Genes for Plant Abiotic Stress

by Jenks, Matthew A.; Wood, Andrew J.

• ISBN13: 9780813815022
• ISBN10: 0813815029
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Abiotic stresses caused by drought, salinity, toxic metals, temperature extremes, and nutrient poor soils are among the major constraints to plant growth and crop production worldwide. While crop breeding strategies to improve yields have progressed, a better understanding of the genetic and biological mechanisms underpinning stress adaptation is needed. Genes For Plant Abiotic Stress presents the latest research on recently examined genes and alleles and guides discussion of the genetic and physiological determinants that will be important for crop improvement in the future.

Author Biography

Matthew A. Jenks is Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at the Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology at Purdue University.

Andrew J. Wood is Professor of Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology in the Department of Plant Biology at Southern Illinois University.

Table of Contents

Genetic Determinants of Plant Adaptation Under Water Stress

Genetic determinants of stomatal function

Pathways and genetic determinants for cell wall-based osmotic stress tolerance in the Arabidopsis thaliana root system

Transcription and signaling factors in the drought response regulatory network

Genes for Crop Adaptation to Poor Soil

Genetic determinants of salinity tolerance in crop plants

Unraveling the mechanisms underlying aluminum dependent root growth inhibition

Genetic Determinants of Phosphate Use Efficiency in Crops

Genes for Use in Improving Nitrate Use Efficiency in Crops

Genes for Plant Tolerance to Temperature Extremes

Genes and Gene Regulation for Low Temperature Tolerance

Genetic Approaches toward Improving Heat Tolerance in Plants

Integrating Plant Abiotic Stress Responses

Genetic networks underlying plant abiotic stress responses

Discovering genes for abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

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