Plant Stress Physiology

by Shabala, Sergey

• ISBN13: 9781845939953
• ISBN10: 1845939956
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-31
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

The fact that most of the suitable land has already been cultivated, meeting a projected target of a 50% increase in the global food production by 2050 to match the projected population growth becomes a challenging task. This book will provide a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge on all aspects of plant's perception, signalling an adaptation to variety of environmental stresses such as drought, salinity, temperature and pH extremes, waterlogging, oxidative stress, and pathogens.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Drought Tolerance in Crops: Physiology to Genomics	p. 1
Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Stress in Plants	p. 24
Salinity Stress: Physiological Constraints and Adaptive Mechanisms	p. 59
Chilling Stress	p. 94
Heat Stress	p. 118
Frost Tolerance in Plants	p. 132
Flooding Tolerance in Plants	p. 148
Adaptations to Aluminium Toxicity	p. 171
Soil pH Extremes	p. 194
Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants	p. 210
Desiccation Tolerance	p. 238
Ultraviolet-B Radiation: From Stressor to Regulatory Signal	p. 266
Biotic Stress Signalling: Calcium-Mediated Pathogen Defence Programmes	p. 291
Index	p. 311
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