Plants under stress [Elektronisk resurs] biochemistry, physiology and ecology and their application to plant improvement / edited by Hamlyn G. Jones, T. J. Flowers, M. B. Jones.

• Introduction: some terminology and common mechanisms / H.G. Jones and M.B. Jones -- The impact of environmental stresses on ecosystems / F.I. Woodward -- Whole-plant responses to stress in natural and agricultural systems / J.P. Grime -- Photosynthesis and gas exchange / G.D. Farquhar ... [et al.] -- Regulation of growth and development of plants growing with a restricted supply of water / R.E. Sharp and W.J. Davies -- Stresses, membranes and cell walls / R.G. Wyn Jones and J. Pritchard -- Desiccation injury, anhydrobiosis and survival / G.R. Stewart -- Molecular biology: application to studies of stress tolerance / S.G. Hughes, J.A. Bryant and N. Smirnoff -- Environmental control of gene expression and stress proteins in plants / Tuan-Hua David Ho and M.M. Sachs -- Plant tissue and protoplast culture: applications to stress physiology and biochemistry / D.W. Rains -- Breeding methods for drought resistance / A. Blum -- Selection for physiological character -- examples from breeding for salt tolerance / A.R. Yeo and T.J. Flowers -- Prospects for improving crop production in stressful environments / R.B. Austin.

• The effects of stressful conditions on plants such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, and high and low temperatures can have a major impact on plant growth and survival, with important economic consequences in crop plants. This book explores some of the more important stresses, demonstrates how they affect the plant and reviews how new varieties or new species less vulnerable to stress can be selected. 

Ämnesord

Crops  -- Effect of stress on -- Congresses. (LCSH)

Plants  -- Effect of stress on -- Congresses. (LCSH)

Plant breeding  -- Congresses. (LCSH)

Klassifikation

632 (DDC)

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