Plant Stress Physiology

by Sergey Shabala, C.A.B. International Staff (Contribution by)

Overview

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, signaling and adaptation to variety of environmental stresses such as drought, salinity, temperature and pH extremes, waterlogging, oxidative stress, and pathogens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845939953
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	07/28/2012
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sergey Shabala is Senior Lecturer at University of Tasmania, Australia.

Table of Contents

1. Drought Tolerance in Crops: Physiology to Genomics
2. Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Stress in Plants
3. Salinity Stress: Physiological Constraints and Adaptive Mechanisms
4. Chilling Stress
5. Heat Stress
6. Frost Tolerance in Plants
7. Flooding Tolerance in Plants
8. Plant Adaptations to Aluminium Toxicity
9. Soil pH Extremes
10. Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants
11. Desiccation Tolerance
12. UV-B Radiation: from Stressor to Regulatory Signal
13. Biotic Stress Signalling: Calcium Mediated Pathogen Defence Programs