Plant Ecophysiology

by Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (Editor)

Overview

Twenty-nine, prominent, international researchers provide contributions which deal with understanding the basic ecophysiological and molecular principles governing the functioning of plant systems in relation to their environment. Divided into two headings: biotic and abiotic; the first consists of abiotic, natural environmental factors—light, ultraviolet radiation, chilling and freezing, high temperatures, drought, flooding, salt and trace metals. The latter half presents anthropogenic aspects including allelochemicals, herbicides, polyamines, air pollutants, carbon dioxide, radioisotopes and fire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471131571
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/24/1996
Pages:	552
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.45(h) x 1.18(d)

About the Author

M. N. V. Prasad, PhD, is a Professor of Environmental Biology at the University of Hyderabad, India, and is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of six books and more than 170 research papers on environmental botany and heavy metal stress in plants. Dr. Prasad is an elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, England, and the National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi, India; life member of the National Institute of Ecology and the Bioenergy Society of India; and a member of the International Allelopathy Society and the Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research.

Table of Contents

NATURAL, ABIOTIC FACTORS.

Light (Y. Tang).

UV-B Radiation (G. Kulandaivelu, et al.).

Chilling and Freezing (L.-P.

Vézina, et al.).

High Temperature (S. Singla, et al.).

Drought (H. Freitas).

Flooding (R. Arteca).

Salt (J. Hagemeyer).

Trace Metals (M. Prasad).

ANTHROPOGENIC, BIOTIC FACTORS.

Allelochemicals (S. Devi, et al.).

Herbicides (G. Merlin).

Polyamines (M. Rajam).

Air Pollutants (B. Smith & C. Lytle).

Carbon Dioxide (K. Strzaka & P. Ketner).

Radionuclides (N. Momoshina).

Fire (P. Ramakrishnan, et al.).

Indexes.

Editorial Reviews

A contribution to the science that studies plant interactions with the environment, and the underlying acclamation and adaptation processes, focusing on 15 specific stress factors and how plants have overcome their effects. The natural abiotic factors are light, ultraviolet radiation in the B band (280-320 nm), chilling and freezing, high temperature, drought, flooding, salt, and trace metals. The anthropogenic biotic factors are allelochemicals, herbicides, polyamines, air pollutants, carbon dioxide, radionuclides, and fire. Addressed to researchers and practitioners in any of the plant or environmental sciences. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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