Front Cover -- Long Noncoding RNAs in Plants: Roles in Development and Stress -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the editor -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 An overview of long noncoding RNA in plants -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Classification of lncRNAs -- 1.3 Mode of action of lncRNAs -- 1.4 Discovery of lncRNAs -- 1.5 Identification of lncRNAs in plants and their role in stress response -- 1.6 Databases for plant lncRNA identification -- 1.7 Biological roles of lncRNAs in plants -- 1.7.1 Role of plant lncRNAs in the regulation of flowering

1.7.2 Role of plant lncRNAs in RNA-directed DNA methylation -- 1.7.3 Role of plant lncRNAs as miRNA target mimics -- 1.7.4 Role of plant lncRNAs in photo morphogenesis -- 1.7.5 Role of plant lncRNAs in alternative splicing -- 1.7.6 Role of plant lncRNAs in modulation of chromatin loop dynamics -- 1.8 Conclusions and future perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Discovery and history of long noncoding RNAs in plants -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 First breakthrough in the discovery of lncRNAs -- 2.3 LncRNAs in algae -- 2.4 LncRNAs in bryophytes -- 2.5 LncRNAs in pteridophytes

2.6 LncRNAs in gymnosperms -- 2.7 LncRNAs in angiosperms -- 2.7.1 Dicotyledonous lncRNAs -- 2.7.2 Monocotyledonous lncRNAs -- 2.8 Conclusions and perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Databases and tools for long noncoding RNAs -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Overview of some plant-specific tools and programs to predict lncRNAs -- 3.2.1 The coding potential calculator (CPC) -- 3.2.2 CPAT (coding potential assessment tool) -- 3.2.3 CNCI (coding-noncoding index) -- 3.2.4 PLIT (plant LncRNA and identification tool)

3.2.5 PLncPRO (plant long noncoding RNA prediction by random forests) -- 3.3 Plant-specific long noncoding RNA databases -- 3.3.1 NONCODEv5 -- 3.3.2 EVLncRNAs -- 3.3.3 CANTATAdb 2.0 -- 3.3.4 PLncDB (plant long noncoding RNA database) -- 3.3.5 GREENC (green noncoding database) -- 3.3.6 PlncRNAdb (plant long noncoding RNA database) -- 3.3.7 PNRD (a plant noncoding RNA database) -- 3.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Role of lncRNAs in wheat and its wild relatives -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Conservation of lncRNAs among the wheat and its relative

4.3 LncRNAs in growth and development -- 4.4 Biotic stress-responsive lncRNAs -- 4.5 Abiotic stress-responsive lncRNAs -- 4.6 Role of co-expressing lncRNAs -- 4.7 LncRNA-miRNA-mediated gene regulation -- 4.8 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 Recent advancements in long noncoding RNA-mediated stress responses in rice -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Identification of long noncoding RNA from rice -- 5.3 Diverse functions of long noncoding RNA in rice -- 5.3.1 Long noncoding RNA association in rice development -- 5.3.2 Long noncoding RNA functioning under various stresses