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Contributors | |
Preface | |
Introduction: some terminology and common mechanisms | |
The impact of environmental stresses on ecosystems | |
Whole-plant responses to stress in natural and agricultural systems | |
Photosynthesis and gas exchange | |
Regulation of growth and development of plants growing with a restricted supply of water | |
Stresses, membranes and cell walls | |
Desiccation injury, anhydrobiosis and survival | |
Molecular biology: application to studies of stress tolerance | |
Environmental control of gene expression and stress proteins in plants | |
Plant tissue and protoplast culture: applications to stress physiology and biochemistry | |
Breeding methods for drought resistance | |
Selection for physiological characters - examples from breeding for salt tolerance | |
Prospects for improving crop production in stressful environments | |
Index | |
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