(-) 1°PCR 2°PCR I (prime) A zoo A2ao A32o A sao M ABA ABF ABRE ACC AFLP AMV AP2 APX ATP B.C SEEM BHT BLAST BMAA bp CAT CBF CDD eDNA cDNA-AFLP COP-ME cds LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS approximate primary polymerase chain reaction secondary polymerase chain reaction denotes a truncated gene at the indicated side absorption at 260 nm absorption at 280 nm absorption at 320 nm absorption at 580 nm ascorbic acid abscisic acid abscisic acid factor abscisic acid responsive element 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid amplified fragment length polymorphism avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase apetala2 ascorbate peroxidase adenosine triphosphate before christ better equipment for electron microscopy butylated hydroxytoluene basic local alignment search tool B-methylamino-L -alanine base pair catalase C-repeat binding factor conserved domain database complementary deoxyribonucleic acid eDNA-amplified fragment length polymorphism 4-Diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-0- erythritol coding sequence iv v cfu colony forming unit chl chlorophyll Cl chloroform isoamylalcohol em centimetre Co A coenzyme A CTAB cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide CUL cull in d days db EST database of expressed sequence tags DCL1 dicer-like 1 DEPC diethyl pyrocarbonate dia diameter DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide DNA deoxyribonucleic acid DNase I deoxyribonuclease I DNPH 2, 4-di nitrophenylhydrazi ne DNS 3, 5-din1tro-salicylic acid dNTP deoxynudeotide triphosphate ORE dehydration-responsive element DREB dehydration responsive element binding dsDNA double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid DIT 1 ,4-dithiothreitol ow dry weight EC electrical conductivity ECG epicatechin gallate ECQ epicatechin quinone EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetate EGCG epigallocatechin gallate EGCGQ epigallocatechin gallate quinone ERD early-responsive to dehydration ERF ethylene response factor ESTs expressed sequence tags EST-SSRs expressed sequence tags-simple sequence repeats et. al et alta vi e-value expected value Exp. experimental FAO food and agricultural organisation FAST A fast all FCR folin-ciocalteu reagent FSL forward subtracted library FW fresh weight g gram GA gibberellic .acid GC guanine-cytosine GLR glutamate receptor GO gene ontology GR glutathione reductase GSSG glutathione disulfide GSH v-glutamylcysteinylglycine (glutathione) GST glutathione S-transferase h hours ha hectors HCl hydrochloric acid HMM hidden markov models HPLC high pressure liquid chromatography HSFs heat shock factors HSPs heat shock proteins HYL1 hyponastic leaves 1 IAA indole acetic acid ID Identity IPTG Isopropyl B-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside JA jasmonic acids JTT Jones, Taylor ft Thornton kb kilo base kcal kilocalorie kDa kilodalton kg kilogram kPa kilo pascal kV LB LEA LiCl LOR M MAP max. MOA MEGA mg i-Jg i-Jl !Jm !Jmol !JM m min MFE MIPS miRNAs ml mM mm mmol mRNA mV NAC · NADPH NAM NBT NCB I ng nm kilovolt Luria bertani late embryogenesis abundant proteins lithium chloride length of read molar mitogen activated protein maximum malondialdehyde (or 3, 4-methylenedioxyphenyl isopropylamine) molecular evolutionary genetics analysis milligram microgram microlitre micrometer micromole micromolar meter minutes minimal free energy major intrinsic proteins microRNAs millilitre mfllimolar millimeter millimole messenger ribonucleic acid millivolt nitrogen assimilation control nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-oxidase no apical meristem nitroblue tetrazolium national center for biotechnology information nanogram nanometer vii nmol nt 02·- 00 OH· ORF p PAL PCI PCR pfu pg PIP pmol POD POP7 POX PR psi PVP QACs QV RACE RAPD RFLPs RING RISC RNA RNase ROS rpm rRNA RS RT-PCR nanomole nucleotides superoxide radical optical density hydroxyl radical open reading frame probability phenylalanine ammonia-lyase phenol chloroform isoamylalcohol polymerase chain reaction plaque-forming unit pico gram plasma membrane intrinsic protein picomole polyphenol oxidase performance optimized polymer 7 peroxidase pathogen related pound per square inch pol yvi nylpyrrol idone quaternary ammonium compounds quality value rapid amplification of complementary deoxyribonucleic acid ends random amplification of polymorphic DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms really interesting new gene RNA-induced silencing complex ribonucleic acid ribonuclease reactive oxygen species revolution per minute ribosomal RNA reducing sugar reverse transcriptase-PCR viii RWC s SAGE SA-PMPs SCF SDS siRNAs SMART soc SOD sos ss cDNAs sse SSH SSR STMS TAE TAIR TBA TC TCA TE TEM TIF Tris Tris-HCl TSS TV TW u ub UDL UEST UESTM relative water content seconds serial analysis of gene expression streptavidin-paramagnetic particles skp, cullin & f-box sodium dodecyl-sulphate small interfering RNAs switching mechanism at 5' end of RNA template super optimal broth with catabolic repressor superoxide dismutase salt overly sensitive single-strand complementary deoxyribonucleic acids saline-sodium citrate suppression subtractive hybridisation simple sequence repeat sequence tag microsatellite site tris-acetate- ethylenediaminetetraacetate the Arabidopsis information resource thiobarbituric acid tentative consensus trichloroacetic acid tris-hydrochloric acid and ethylenediaminetetraacetate transmission electron microscope transcription initiation factor tris (hydroxymethyl) amino methane tris (hydroxymethyl) amino methane-hydrochloric acid total soluble sugar tocklai variety turgid weight unit ubiquitin unigene of drought stressed leaves unique expressed sequence tags of drought stressed roots unique expressed sequence tags markers ix UN UP ASI us USL USR USSR uv UV-VIS UWL v v v/v vol w WU-BLAST w/v x-gal united nations united planters' association of southern India united states unigenes of standard leaves unigenes of standard roots union of soviet socialist republics ultraviolet ultraviolet-visible unigenes of winter dormancy stressed leaves version voltage volume by volume volume watt washington university-basic local alignment search tool weight by volume 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-beta-D-galacto-pyranoside X