INTRODUCTION; WATER STRESS; SALT STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS; FREEZING STRESS: SYSTEMS BIOLOGY TO STUDY COLD TOLERANCE; PHOTOOXIDATIVE STRESS; NUTRIENT STRESS; HEAVY METAL STRESS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR STRESS TOLERANCE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF STRESS TOLERANCE
Summary
Biologists all over the world speak the same scientific language of molecular biology and use the same molecular tools. This book does not only review the status in the physiology and molecular biology of stress tolerance and its improvement in plants but also triggers further research on this exciting topic