Plant-Environment Interactions, Third Edition

With contributions from experts in various specialties, Plant-Environment Interactions discusses recent advances in cellular and molecular regulation of stress tolerance. This third edition reviews new research in stress signal perception, cellular mechanisms, and genetic manipulation of stress tolerance for each individual stress. It addresses how to evaluate the level of plant tolerance to stress as well as how to link mechanisms identified through analysis of plant-environment interaction to producing stress-tolerant germplasm through biotechnology and traditional breeding. It also examines environmental stresses limiting plant productivity in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry.

Front Cover -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Editor -- Contributors -- Contents -- 1. Cellular Membranes in Stress Sensing and Regulation of Plant Adaptation to Abiotic Stresses -- 2. Changes in Cellular and Molecular Processes in Plant Adaptation to Heat Stress -- 3. Molecular Responses and Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation to Cold and Freezing Stress -- 4. Photoacclimation: Physiological and Molecular Responses to Changes in Light Environments -- 5. Molecular Mechanisms in Hormonal Regulation of Drought Tolerance -- 6. Salinity Tolerance: Cellular Mechanisms and Gene Regulation -- 7. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Tolerance to Waterlogging -- 8. Whole-Plant Adaptations to Low Phosphorus Availability -- 9. Physiological Effects of Heavy Metals on Plant Growth and Function -- 10. Growth and Function of Roots under Abiotic Stress in Soils -- 11. Physiological and Biochemical Indicators for Stress Tolerance -- 12. Breeding and Genomic Approaches to Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants -- Index.