Drought tolerance in crops: physiology to genomics / Lakshmi Praba Manavalan and Henry T. Nguyen --;Reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress in plants / Vadim Demidchik --;Salinity stress: physiological constraints and adaptive mechanisms / Sergey Shabala and Rana Munns --;Chilling stress / Eric Ruelland and Sylvie Collin --;Heat stress / Anthony E. Hall --;Frost tolerance in plants / Lawrence V. Gusta and Michael Wisniewski --;Flooding tolerance in plants / Chiara Pucciariello and Pierdomenico Perata --;Plant adaptations to aluminium toxicity / Peter R. Ryan and Emmanuel Delhaize --;Soil pH extremes / Andre Läuchli and Stephen R. Grattan --;Heavy metal toxicity in plants / Philip J. White --;Desiccation tolerance / Jill M. Farrant, Keren Cooper, and Hanlie Nell --;UV-B radiation: from stressor to regulatory signal / Marcel A.K. Jansen --;Biotic stress signalling: calcium mediated pathogen defence programs / Yi Ma and Gerald A. Berkowitz.
This book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge on all aspects of plant's perception, signalling and adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses such as drought, salinity, temperature and pH extremes, waterlogging, oxidative stress, and pathogens.