Plant Responses to Drought Stress: From Morphological to Molecular Features

By Ricardo Aroca

Book Overview

Chapter 1. Drought Stress in Plants: An Overview

M. Farooq, M. Hussain, A. Wahid, K.H.M. Siddique

I. Morphological and Anatomical Responses

Chapter 2. Functional significance of morpho-anatomical traits in adaptive strategies against drought.

V. De Micco, G. Aronne

Chapter 3. Xylem cavitation and embolism in plants living in water-limited ecosystems.

A. Vilagrosa, E. Chirino, J. Peguero, T.S. Barigah, H. Cochard, E. Gil-Peregr?n

II. Physiological Responses

Chapter 4. Regulation of root water uptake under drought stress conditions.

R. Aroca, J.M. Ruiz-Lozano

Chapter 5. The response of photosynthesis to soil water stress.

J. Flexas, A. Gall?, J. Galm?s, M. Ribas-Carbo, H. Medrano

Chapter 6. Water use strategies of plants under drought conditions.

E.L.V.A. Bacelar, J.M. Moutinho-Pereira, B.M.C. Gon?alves, C.V.Q. Brito, J. Gomes-Laranjo, H.M.F. Ferreira, C.M. Correia

Chapter 7. Drought effects on nutrient uptake and assimilation in vegetable crops.

Y. Rouphael, M. Cardarelli, D. Schwarz, P. Franken, G. Colla

III. Biochemical and Molecular Responses

Chapter 8. Osmotic adjustment under drought conditions.

G.J. Sanders, S.K. Arndt

Chapter 9. Antioxidant defenses against drought.

I. Hern?ndez, J. Cela, L. Alegr?, S. Munn?-Bosch

Chapter 10. Understanding and exploiting plant hormone biology to enhance crop production under water scarcity.

W.J. Davies, S. Wilkinson

Chapter 11. Genome-wide transcriptional re-programming under drought stress

H. Chen, L. Xiong

IV. Ecophysiological Responses

Chapter 12. Drought response in forest tree species: from the species to the gene.

I. Aranda, E. Gil-Pelegr?n, A. Gasc?, M.A. Guevara, J. Cano, M. De Miguel, J.A. Ram?rez-Valiente, J.J. Peguero-Pina, P. Perdiguero, A. Soto, M. Cervera, C. Collada

Chapter 13. Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis to plant drought tolerance. State of the art.

J.M. Ruiz-Lozano, R. Porcel, G. B?rzana, R. Azc?n, R. Aroca

Chapter 14. Future environmental constraints of drought and elevated CO2 will limit yield in N2 fixing alfalfa.

G. Erice, A. Sanz-S?ez, I. Aranjuelo, J.J. Irigoyen, M. S?nchez-D?az

Chapter 15. Promotion of plant drought tolerance by microbes.

Y.C. Kim, B.R. Glick, Y. Bashan, C.M. Ryu

V. Field Responses

Chapter 16. Physiology of the yield under drought: lessons from studies with lupin.

J.A. Palta, J.D. Berger, H. Bramley

Chapter 17. Drought in deciduous fruit trees: implications for yield and fruit quality.

G. L?pez, M.H. Behboudian, J. Girona, J. Marsal

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642430619
• ISBN13: 9783642430619
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"