Plant Responses to Drought Stress: From Morphological to Molecular Features

ISBN-13: 9783642430619 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 466 str.

University Professor Ricardo Aroca (Wind

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the multiple strategies that plants have developed to cope with drought, one of the most severe environmental stresses. Experts in the field present 17 chapters, each of which focuses on a basic concept as well as the latest findings. The following major aspects are covered in the book: - Morphological and anatomical adaptations- Physiological responses- Biochemical and molecular responses- Ecophysiological responses- Responses to drought under field conditionsThe contributions will serve as an invaluable source of information for researchers and advanced students in the fields of plant sciences, agriculture, ecophysiology, biochemistry and molecular biology.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Drought Stress in Plants: An Overview

M. Farooq, M. Hussain, A. Wahid, K.H.M. Siddique

 

I. Morphological and Anatomical Responses

 

Chapter 2. Functional significance of morpho-anatomical traits in adaptive strategies against drought.

V. De Micco, G. Aronne

 

Chapter 3. Xylem cavitation and embolism in plants living in water-limited ecosystems.

A. Vilagrosa, E. Chirino, J. Peguero, T.S. Barigah, H. Cochard, E. Gil-Peregrín

 

II. Physiological Responses

 

Chapter 4. Regulation of root water uptake under drought stress conditions.

R. Aroca, J.M. Ruiz-Lozano

 

Chapter 5. The response of photosynthesis to soil water stress.

J. Flexas, A. Gallé, J. Galmés, M. Ribas-Carbo, H. Medrano

 

Chapter 6. Water use strategies of plants under drought conditions.

E.L.V.A. Bacelar, J.M. Moutinho-Pereira, B.M.C. Gonçalves, C.V.Q. Brito, J. Gomes-Laranjo, H.M.F. Ferreira, C.M. Correia

 

Chapter 7. Drought effects on nutrient uptake and assimilation in vegetable crops.

Y. Rouphael, M. Cardarelli, D. Schwarz, P. Franken, G. Colla

 

III. Biochemical and Molecular Responses

 

Chapter 8. Osmotic adjustment under drought conditions.

G.J. Sanders, S.K. Arndt

 

Chapter 9. Antioxidant defenses against drought.

I. Hernández, J. Cela, L. Alegré, S. Munné-Bosch

 

Chapter 10. Understanding and exploiting plant hormone biology to enhance crop production under water scarcity.

W.J. Davies, S. Wilkinson

 

Chapter 11. Genome-wide transcriptional re-programming under drought stress

H. Chen, L. Xiong

 

IV. Ecophysiological Responses

 

Chapter 12. Drought response in forest tree species: from the species to the gene.

I. Aranda, E. Gil-Pelegrín, A. Gascó, M.A. Guevara, J. Cano, M. De Miguel, J.A. Ramírez-Valiente, J.J. Peguero-Pina, P. Perdiguero, A. Soto, M. Cervera, C. Collada

 

Chapter 13. Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis to plant drought tolerance. State of the art.

J.M. Ruiz-Lozano, R. Porcel, G. Bárzana, R. Azcón, R. Aroca

 

Chapter 14. Future environmental constraints of drought and elevated CO₂ will limit yield in N₂ fixing alfalfa.

G. Erice, A. Sanz-Sáez, I. Aranjuelo, J.J. Irigoyen, M. Sánchez-Díaz

 

Chapter 15. Promotion of plant drought tolerance by microbes.

Y.C. Kim, B.R. Glick, Y. Bashan, C.M. Ryu

 

V. Field Responses

 

Chapter 16. Physiology of the yield under drought: lessons from studies with lupin.

J.A. Palta, J.D. Berger, H. Bramley

 

Chapter 17. Drought in deciduous fruit trees: implications for yield and fruit quality.

G. López, M.H. Behboudian, J. Girona, J. Marsal