Plant Abiotic Stress

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of CBF gene expression in response to low temperature 4.2.4.1 DNA regulatory elements controlling CBF expression 4.2.4.2 Proteins with positive roles in CBF expression 4.2.4.3 Proteins with negative roles in CBF expression 4.2.4.4 Other potential CBF regulatory proteins 4.2.4.5 Light and circadian rhythms 4.2.4.6 Role of calcium 4.2.4.7 Role of ABA 4.3 Conservation of the CBF cold-response pathway 4.3.1 Brassica napus 4.3.2 Tomato 4.3.3 Rice 4.4 Concluding remarks 5 Plant responses to high temperature JANE LARKINDALE, MICHAEL MISHKIND and ELIZABETH VIERLING 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Physiological responses to high temperature 5.2.1 High temperature limits to optimal plant performance 5.2.2 Heat sensitivity of photosynthesis 5.2.3 Heat sensitivity of reproduction 5.3 Cellular acquired thermotolerance 5.4 Heat shock proteins/molecular chaperones 5.4.1 Hsp100/ClpB 5.4.2 Hsp90 5.4.3 Hsp70/DnaK 5.4.4 Hsp60/GroE 5.4.5 The sHSP family of proteins 5.5 Other components of the response to heat 5.5.1 Antioxidant production 5.5.2 Other heat-stress regulated genes 5.5.3 Other heat-protective responses 5.5.4 Mutants defective in heat tolerance 5.5.5 Transgenic plants with altered heat tolerance CONTENTS vii 5.6 Signaling pathways involved in response to heat 5.6.1 Heat shock transcription factors 5.6.2 Other signaling pathways 5.6.3 Abscisic acid 5.6.4 Salicylic acid

Rapid induction of small heat shock proteins improves physiological adaptation to high temperature stress in peanut

“…For most of the tropical C3 crops, a temperature range of 35-40°C is often considered to be moderate heat stress, while temperature above 40°C considered as severe heat stress (Larkindale, Mishkind, & Vierling, 2005). Peanut, a semi-arid warmer climate crop, has an optimum growing temperature of 25-35°C, but can tolerate a temperature level as high as 40°C (Williams & Boote, 1995).…”