Genes for Plant Abiotic Stress

Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing

Genes for Plant Abiotic Stress

Editor(s): Matthew A. Jenks, Andrew J. Wood

Published Online: 20 OCT 2009

Print ISBN: 9780813815022

Online ISBN: 9780813809380

DOI: 10.1002/9780813809380

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Abiotic stresses caused by drought, salinity, toxic metals, temperature extremes, and nutrient poor soils are among the major constraints to plant growth and crop production worldwide. While crop breeding strategies to improve yields have progressed, a better understanding of the genetic and biological mechanisms underpinning stress adaptation is needed. Genes For Plant Abiotic Stress presents the latest research on recently examined genes and alleles and guides discussion of the genetic and physiological determinants that will be important for crop improvement in the future.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiii)

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      Colour Plates (pages c1–c15)

  3. Section 1: Genetic Determinants of Plant Adaptation under Water Stress

    1. Chapter 1

      Genetic Determinants of Stomatal Function (pages 1–33)

      Song Li and Sarah M. Assmann

    2. Chapter 2

      Pathways and Genetic Determinants for Cell Wall–based Osmotic Stress Tolerance in the Arabidopsis thaliana Root System (pages 35–53)

      Hisashi Koiwa

    3. Chapter 3

      Transcription and Signaling Factors in the Drought Response Regulatory Network (pages 55–79)

      Matthew Geisler

  4. Section 2: Genes for Crop Adaptation to Poor Soil

    1. Chapter 4

      Genetic Determinants of Salinity Tolerance in Crop Plants (pages 81–111)

      Darren Plett, Bettina Berger and Mark Tester

    2. Chapter 5

      Unraveling the Mechanisms Underlying Aluminum-Dependent Root Growth Inhibition (pages 113–141)

      Paul B. Larsen

    3. Chapter 6

      Genetic Determinants of Phosphate Use Efficiency in Crops (pages 143–165)

      Fulgencio Alatorre-Cobos, Damar López-Arredondo and Luis Herrera-Estrella

    4. Chapter 7

      Genes for Use in Improving Nitrate Use Efficiency in Crops (pages 167–182)

      David A. Lightfoot

  5. Section 3: Genes for Plant Tolerance to Temperature Extremes

    1. Chapter 8

      Genes and Gene Regulation for Low-Temperature Tolerance (pages 183–219)

      Mantas Survila, Pekka Heino and E. Tapio Palva

    2. Chapter 9

      Genetic Approaches toward Improving Heat Tolerance in Plants (pages 221–260)

      Mamatha Hanumappa and Henry T. Nguyen

  6. Section 4: Integrating Plant Abiotic Stress Responses

    1. Chapter 10

      Genetic Networks Underlying Plant Abiotic Stress Responses (pages 261–279)

      Arjun Krishnan, Madana M. R. Ambavaram, Amal Harb, Utlwang Batlang, Peter E. Wittich and Andy Pereira

    2. Chapter 11

      Discovering Genes for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants (pages 281–302)

      Michael Popelka, Mitchell Tuinstra and Clifford F. Weil

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      Index (pages 303–314)

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