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Plants under stress : biochemistry, physiology, and ecology and their application to plant improvement

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

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Additional authors
  1. Jones, Hamlyn G.
  2. Flowers, T. J. (Timothy J.)
  3. Jones, M. B. (Michael B.), 1946-
Description
  1. ix, 257 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Society for Experimental Biology seminar series ; 39
Uniform title
  1. Seminar series (Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)) ; 39.
Subject
  1. Crops > Effect of stress on > Congresses
  2. Plants > Effect of stress on > Congresses
  3. Plant breeding > Congresses
  4. Crops > Effect of stress on
  5. Plant breeding
  6. Plants > Effect of stress on
  7. Kongress
  8. Pflanzen
  9. Pflanzenzüchtung
  10. Stress
  11. Stressreaktion
  12. Plantes > Amélioration génétique
  13. Plantes, effets des contraintes de croissance sur les
  14. Kongreß
Genre/Form
  1. Conference papers and proceedings.
  2. Lancaster (Lancashire, 1988)
Contents
  1. Introduction: some terminology and common mechanisms / H.G. Jones and M.B. Jones -- The impact of environmental stresses on ecosystems / F.I. Woodward -- Whole-plant responses to stress in natural and agricultural systems / J.P. Grime -- Photosynthesis and gas exchange / G.D. Farquhar [and others] -- Regulation of growth and development of plants growing with a restricted supply of water / R.E. Sharp and W.J. Davies -- Stresses, membranes and cell walls / R.G. Wyn Jones and J. Pritchard -- Desiccation injury, anhydrobiosis and survival / G.R. Stewart -- Molecular biology: application to studies of stress tolerance / S.G. Hughes, J.A. Bryant and N. Smirnoff -- Environmental control of gene expression and stress proteins in plants / Tuan-Hua David Ho and M.M. Sachs -- Plant tissue and protoplast culture: applications to stress physiology and biochemistry / D.W. Rains -- Breeding methods for drought resistance / A. Blum -- Selection for physiological character -- examples from breeding for salt tolerance / A.R. Yeo and T.J. Flowers -- Prospects for improving crop production in stressful environments / R.B. Austin.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.