminates the potential of NO to drive innovations in breeding strategies, enabling crop improvement to overcome the challenges posed by a changing climate and expanding environmental pressures.
Table of Contents
Section I: Biosynthesis and signaling of NO1. Illuminating Nitric Oxide Research: Production, Functional Modifications, and Advanced Detection Strategies
2. Biosynthesis of nitric oxide in normal as well as challenging environmental conditions
3. Nitric oxide-based post-translational modifications and their implications in plant stress signaling
4. Nitric Oxide in Plant Immunity: Signalling Mechanisms and Evolutionary Perspectives
5. Methods for profiling nitric oxide-induced S-nitrosation in plants
Section II: NO in abiotic stress resilience
6. Nitric oxide-induced signaling and downstream targets in cold stress
7. Role of nitric oxide in the mitigation of heat stress
8. Role of nitric oxide in the mitigation of flooding and hypoxia stress
9. Role of nitric oxide in the mitigation of drought stress
10. Role of nitric oxide in the mitigation of heavy metal stress
11. Role of nitric oxide in the mitigation of salinity stress
12. Role of nitric oxide in the mitigation of mineral stress
13. Nitric oxide in the mitigation of UV stress in plants
Section III: NO crosstalk with other signaling molecules for sustainable agriculture
14. Crosstalk between nitric oxide and emerging plant growth regulators in shaping abiotic stress tolerance
15. Potential role of nitric oxide in sustainable agriculture
Contributors: Aniruddh Khuman, Ambreen Tahir Shah, Abu Imran Baba, Kamal Kant

