Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: some terminology and common mechanisms
- 2 The impact of environmental stresses on ecosystems
- 3 Whole-plant responses to stress in natural and agricultural systems
- 4 Photosynthesis and gas exchange
- 5 Regulation of growth and development of plants growing with a restricted supply of water
- 6 Stresses, membranes and cell walls
- 7 Desiccation injury, anhydrobiosis and survival
- 8 Molecular biology: application to studies of stress tolerance
- 9 Environmental control of gene expression and stress proteins in plants
- 10 Plant tissue and protoplast culture: applications to stress physiology and biochemistry
- 11 Breeding methods for drought resistance
- 12 Selection for physiological characters – examples from breeding for salt tolerance
- 13 Prospects for improving crop production in stressful environments
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 March 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: some terminology and common mechanisms
- 2 The impact of environmental stresses on ecosystems
- 3 Whole-plant responses to stress in natural and agricultural systems
- 4 Photosynthesis and gas exchange
- 5 Regulation of growth and development of plants growing with a restricted supply of water
- 6 Stresses, membranes and cell walls
- 7 Desiccation injury, anhydrobiosis and survival
- 8 Molecular biology: application to studies of stress tolerance
- 9 Environmental control of gene expression and stress proteins in plants
- 10 Plant tissue and protoplast culture: applications to stress physiology and biochemistry
- 11 Breeding methods for drought resistance
- 12 Selection for physiological characters – examples from breeding for salt tolerance
- 13 Prospects for improving crop production in stressful environments
- Index
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- Plants under StressBiochemistry, Physiology and Ecology and their Application to Plant Improvement, pp. vi - viiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989