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

This volume identifies how stressful conditions affect plants.

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

9780521344234, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 October 1989

268 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.479 kg

The volume identifies how stressful conditions affect plants. Various stresses, such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, high and low temperatures, can have a major impact on plant growth and survival - with important economic consequences in crop plants. This book examines some of the more important stresses, shows how they affect the plant and then reviews how new varieties or new species can be selected which are less vulnerable to stress. The wide-ranging and important consequences of stress should ensure that the volume is widely read by plant biologists at the graduate and research level.

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.

Subject Areas: Plant physiology [PSTD]