Polyamines in Developing Stress-Resistant Crops

F.Marco,R.Alcazar,T.Altabella,P.Carrasco,SarvajeetSinghGill,NarendraTuteja,andA.F. TiburcioPolyamines (PAs) are small protonated compounds with key roles in plant devel-opmentandphysiologicalprocesses.PAsmayalsofunctionasstressmessengersinplant responses to different stress signals. Recent studies using exogenous appli-cation of polyamines and more contemporary genetic manipulation of polyaminelevelsincropsandmodelspeciespointtotheirinvolvementinstressprotection.Thedifferentmechanismsbywhichpolyaminesexerttheirfunctionsarepresentlybeingunraveledandinvolvedifferentmodesofactionthataresummarizedinthischapter.Polyamines are integrated with other stress-related hormone pathways, such asabscisic…