Plant Proteome in Response to Abiotic Stress

Abstract

Due to their sessile nature, plants have to confront the stresses and develop potent adaptive tactics to survive and thrive or tolerate their adverse effects. Abiotic stresses, pose a severe threat and multiple morphologies, biochemistry, and physiology procedures to agriculture and the ecosystem. On the other hand, reductions in crop yields brought about by abiotic stress are expected to increase as climate change restricts the worldwide utilization of arable lands and indirectly affects crop productivity. Therefore, understanding how plants perceive stress signals and adapt to unfavorable environmental conditions is crucial for future global food safety and security. In this chapter, we summarize the latest findings of the effects of abiotic stresses on molecular changes in plant organisms, cells, and tissues, focusing on the stress-specific sensing biomolecules and mechanisms at the proteome level.