Plant-Environment Interactions / Edition 3

by Bingru Huang

Overview

With contributions from experts in various specialties, Plant-Environment Interactions discusses recent advances in cellular and molecular regulation of stress tolerance. This third edition reviews new research in stress signal perception, cellular mechanisms, and genetic manipulation of stress tolerance for each individual stress. It addresses how to evaluate the level of plant tolerance to stress as well as how to link mechanisms identified through analysis of plant-environment interaction to producing stress-tolerant germplasm through biotechnology and traditional breeding. It also examines environmental stresses limiting plant productivity in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849337277
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/2006
Series:	Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	414
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bingru Huang, Rutgers University, North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Table of Contents

Fundamentals of Plant Stress Physiology. Heat Stress. Cold Stress. Drought. Salinity. Flooding. Light. Nutrients. Soil Acidity. Soil Pollutant. Soil Compaction. Oxidative Stress. Pathogens. Methodology of Stress Tolerance Evaluation. Linking Stress Physiology/Molecular Biology to Biotechnology and Breeding.

Editorial Reviews

"The book offers an insight into complexity of metabolic, signaling, and physiological pathways and their modifications in response to adverse environment. Each chapter was written by specialists as a review and includes rich list of references … . There is no doubt that it becomes a useful tool for broad community of plant scientists."

– J. Santrucek in Photosynthetica, Vol. 45, No. 4, December 2007

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