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Encyclopedia of applied plant sciences /
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier,
2016, �2017.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF APPLIED PLANT SCIENCES; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF APPLIED PLANT SCIENCES; Copyright; PERMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABIOTIC STRESS; Cold Stress; Introduction; Cold Acclimation of Plants; Molecular and Physiological Changes Associated with Cold Acclimation and Cold Tolerance; Light-Dependent Regulation of Cold Acclimation and Freezing Tolerance; Molecular Bases of the Interactions between Vegetative and Reproductive Developmental Phases and Freezing Tolerance; Further Reading.
- Drought StressPhysiological and Molecular Responses to Drought Stress; Signaling Cascades Involved in Dehydration Responses; ABA Biosynthesis, Catabolism, and Transport under Water-Deficit Conditions; Regulation of Drought-Responsive Gene Expression; Cellular Metabolites Involved in Drought Tolerance; Enhancing Plant Performance under Drought Stress; Phenotyping Systems for Monitoring Plant Growth under Mild Drought Stress; Perspectives; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants; Introduction; Abiotic Stresses Increase ROS Formation.
- Oxidative Stress Activates Antioxidant ProtectionOxidative Stress Markers; Conclusions and Perspectives; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Mechanical Stress and Wind Damage; Introduction; Mechanical Effect of Wind on Plant Physiology; Mechanical Effect of Mechanical Solicitations in Controlled Conditions; Mechanoperception and Transduction of Mechanical Signals; Damage Induced by Wind in Relation to Mechanosensing and Tree Architecture; Further Reading; Oxidative Stress; Introduction; Sources of Reactive Oxygen in Plants; Plant Antioxidant Systems.
- The Concepts of Oxidative Stress and Redox SignalingThe Application of Genetic Modification to Oxidative Stress Tolerance; Reducing ROS Production in Electron Transport Chains; Enhancing Capacity of Antioxidant Enzymes to Enhance ROS Scavenging; Genetic Modification to Increase the Concentration of Cellular Antioxidants; Concluding Remarks; Further Reading; Plant Responses to Waterlogging; Introduction; Anatomical Adaptations to Waterlogging; Biochemical Adaptations to Waterlogging; Further Reading; Salt Stress; Salinity Stress: A Threat for Global Agricultural Productivity.
- Na+ Entry and Movement within PlantsMechanisms of Salinity Tolerance; Breeding of Crops with Improved Salinity Tolerance; Genetic Engineering of Crops with Improved Salinity Tolerance; Further Reading; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; C3 Plants; Introduction and Scope of this Article; Biochemistry/Reactions; Products; Regulation; Role of Mitochondria; Prospects for Improvement of C3 Plants; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; C4 Plants; Introduction; Agricultural and Ecological Importance; The CO2-concentrating Mechanism of C4 Photosynthesis; Carbon Partitioning; Resource-Use Efficiency.
- Carbon Isotope Discrimination.