Long Noncoding RNAs in Plants: Roles in Development and Stress

The growth of human population has increased the demand for improved yield and quality of crops and horticultural plants. However, plant productivity continues to be threatened by stresses such as heat, cold, drought, heavy metals, UV radiations, bacterial and fungal pathogens, and insect pests. Long non-coding RNAs are associated with various developmental pathways, regulatory systems, abiotic and biotic stress responses and signaling, and can provide an alternative strategy for stress management in plants.

Long Non-coding RNAs in Plants: Roles in development and stress provides the most recent advances in LncRNAs, including identification, characterization, and their potential applications and uses. Introductory chapters include the basic features and brief history of development of lncRNAs studies in plants. The book then provides the knowledge about the lncRNAs in various important agricultural and horticultural crops such as cereals, legumes, fruits, vegetables, and fiber crop cotton, and their roles and applications in abiotic and biotic stress management.

Includes the latest advances and research in long non-coding RNAs in plants Provides alternative strategies for abiotic and biotic stress management in horticultural plants and agricultural crops Focuses on the application and uses of long non-coding RNAs

1. An overview of Long non-coding RNA in plants

2. Discovery and History of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Plants

3. Databases and Tools for Long Non Coding RNAs

4. Long non-coding RNAs in wheat and wild relatives

5. Recent advancements in long non-coding RNA mediated abiotic stress tolerance in rice

6. Genome-wide analysis of Long non-coding RNAs in Sorghum and their Roles in development and stress

7. Roles of Long non-coding RNA during stress response in Maize

8. ROLE of LONG NON-CODING RNAs during STRESS in Cereal CROPS

9. Long non-coding RNAs in Soybean: Roles in development and stress

10. Comprehending lncRNA mediated gene regulation in leguminous plants during abiotic stresses

11. Long non-coding RNAs in Tomato: roles in development and stress response

12. Genome-wide identification and functional analysis of lincRNAs in Cucumber

13. Role of Long non-coding RNAs in Brassica family

14. Role of Long non-coding RNAs in vegetable crop

15. Long non-coding RNAs in fruit crops

16. Long noncoding RNAs involvement in comprehensive development of Gossypium species

17. Role of Long non-coding RNAs in reproductive tissue development and flowering in plants

18. Biotic stress response of lncRNAs in plants

19. Revisiting plant response to fungal stress in view of long non-coding RNAs

20. Role of plant long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of primary and secondary metabolism

21. Application of lncRNA in plants improvement: a future perspective.