Plant Stress Physiology.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781780647319
- 581.7
- QK754 .P536 2017
Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Stress: The Way of Life -- 1 Drought Tolerance in Crops: Physiology to Genomics -- 2 Salinity Stress: Physiological Constraints and Adaptive Mechanisms -- 3 Reactive Oxygen Species and Their Role in Plant Oxidative Stress -- 4 Plant Responses to Chilling Temperatures -- 5 High-temperature Stress in Plants: Consequences and Strategies for Protecting Photosynthetic Machinery -- 6 Flooding Stress Tolerance in Plants -- 7 Adaptations to Aluminium Toxicity -- 8 Plant Stress under Non-optimal Soil pH -- 9 Desiccation Tolerance -- 10 Ultraviolet-B Radiation: Stressor and Regulatory Signal -- 11 Freeze Tolerance and Avoidance in Plants -- 12 Heavy-metal Toxicity in Plants -- 13 Biotic Stress Signalling: Ca2+-mediated Pathogen Defence Programmes -- Index -- Back Cover.
This book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge of all aspects of plant perception, signalling an adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses. It covers in detail areas such as drought, salinity, temperature and pH extremes, waterlogging, oxidative stress and pathogens.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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