Description
Over the past decade, our understanding of plant adaptation to environmental stress has grown considerably. This book focuses on stress caused by the inanimate components of the environment associated with climatic, edaphic and physiographic factors that substantially limit plant growth and survival. Categorically these are abiotic stresses, which include drought, salinity, non-optimal temperatures and poor soil nutrition. Another stress, herbicides, is covered in this book to highlight how plants are impacted by abiotic stress originating from anthropogenic sources. The book also addresses the high degree to which plant responses to quite diverse forms of environmental stress are interconnected, describing the ways in which the plant utilizes and integrates many common signals and subsequent pathways to cope with less favorable conditions.
The book is directed at researchers and professionals in plant physiology, cell biology and molecular biology, in both the academic and industrial sectors.
About the Author
Dr Matthew Jenks and Professor Paul Hasegawa, both Centre for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
Features
A contemporary overview of a fashionable area that impacts directly on crop yield
Chapters are organised by the nature of the stress factor
There are additional chapters on the integration of stress signal pathways
Provides a point of entry to the detailed literature
