Plants under Stress: Biochemistry, Physiology and Ecology and their Application to Plant Improvement

by Hamlyn G. Jones (Editor), T. J. Flowers (Editor), M. B. Jones (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521050371
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/04/2008
Series:	Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series , #39
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction: some terminology and common mechanisms H. G. Jones and M. B. Jones; 2. The impact of environmental stresses on ecosystems F. I. Woodward; 3. Whole-plant responses to stress in natural and agricultural systems J. P. Grime; 4. Photosynthesis and gas exchange G. D. Farquhar, S. C. Wong, J. R. Evans and K. T. Hubick; 5. Regulation of growth and development of plants growing with a restricted supply of water R. E. Sharp and W. J. Davies; 6. Stresses, membranes and cell walls R. G. Wyn Jones and J. Pritchard; 7. Desiccation injury, anhydrobiosis and survival G. R. Stewart; 8. Molecular biology: application to studies of stress tolerance S. G. Hughes, J. A. Bryant and N. Smirnoff; 9. Environmental control of gene expression and stress proteins in plants Tuan-Hua David Ho and M. M. Sachs; 10. Plant tissue and protoplast culture: applications to stress physiology and biochemistry D. W. Rains; 11. Breeding methods for drought resistance A. Blum; 12. Selection for physiological characters - examples from breeding for salt tolerance A. R. Yeo and T. J. Flowers; 13. Prospects for improving crop production in stressful environments R. B. Austin; Index.