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Title Plants under stress : biochemistry, physiology, and ecology and their application to plant improvement / edited by Hamlyn G. Jones, T.J. Flowers, M.B. Jones
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989

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Description ix, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Society for Experimental Biology seminar series ; 39
Seminar series (Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)) ; 39
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1. Introduction: some terminology and common mechanisms H. G. Jones and M. B. Jones -- 2. The impact of environmental stresses on ecosystems F. I. Woodward -- 3. Whole plant responses to stress in natural and agricultural systems J. P. Grime -- 4. Photosynthesis and gas exchange G. D. Farquhar, S. C. Wong, J. R. Evans and K. T. Hubick -- 5. Regulation of growth and development of plants growing with a restricted supply of water R. E. Sharp and W. J. Davies -- 6. Stresses, membranes and cell walls R. G. Wyn Jones and J. Pritchard -- 7. Desiccation injury, anhydrobiosis and survival G. R. Stewart -- 8. Molecular biology: application to studies of stress tolerance S. G. Hughes, J. A. Bryant and N. Smirnoff -- 9. Environmental control of gene expression and stress proteins in plants T. D. Ho and M. M. Sachs -- 10. Plant tissue and protoplast culture: applications to stress physiology and biochemistry D. W. Rains -- 11. Breeding methods for drought resistance A. Blum -- 12. Selection for physiological characters - examples from breeding for salt-tolerance A. R. Yeo and T. J. Flowers -- 13. Prospects for improving crop production in stressful environments R. B. Austin -- Index
Analysis Plants Physiology Effects of stress
Notes (Society for Experimental Biology seminar series ; 39)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online version of the print title
Mode of access: World Wide Web
System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader
Subject Crops -- Effect of stress on -- Congresses.
Plant breeding -- Congresses.
Plants -- Effect of stress on -- Congresses.
Crops -- Effect of stress on -- Congresses.
Crops -- Effect of stress on.
Plant breeding -- Congresses.
Plant breeding.
Plants -- Effect of stress on -- Congresses.
Plants -- Effect of stress on.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Flowers, T. J. (Timothy J.)
Jones, H. G. (Hamlyn G.)
Jones, M. B. (Michael B.), 1946-
LC no. 88036689
ISBN 0521344239