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Abiotic Stresses in Plants /

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This book provides a valuable insight into how the area of plant adaptation to abiotic stresses has progressed through the application of the new technologies. The book consists of eight chapters written by outstanding scientists across the world, who carry out research at the cutting edge of their...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toppi, Luigi Sanità
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pawlik-Skowrońska, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Botany.
Plant physiology.
Climatic changes.
Environmental protection.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Plant Tolerance to Heat Stress: Current Strategies and New Emergent Insight
  • 2. Chilling and Freezing Stresses in Plants Cellular Responses and Molecular Strategies for Adaptation
  • 3. Salt Tolerance: Placing Advances in Molecular Genetics into a Physiological and Agronomic Context
  • 4. Unravelling the Genetic Basis of Drought Tolerance in Crops
  • 5. Anoxia: The Role of Carbohydrates in Cereal Germination
  • 6. Response to Heavy Metals in Plants: a Molecular Approach
  • 7. Plant Response to Elevated Carbon Dioxide
  • 8. Ozone: a Novel Plant "Pathogen"
  • Subject index.