473

Index

Setaria italica, 140, 274

Shikimate, 438, 439

Shoot elongation rates, 112

Short

interfering RNAs, 249, 253–255,

258–260, 262, 266, 267, 277–279,

282–285, 353, 370, 374, 375, 379

range silencing signal, 266

term acute ozone treatment, 417

Siderophore, 19, 43, 46, 60

Siderophores, 21–24, 41, 49, 72

Signal

perception, 201

transduction, 58, 189, 191, 194, 201, 252,

351, 401, 417, 418

transmission, 413

Signaling networks, 209, 210

Silencing parasitic gene elements, 251

Silent information regulator 2, 374

Simple sequence repeats, 174, 181, 330

Single

gene traits, 203

guide RNA, 330, 332

nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 307

stranded RNA, 256, 262, 353

structural gene engineering, 203

Small

RNA, 249–251, 253–255, 259, 260,

262–280, 282–285, 352, 368, 374, 375,

379, 380, 385, 386

based strategies, 264, 283

mediated gene silencing, 264, 284

sequencing, 379

temporal RNA (st-RNA), 259

Sodium, 46, 49, 67, 104, 105, 109, 110, 169,

179, 180, 356, 363

ion

extrusion, 169

hydrogen ion antiporters, 169

nitroprusside, 105, 241, 305, 307, 312,

315–319, 321, 322, 330

tungstate, 104

Soil

amendments, 167

fertility, 41, 42, 60, 79

microbial

activity, 25

diversity, 3, 42

plant-microbe interaction, 51

rhizosphere, 60, 76

salinity, 46, 250, 285

transmitted illnesses, 50

Solanum

habrochaites, 360

lycopersicum, 77, 84, 85, 102, 139,

142–144, 336, 338, 417

melongena L., 144

nigrum, 22, 66

villosum, 110

SOLiD sequencing technology, 320

Sonication, 376

Soybean

ameliorated arsenic toxicity, 106

calli, 104

seeds, 107, 139, 145

Spatio-temporal regulation, 284

Spermine, 112, 437

Sphingomonas, 13

Spodoptera litura, 175

Static magnetic field, 102, 104–107, 134,

136, 139, 141, 142, 145–149, 153, 156,

158

Stochastic resonance, 152

Stomatal

closure, 205, 357, 423

conductance, 45, 82, 109, 145, 147–149,

319, 437

functions, 110

opening, 82

Storage conditions, 101

Strawberry mild yellow edge potexvirus,

177

Streptococcus pyogenes, 332

Stress

acclimation, 380, 403

associated

genes, 352

proteins, 193

causing factors, 42

hormones, 81

induced

alterations, 416

genes, 350, 352

proteins, 385

inducible promoter, 206, 207