UV-B radiation and plant life : molecular biology to ecology / edited by Brian R. Jordan, Professor of Plant Biotechnology, Lincoln University, New Zealand.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jordan, Brian R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants--Effect of ultraviolet radiation on.

Plants.

Ultraviolet radiation.

Plant molecular biology.

Plant ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England ; Boston, Massachusetts : CABI, [2017]

Summary:

Variation in UV-B radiation is crucial to climate change and crop productivity. This book focuses on its environmental interactions, and how plants both protect themselves against UV-B and are stimulated by it.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Contributors

1. Towards an Understanding of the Implications of Changing Stratospheric Ozone, Climate and UV Radiation

2. Quantification of UV Radiation

3. UV Radiation and Terrestrial Ecosystems: Emerging Perspectives

4. UV-B-induced Changes in Secondary Plant Metabolites

5. UV-B-induced Morphological Changes - an Enigma

6. Plant Responses to Fluctuating UV Environments

7. The Effects of UV-B on the Biochemistry and Metabolism of Plants

8. Discovery and Characterization of the UV-B Photoreceptor UVR8

9. UV-B Signal Transduction from Photoperception to Response

10. The Effects of Ultraviolet-B on Vitis vinifera - How Important is UV-B for Grape Biochemical Composition?

11. Turning UV Photobiology into an Agricultural Reality

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780648613

1780648618

9781780648606

178064860X