Salicylic Acid

Preface.- Contributors.- About the editors.- 1. Salicylic acid: An update on biosynthesis and action in plant response to water deficit and performance under drought.- 2. Salicylic acid: Physiological roles in plants.- 3. Salicylic acid and phospholipid signaling.- 4. Transport of salicylic acid and related compounds.- 5. Interplay between environmental signals and endogenous salicylic acid concentration.- 6.Impact of salicylic acid on the transport and distribution of sugars in plants.- 7. Endogenous ABA as a hormonal intermediate in the salicylic acid induced protection of wheat plants against toxic ions.- 8. Salicylic acid biosynthesis and role in modulating terpenoid and flavonoid metabolism in plant responses to abiotic stress.- 9. Salicylic acid-mediated stress-induced flowering.- 10. Salicylic acid-mediated abiotic stress tolerance.- 11. Signaling role of salicylic acid in abiotic stress responses in plants.- 12. The interplay between salicylic and jasmonic acid during phytopathogenesis.- 13. Potential benefits of salicylic acid in food production.- 14. Short and long term effects of salicylic acido n protection to phytoplasma associated stress in potato plants.- 15. Efficiency of salicylic acid application on postharvest perishable crops.- 16. Recent advances and future prospects on practical use of salicylic acid.

Shamsul Hayat, is Asso. Prof. in Dept. Botany,Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He has published eighty research papers and edited seven books. His area of research are phytohormones and heavy metal stress in plants. Iqbal Ahmad is Reader / Associate Professor in Microbiology at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. His research interest in this area includes microbial diversity, PGPR, and metal-microbe interactions. Iqbal Ahmad has published 50 research papers and edited two books.