| Description |
vii, 267 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Stress signal transduction: components, pathways and network integration / Liming Xiong, Manabu Ishitani -- Identification of salt-responsive genes in onocotyledonous plants: from transcriptome to functional analysis / Akihiro Ueda, Shiro Mitsuya, Tetsuko Takabe -- Phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain and plant osmotic-stress responses / Hisashi Koiwa -- Trienoic fatty acids and temperature tolerance of higher plants / Koh Iba -- Nitric oxide research in agriculture: bridging the plant and bacterial realms / Michael F. Cohen, Mark Mazzola, Hideo Yamasaki -- Ultraviolet radiation stress: molecular and physiological adaptations in trees / S.S. Singh, Pankaj Kumar, Ashwani K. Rai -- Involvement of aldehyde dehydrogenase in alleviation of post-anoxic injury in rice / Naoki Meguro ... et al. -- Genetic engineering stress tolerant plants for phytoremediation / Danika L. Ludec, Norman Terry -- Metabolic engineering of glycinebetaine / Teruhiro Takabe, Vanda Rai, Takashi Hibino -- Induction of biosynthesis of osmoprotectants in higher plants by hydrogen peroxide and its application to agriculture / Akio Uchida .. et al. -- Role of Na+/H+ antiporters for salt tolerance in plants and cyanobacteria / Rungaroon Waditee, Yoshito Tanaka, Teruhiro Takabe -- Structural and functional relationship between cation transporters and channels / Tatsunosuke Nakamura -- Is cellulose synthesis enhanced by expression of sucrose synthase in poplar? / Takahisa Hayashi ... et al. -- Nitrogen metabolism in cyanobacteria under osmotic stress / Aran Incharoensakdi -- Ultrastructural effects of salinity stress in higher plants / Hiroshi Mayake, Shiro Mitsuya, Md. Shahidur Rahman -- Genetic diversity of saline coastal rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces of Bangladesh / Zeba I. Seraj ... et al. -- Development of marker-free and gene-exchange vectors, and its application / Hiroyasu Ebinuma -- Toward the development of biotechnology in Asia / Tetsuo Matsumoto, Rita P. Laude |
| Summary |
Aims to provide knowledge of developments in the understanding of plant response to abiotic stresses in a single volume. This book is useful for students, researchers and professionals in botany, plant environmental stress studies, agriculture, plant physiology, cell biology and molecular biology, in both the academic and industrial sectors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Crops -- Effect of stress on.
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Crops -- Physiology.
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| Author |
Rai, Ashwani K.
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Takabe, Teruhiro.
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| LC no. |
2006278379 |
| ISBN |
1402043880 (hbk.) |
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1402043899 (e-book) |
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9781402043888 (hbk.) |
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9781402043895 (ebook.) |
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