Stress and Stress Coping in Cultivated PlantsTwo experienced and well-known research scientists, each from a vastly different part of the world, have combined their respective expertises to provide the reader with perhaps a unique text which presents an in-depth treatment of the various stress manifestations and an overall discussion of stress in cultivated plants. Professor Bryan McKersie of Canada, who over the years has been active in research, teaching and agricultural application of scientific techniques, has dealt with and described cold, chilling, flooding, desiccation and oxidative stress phenomena: Professor Ya'acov Leshem of Israel, whose research experience and activities have centered around different facets of plant stress, has covered heat, drought, salinity and environmental pollution. Notwithstanding their different research experiences, both authors have cooperated and together have written a well-integrated and up-to-date text describing the major stress factors and problems which are limiting factors for optimal plant growth and hence of yield. The information assembled carefully in this book makes no claim to provide ready-made remedies to overcome the various stresses but in many cases suggests feasible and scientifically applicable approaches and partial solutions for stress coping, some of which are now in the process of being developed. This book is intended for research workers and students of agriculture and horticulture, for plant physiologists and is of overall interest to scientists dealing with stress physiology. |
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Oxidative stress | 17 |
Subcellular sites of activated oxygen production | 26 |
Herbicide tolerance | 42 |
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abscisic acid acclimation accumulation activated oxygen adaptation aerenchyma alfalfa antioxidants ascorbate bilayer Biochem Biol cause cellular changes chilling injury chilling tolerance chloroplast crop cultivars cytoplasm damage desiccation desiccation tolerance drought stress drought tolerance effect electron transport environmental enzyme ethylene fatty acids flooding formation free radical freezing stress freezing tolerance function genes glutathione growth heat stress herbicides higher plants hydrogen peroxide ice nucleation ice-encasement increased induced leaf leakage Leshem levels low temperature maize McKersie mechanism membrane lipids metabolism molecules occur osmotic oxidase oxidative stress oxygen free radicals ozone paraquat phase phospholipid photosynthesis physiological Plant Cell plant membranes Plant Physiol plasma membrane plasmalemma potential production protein protoplasts reactions reduced reductase response roots salinity salt stress salt tolerance seedlings seeds Senaratna senescence sensitive soil soybean species Steponkus stomatal sucrose sugar superoxide dismutase symptoms synthesis tissue tocopherol tomato transgenic transpiration water stress winter wheat