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- Written by a diverse group of internationally known scholars
- Latest results, techniques, and methods of plant mechanism and adaptation to stress research
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The global population is growing at an alarming rate and is anticipated to reach about 9.6 billion by the end of 2050. Addressing the problem of food scarcity for budding population vis-à-vis environmental changes is the main challenge plant biologists face in the contemporary era. Plant growth and productivity are scarce in many areas of the world due to a wide range of environmental stresses. The productive land is dwindling progressively by various natural and anthropogenic means that lead to enormous crop losses worldwide. Plants often experience these stresses and have the ability to withstand them. However, when the stress exceeds the normal tolerance level, plants accumulate organic osmolytes, osmoprotectants, cryoprotectants and antioxidant enzymes, which helps them tolerate these stresses and assist in their acclimatization towards the particular ambiance needed for maintaining their growth and development.
Physiological Mechanisms and AdaptationStrategies in Plants Under Changing Environment, Volume 1 discuss drought and temperature stresses and their mitigation through different means. This volume illuminates how plants that are bombarded by diverse and changing environmental stimuli, undergo appropriate physiological alterations that enable their survival. The information covered in the book is also useful in building apposite strategies to counter abiotic and biotic stresses in plants. Written by a diverse group of internationally renowned scholars, Physiological Mechanisms and Adaptation Strategies in Plants Under Changing Environment, Volume 1 is a concise yet comprehensive resource that will be beneficial for the researchers, students, environmentalists and soil scientists of this field.
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“The presentation of the topics is consistent throughout the book. A ‘Conclusions and Future Prospects’ section in each chapter encapsulates the contents of the chapter and discusses future areas of investigation. The depth of the material presented makes the work appropriate for graduate students in plant physiology courses, as either a textbook or supplementary reading. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty.” (J. L. Hatfield, Choice, Vol. 51 (9), May, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Parvaiz Ahmad
Department of Botany, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Dr. Mohd Rafiq Wani
Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College (Boys), Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physiological Mechanisms and Adaptation Strategies in Plants Under Changing Environment
Book Subtitle: Volume 1
Editors: Parvaiz Ahmad, Mohd Rafiq Wani
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8591-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8590-2
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4856-7
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-8591-9
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 376
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Biochemistry, Cell Biology