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Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in Agriculture: Role of Genetic Engineering

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Editors:
  1. Joe H. Cherry

    1. Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, USA

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  2. Robert D. Locy

    1. Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, USA

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  3. Anna Rychter

    1. Institute of Experimental Plant Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3 (ASHT, volume 83)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. High Temperature Stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Functional Specialization of Plant Class A and B HSFs

      • Eva Czarnecka-Vemer, Songqin Pan, Chao Xing Yuan, William B. Gurley
      Pages 3-28

    3. The Arabidopsis TCH Genes: Regulated in Expression by Mechanotransduction?

      • Janet Braam
      Pages 29-37

    4. The Regulation of GABA Accumulation by Heat Stress in Arabidopsis

      • R. D. Locy, S-J. Wu, J. Bisnette, T. W. Barger, D. McNabb, M. Zik et al.
      Pages 39-52

    5. GABA Increases the Rate of Nitrate Uptake and Utilization in Arabidopsis Roots

      • Jose M. Barbosa, R. D. Locy, T. W. Barger, N. K. Singh, Joe H. Cherry
      Pages 53-63

  3. Low Temperature Stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. MAP Kinases in Plant Signal Transduction: VersatileTools for Signaling Stress, Cell Cycle, and More

      • Claudia Jonak, Stefan Kiegerl, Wilco Ligteri, Christine Siligan, Emmanuel Baudouin, John Beyerly et al.
      Pages 67-79

    3. The Second Stage of Plant Acclimation to Low Temperatures: the Forgotten Step in Frost Hardening?

      • Aina Kacperslda
      Pages 81-94

    4. Genetic Engineering of Biosynthesis of Glycinebetaine Enhances Tolerance to Various Stress

      • Atsushi Sakamoto, Hidenori Hayashi, Alia Tony, H. H. Chen, Norio Murata
      Pages 95-104

  4. Salinity Stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Salt Tolerance at the Whole-Plant Level

      • Anthony R. Yeo, Mikiko L. Koyama, Sudhakar Chinta, Timothy J. Flowers
      Pages 107-123

    3. Plant homologues to the yeast halotolerance gene HAL3

      • Ana Espinosa-Ruiz, Mari Cruz Cutanda, Carlos Romero, Carolina Cortina, Carmen Aguado, Jose M. Bettis et al.
      Pages 125-129

    4. Novel Determinants of Salinity Tolerance

      • Narendra K. Singh, Sagadevan G. Mundree, Robert D. Locy
      Pages 131-138

    5. Progress and Prospects in Engineering Crops for Osmoprotectant Synthesis

      • Bala Rathinasabapathi
      Pages 139-154

  5. Drought Stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. PLANT AP2/EREBP AND bZIP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

      • Claudia Nieva, Dimosthenis Kizis, Adela Goday, Victoria Lumbreras, Montserrat Pagès
      Pages 157-180

    3. Role of Arabidopsis MYB transcription factors in osmotic stress

      • Eleonora Cominelli, Giuliana Gusmaroli, Lucio Conti, Domenico Allegra, Katia Petroni, Chiara Tonelli
      Pages 181-194

    4. Gene Expression during Dehydration in the Resurrection Plant Craterostigma plantagineum

      • Jonathan R. Phillips, Dorothea Bartels
      Pages 195-199

    5. Some Physiological and Molecular Insights into the Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance in the Resurrection Plant Xerophyta viscosa Baker

      • Sagadevan G. Mundree, Jill M. Farrant
      Pages 201-222
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Keywords

About this book

Environmental stresses represent the most limiting factors for agricultural productivity worldwide. These stresses impact not only current crop species, they are also significant barriers to the introduction of crop plants into areas that are not currently being used for agriculture. Stresses associated with temperature, salinity and drought, singly or in combination, are likely to enhance the severity of problems to which plants will be exposed in the coming decades.
The present book brings together contributions from many laboratories around the world to discuss and compare our current knowledge of the role stress genes play in plant stress tolerance. In addition, strategies are discussed to introduce these genes and the processes that they encode into economically important crops, and the effect this will have on plant productivity.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, USA

    Joe H. Cherry, Robert D. Locy

  • Institute of Experimental Plant Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Anna Rychter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in Agriculture: Role of Genetic Engineering

  • Editors: Joe H. Cherry, Robert D. Locy, Anna Rychter

  • Series Title: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4323-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6566-2Published: 30 September 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6567-9Published: 30 September 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4323-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1388-6576

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 360

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Agriculture, Biochemistry, general, Plant Sciences

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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