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Special Adaptive Features of Plant Species in Response to Drought

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Abstract

Under drought stress conditions, plants need to adapt themselves by manipulating key morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular processes. By doing so plants enhance their water uptake and storage, limit water loss and prevent tissues from wilting. There are many mechanisms and every crop has its own way of adaptive mechanisms to overcome drought stress. Drought stress adversely affects many physiological aspects of the plants, especially photosynthetic rate and other gaseous exchange traits. Prolonged drought stress severely diminishes crop growth and productivity. The physiological and molecular mechanisms related to drought stress tolerance and adaptation are widely studied. Different adaptive mechanisms maintaining appropriate metabolomic and biochemical homeostasis to prevent excessive damage caused by drought stress are also discussed. The mechanisms that regulate plants for adaptation to drought stress through special adaptive features are the main subject of the current chapter. It was concluded that combinations of these different features enhance the plant’s adaptation to drought condition. To understand how these mechanisms are regulated and how to overcome the adverse effect of drought on plant productivity, will give information to enhance adaptation of plants, which will ultimately improve quality and yield of the crops.

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Abbreviations

CK:

Cytokinin

GA:

Gibberellic acid

ABA:

Abscisic acid

RWC:

Relative water content

VPD:

Vapor pressure deficit

CO2:

Carbon dioxide

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

RuBP:

Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate

RuBisCO:

Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

HYR:

Higher Yield Rice

WUE:

Water use efficiency

OA:

Osmotic adjustment

BADH:

Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase

P5CR:

Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase

OAT:

Ornithine ornithine δ-aminotransferase

GC/MS:

Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

SOD:

Superoxide dismutase

CAT:

Catalase

GSH:

Glutathione

TCA:

Tricarboxylic acid cycle

OPP:

Oxidative pentose phosphate

NADPH:

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

GABA:

Gamma-aminobutyric Acid

G1P:

Glucose-1-phosphate

LEAs:

Late embryogenesis

HSPs:

Heat shock proteins

IPT:

Isopentenyl transferase

IAA:

Indole-3-acetic acid

QTL:

Quantitative Trait Loci

DRO1:

DEEPER ROOTING 1

mRNA:

Messenger RNA

JA:

Jasmonic acid

SA:

Salicylic acid

DREB:

Dehydration responsive transcription factors

CDSP:

Chloroplastic drought-induced stress protein

DRE/CRT:

Hydration responsive element/C-repeat

CBF:

C-repeat binding factor

ODC:

Ornithine decarboxylase

ADC:

Arginine decarboxylase

SAMDC:

S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase

SPDS:

Spermidine synthase

SPMS:

Spermine synthase

ASR:

Abscisic acid, stress and ripening

REF:

Rubber elongation factor

SRPP:

Small rubber particle protein

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Iqbal, A. et al. (2020). Special Adaptive Features of Plant Species in Response to Drought. In: Hasanuzzaman, M., Tanveer, M. (eds) Salt and Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants. Signaling and Communication in Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40277-8_4

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