Abiotic Stress Response in Plants : Physiological, Biochemical and Genetic Perspectives / edited by Arun K. Shanker and B. Venkateswarlu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

B. Venkateswarlu

Contributor:

Shanker, Arun K., editor.

Venkateswarlu, B., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Botany.

Plants--Effect of stress on.

Plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 346 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2011

Rijeka : IntechOpen, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plants, unlike animals, are sessile. This demands that adverse changes in their environment are quickly recognized, distinguished and responded to with suitable reactions. Drought, heat, cold and salinity are among the major abiotic stresses that adversely affect plant growth and productivity. In general, abiotic stress often causes a series of morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular changes that unfavorably affect plant growth, development and productivity. Drought, salinity, extreme temperatures (cold and heat) and oxidative stress are often interrelated; these conditions singularly or in combination induce cellular damage. To cope with abiotic stresses, of paramount significance is to understand plant responses to abiotic stresses that disturb the homeostatic equilibrium at cellular and molecular level in order to identify a common mechanism for multiple stress tolerance. This multi authored edited compilation attempts to put forth an all-inclusive biochemical and molecular picture in a systems approach wherein mechanism and adaptation aspects of abiotic stress are dealt with. The chief objective of the book hence is to deliver state of the art information for comprehending the effects of abiotic stress in plants at the cellular level.

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ISBN:

9789535144496

9535144499