Table of contents : Contents......Page 4 Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper Proteins Participating in Abiotic Stress Response in Plants ......Page 6 Prospects for Crop Improvement through Photosynthesis by Flag Leaf Rolling in Spring Wheat: Effect of High Irradiance ......Page 17 The Changes in Extreme High-temperature Tolerance and Antioxidant System of Nelumbo Nucifera Seeds ......Page 21 Myb Transcription Factor Gene Expression in Plant Defense and Stress Responses ......Page 34 Cell Death and Reactive Oxygen Species During Accelerated Ageing of Soybean (Glycine max L.) Axes ......Page 45 Metabolism of Polyamines and Prospects for Producing Stress-tolerant Plants: An Overview ......Page 58 Response of Plants to Salt and Water Stress and the Roles of Aquaporins ......Page 95 Biotechnology in Plant Tolerance to Heat and Drought Stress ......Page 110 Biotechnological Approaches to the Control of Plant Viruses ......Page 131 Delay in Flowering, Increase in Biomass and Phytoremediation in Genetically Engineered Plants. ......Page 148 The Lesion Mimic Mutants as a Tool for Unveiling the Gene Network Operating During Biotic and Abiotic Plant Stresses ......Page 160 Changes in Seed Vigor and Reactive Oxygen Species during Accelerated Ageing of Guar Seeds ......Page 182 Enhanced Stress Tolerance in Plants through Genetic Engineering of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase ......Page 194 Genetic Transformation and Abiotic Stress Improvement in Transgenic Tomatoes Expressing Master Switch Arabidopsis CBF1 Gene ......Page 207 Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Protein Gene Expression and Regulation in Plant Stress Tolerance ......Page 222 Triazole Induced Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms in Beta vulgaris L. ......Page 233 Genetic Diversity and Development of Aluminium Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in Crop Plants of Portuguese Archipelago of Madeira ......Page 248 Index......Page 258