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| PART I General Concepts |
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Introduction to the Response of Plants to Environmental Stresses |
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The Importance of Individuality |
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27 | (16) |
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Plant Cell Wall Modifications Induced by Adaptation to Growth on the Herbicide 2,6-Dichlorobenzonitrile |
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43 | (8) |
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Gene Switches and Stress Management: Modulation of Gene Expression by Transcription Factors |
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51 | (20) |
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Stressful Lifestyle-Associated Mutation in Microorganisms |
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71 | (20) |
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Differentiation of Vegetative Anabaena Cells into Nitrogen-Fixing Heterocysts |
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91 | (20) |
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Genetic and Epigenetic Instability in Tissue Culture and Regenerated Progenies |
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111 | (38) |
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The Environment as an Active Generator of Adaptive Genomic Variation |
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149 | (12) |
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The Effect of Environmental Stress on Repetitive DNA Behavior in Plants |
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161 | (10) |
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Plant Evolution: Toward an Adaptive Theory |
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171 | (76) |
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Oxidative Stress as a Regulator of Environmental Responses in Plants |
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247 | (18) |
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The Alternative Oxidase: Is It a Respiratory Pathway Allowing a Plant to Cope with Stress? |
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265 | (22) |
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Role of Phytohormones in Plant Responses to Stresses |
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287 | (16) |
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Regulation of Gene Expression by Abscisic Acid During Environmental Stress |
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303 | (30) |
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Abscisic Acid: A Long Distance Stress Signal in Salt-Stressed Plants |
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333 | (16) |
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| PART II Plant Responses to Particular Stresses or Interactions with Other Organisms or Viruses |
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Metabolic Aspects of the Phosphate Starvation Response in Plants |
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349 | (24) |
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The Response of Plants to Oxygen Deprivation: Role of Enzyme Induction in the Improvement of Tolerance to Anoxia |
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373 | (22) |
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Some Effects of Environmental Factors on the Acquisition of Inorganic Ions by Higher Plants |
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395 | (18) |
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Involvement of the Cell Wall in Responses to Water Deficit and Flooding |
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413 | (18) |
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Stimulated Shoot Elongation: A Mechanism of Semiaquatic Plants to Avoid Submergence Stress |
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431 | (18) |
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Adaptations of the Photosynthetic Apparatus to Stress Conditions |
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449 | (26) |
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Root Impedance: Sensing, Signaling and Physiological Effects |
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475 | (22) |
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The Influence of Temperature Extremes on Gene Expression, Genomic Structure, and the Evolution of Induced Tolerance in Plants |
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497 | (52) |
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Regulation of the γ-Aminobutyrate-Synthesizing Enzyme, Glutamate Decarboxylase, by Calcium--Calmodulin: A Mechanism for Rapid Activation in Response to Stress |
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549 | (26) |
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575 | (16) |
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Evolutionary Consequences of Transition to a Lichen Symbiotic State and Physiological Adaptation to Oxidative Damage Associated with Poikilohydry |
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The Involvement of Flavonoids, Nod Factors, and Phytohormones in Nodulation |
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Conifer Chemical Defenses Against Bark Beetles: The Modulation of Monoterpene Biosynthesis by Wounding, Environmental Stress, and Ethylene |
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Plant Responses to Pathogens |
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683 | (24) |
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Viral Pathogens and Host Plant Interactions: Mutual Survival |
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707 | (12) |
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| Index |
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