Over the past decade, our understanding of plant adaptation to environmental stress has grown considerably. This book focuses on stress caused by the inanimate components of the environment associated with climatic, edaphic and physiographic factors that substantially limit plant growth and survival. Categorically these are abiotic stresses, which include drought, salinity, non-optimal temperatures and poor soil nutrition. Another stress, herbicides, is covered in this book to highlight how plants are impacted by abiotic stress originating from anthropogenic sources. The book also addresses the high degree to which plant responses to quite diverse forms of environmental stress are interconnected, describing the ways in which the plant utilizes and integrates many common signals and subsequent pathways to cope with less favorable conditions.
The book is directed at researchers and professionals in plant physiology, cell biology and molecular biology, in both the academic and industrial sectors.
Innehållsförteckning
1. Eco-physiological adaptations to limited water environments.
Andrew J. Wood, Department of Plant Biology, University of
Southern Illinois, USA.
2. Plant cuticle function as a barrier to water loss.
S. Mark Goodwin and Matthew A. Jenks, Department of Horticulture
and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, USA.
3. Plant adaptive responses to salinity stress.
Miguel A. Botella and Abel Rosado, Depart. Biología
Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga, Spain and
Ray A. Bressan and Paul M. Hasegawa, Department of Horticulture and
Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana,
USA.
4. The CBF cold-response pathway.
Sarah Fowler, Daniel Cook and Michael F. Thomashow, MSU-DOE
Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
USA.
5. Plant responses to high temperature.
Jane Larkindale, Michael Mishkind and Elizabeth Vierling,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of
Arizona, Tucson, USA.
6. Adaptive responses in plants to non-optimal soil p H.
V. Ramírez-Rodríguez, J. López-Bucio and Luis
Herrera-Estrella, Departamento de Ingeniería Genética de
Plantas, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados de
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Guanajuato, Mexico.
7. Plant responses to herbicides.
William E. Dyer and Stephen C. Weller, Department of
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
8. Integration of abiotic stress signalling pathways.
Manu Agarwal and Jian-Kang Zhu, Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
9. Genomic analysis of stress response.
Motoaki Seki, Junko Ishida, Maiko Nakajima et al, Plant Mutation
Exploration Team, Plant Functional Genomics Research Group, RIKEN
Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan.
References.
Index
Om författaren
Dr Matthew Jenks and Professor Paul Hasegawa, both Centre for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
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