Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Technological Advances in Studies of Plant Adaptation -- Introduction -- Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies -- Applications of Next-Generation Sequencing -- Proteome Analysis in Understanding Plant Adaptation -- Applications of Proteomics -- Metabolome Analysis in Plant Adaptation -- Applications of Metabolic Profiling -- Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Use of Natural Variation in Arabidopsis thaliana to Study Adaptation -- Introduction -- Genetic Natural Variation -- Epigenetic Natural Variation -- Natural Variation and Metabolites -- Use of A. thaliana Hybrids in Understanding Evolution -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Seed Dormancy, Longevity and Their Adaptation -- Introduction -- The Induction of Seed Dormancy and Seed Longevity -- Factors Affecting Seed Dormancy and Seed Longevity -- Seed Dry Storage -- Genetics of Seed Dormancy and Seed Longevity -- The Relation Between Seed Dormancy and Seed Longevity and its Ecological Significance -- Ecological Role -- The Trade-off Between Seed Dormancy and Seed Longevity -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 The "Gatekeeper" Concept: Cell-Type Specific Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation to Abiotic Stress -- Introduction -- The "Gatekeeper" Concept -- Single Cell Types Within Plant Roots -- Root Hairs-Tolerance to Phosphorus Deficiency -- Epidermal Cells of the Root Apex-Aluminum Tolerance -- Xylem Parenchyma Cells-Salinity Tolerance -- Pericycle Cells-Nitrogen Starvation -- Endodermal Cells-ABA Signaling Under Abiotic Stress -- Beyond Gatekeepers-Conclusions and Perspectives -- References.

Chapter 5 Regulatory and Biosynthetic Mechanisms Underlying Plant Chemical Defense Responses to Biotic Stresses -- Introduction -- Phenylpropanoids involved in defense responses -- Defense-Related Regulators of Phenylpropanoid Metabolism -- Defensive Aromatic Alkaloids -- Defense-Related Regulators of Aromatic Alkaloid Metabolism -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Role of Small RNAs in Regulation of Plant Responses to Stress -- Introduction -- miRNAs Biogenesis and Function -- Evolution of miRNAs -- siRNAs Biogenesis and Function -- sRNA Stress Responses -- sRNA in Abiotic Stress Responses -- Conclusions and Future Prospects -- References -- Chapter 7 Adaptation of Flower Form: An Evo-Devo Approach to Study Adaptive Evolution in Flower Morphology -- Introduction -- Flower Developmental Genetics: (A)BCs and Beyond -- Approaches to the Study of Evolution in Floral Form -- Using GRNs to Investigate Adaptive Evolution of Floral Form: SEP3 as a Case Study -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8 Computational Approaches to Dissect and Understand Mechanisms of Adaptation -- Introduction -- Experimental Set-Ups for Data Acquisition to Reveal Trade-Offs via Correlations -- Pareto Front Approaches -- The Triangulation Criterion -- Ranking of Genotypes -- From Models to Elements Contributing to Adaptation -- Cellular Tasks Involved in Adaptation -- Minimal Network Adjustments Upon Perturbations -- Investigation of Network Adjustments by Integrating High-Throughput Data -- Non-Steady State Behavior and Metabolic Network Adjustments -- Future Challenges and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 9 From the Greenhouse to the Real World-Arabidopsis Field Trials and Applications -- Introduction -- Field Experiments in A. thaliana -- How to do Field Trials? -- From Arabidopsis to Crops -- Future Prospects -- References -- Index.

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