Samiksha Singh, Laboratory of Herbal Pesticides, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.Tajammul Husain, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.Vijay Pratap Singh, Department of Botany, C.M.P. Degree College, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Crop Nanobiology and Molecular Stress Physiology Laboratory, Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India.Sheo Mohan Prasad, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.Nawal Kishore Dubey, Laboratory of Herbal Pesticides, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

• List of Contributors vPreface ix1 Ethylene Implication in Root Development 1Aditi Gupta, Anshu Rastogi, and Manjul Singh v2 Crosstalk of Ethylene and Other Phytohormones in the Regulation of Plant Development 17Savita Bhardwaj, Dhriti Sharma, Sadaf Jan, Rattandeep Singh, Renu Bhardwaj, and Dhriti Kapoor3 Ethylene and Regulation of Metabolites in Plants 32Savita Bhardwaj, Tunisha Verma, and Dhriti Kapoor4 Ethylene as a Multitasking Regulator of Abscission Processes 49Agata Kućko, Timothy J. Tranbarger, Juan D. Alché, and Emilia Wilmowicz5 Ethylene: A Powerful Coordinator of Drought Responses 82Emilia Wilmowicz, Agata Kućko, Sebastian Burchardt, and Jacek Karwaszewski6 Current Understanding of Ethylene and Fruit Ripening 109Shubhra Gupta, Kapil Gupta, Jasminkumar Kheni, and Jogeswar Panigrahi Copyrighted Material7 Ethylene and ROS Crosstalk in Plant Developmental Processes 125Kumar Chandra- kuntal8 Role of Ethylene in Flower and Fruit Development 178Cecilia Martínez, Alicia García, and Manuel Jamilena9 Ethylene and Nutrient Regulation in Plants 220Badar Jahan, Zebus Sehar, Harsha Gautam, Mehar Fatma, Noushina Iqbal, Asim Masood, and Nafees A. Khan10 Plant Metabolism Adjustment in Exogenously Applied Ethylene under Stress 246Niharika, N.B. Singh, Ajey Singh, and Shubhra Khare11 Role of ET and ROS in Salt Homeostasis and Salinity Stress Tolerance and Transgenic Approaches to Making Salt- Tolerant Crops 259Neeraj Kumar Dubey, Kapil Gupta, Surendra Pratap Singh, Jogeswar Panigrahi , and Satendra Pal Singh12 Ethylene and Phytohormone Crosstalk in Plant Defense Against Abiotic Stress 277Nimisha Amist and N.B. Singh13 Mechanism for Ethylene Synthesis and Homeostasis in Plants: Current Updates 291Rachana Tripathi, Nisha Agrawal, and Meeta Jain14 Ethylene and Nitric Oxide Under Salt Stress: Exploring Regulatory Interactions 312Noushina Iqbal, Peer Saffeullah, and Shahid Umar15 Ethylene and Metabolic Reprogramming under Abiotic Stresses 345Nisha Agrawal, Rachana Tripathi, and Meeta Jain16 Regulation of Thermotolerance Stress in Crops by Plant Growth- Promoting Rhizobacteria Through Ethylene Homeostasis 363Priyanka Gogoi, Parishmita Gogoi, Archana Yadav, and Ratul Saikia17 Ethylene: Signaling, Transgenics, and Applications in Crop Improvement 374Pragati Kumari, Rahul Thakur, Arvind Gupta, Vinay Kumar, Archana Thakur, and Saurabh Yadav18 Role of Ethylene in Combating Biotic Stress 388Shivam Jasrotia and Raman Jasrotia19 Ethylene and Nitric Oxide Crosstalk in Plants under Abiotic Stress 398Juhie Joshi- Paneri, Kanchan Jumrani, Sunita Kataria, Anita Dubey, and Meeta Jain20 Polyamine Metabolism and Ethylene Signaling in Plants 420Ekhlaque A. Khan, Zahra Souri, and Víctor García- GaytánIndex 437