Plants under Stress
Subtitle: Biochemistry, Physiology and Ecology and their Application to Plant Improvement (Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series)
Contributors: Hamlyn G. Jones (Editor); T. J. Flowers (Editor); M. B. Jones (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 1, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780521050371
Subjects: Plant physiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - General; Life Sciences - Botany; Science / Botany; Technology : Agriculture - General
First sentence: The study of plant responses to stress has been a central feature of environmental physiologists' attempts to understand how plants function in their natural environment and in particular to explain patterns of plant distribution and their performance along environmental gradients (Osmond et al., 1987).