Ecophysiology of Economic Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

ISBN-13: 9783540521716 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 343 str.

Gerald E. Wickens;Wickens

Opis

This text focuses on arid and semi-arid environments and their classification, and the physiological restraints and the adaptations of plants to the environment. It also discusses economic botany and the needs and methods of conserving economic plants.

Spis treści

1 Economic Plants, and Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of the World.- 2 The Arid and Semi-Arid Environments of the World.- 3 Arid and Semi-arid Regions and Ecosystems of the World.- 4 Ecophysiology, Nitrogen-Fixation and Plant Stress.- 5 Water Stress.- 6 Temperature Stress.- 7 Salt Stress.- 8 Photosynthesis.- 9 Plant Metabolites.- 10 Anatomical and Morphological Adaptations.- 11 Selected Arid Land Plants: Their Ecophysiology and Uses.- References.- Taxonomic Indices.- Botanical Index.- Zoological Index.