Turkan Plant Responses to Drought and Salinity stress

Developments in a Post-Genomic Era
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-12-387682-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 57, 592 Seiten

Reihe: Advances in Botanical Research

Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences. Currently in its 57th volume, the series features a wide range of reviews by recognized experts on all aspects of plant genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and ecology. This thematic volume describes developments in understanding of plant responses to drought and salinity in post-genomic and are evaluated by world wide- known experts. - Multidisciplinary reviews written from a broad range of scientific perspectives - For over 40 years, series has enjoyed a reputation for excellence - Contributors internationally recognized authorities in their respective fields

Autoren/Hrsg.

Turkan, Ismail

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Plant Responses to Drought and Salinity Stress: Developments in a Post-Genomic Era;4
3;Copyright;5
4;Contents;6
5;Contributors to Volume 57;12
6;Preface;16
7;Contents of Volumes 35–56;20
8;Chapter 1: Plant Adaptations to Salt and Water Stress...;38
8.1;I. Introduction;39
8.2;II. Whole Plant Responses to Water and Salt Stress: Commonalities and Differences;41
8.3;III. Mechanisms of Drought and Salinity Tolerance;43
8.4;IV. Adaptations, Traits and QTLs;48
8.5;V. Growth Studies and Experimental Design;57
8.6;VI. Phenotyping;61
8.7;VII. Conclusions;63
8.8;References;63
9;Chapter 2: Recent Advances in Understanding the Regulation of Whole-Plant Growth Inhibition by Salinity, Drought and Colloid Stress;70
9.1;I. Introduction;71
9.2;II. Plant Growth and Survival During Moderate and Severe Salinity Stress;74
9.3;III. Plant Growth During Moderate Water Stress Episodes;77
9.4;IV. Whole-Plant Water Availability and Growth Can also be Limited by Colloid Stress;81
9.5;References;81
10;Chapter 3: Recent Advances in Photosynthesis Under Drought and Salinity;86
10.1;I. Introduction;87
10.2;II. Studying Drought and Salinity Effects on Photosynthesis;89
10.3;III. Photosynthetic Limitations Under Water and Saline Stress;93
10.4;IV. Is Water Use Optimized by the Leaves Under Water Deficits?;103
10.5;V. How are Stomata and Photosynthetic Genes Regulated?;104
10.6;VI. Improving Carbon Fixation Under Environmental Stress?;116
10.7;VII. Conclusions and Future Prospects;118
10.8;Acknowledgments;119
10.9;References;120
11;Chapter 4: Plants in Extreme Environments...;142
11.1;I. Introduction;143
11.2;II. Global Metabolic Consequences of Osmotic Stress;144
11.3;III. Osmoprotective Compounds;147
11.4;IV. Osmoprotective Compounds and Adaptation to Extreme Environments;162
11.5;V. Conclusions;167
11.6;Acknowledgments;169
11.7;References;170
12;Chapter 5: Ion Transport in Halophytes;188
12.1;I. Introduction;189
12.2;II. Anatomical and Morphological Features;194
12.3;III. Whole-Plant Ionic Relations;199
12.4;IV. Radial Ion Transport in Halophytes;203
12.5;V. Xylem Ion Loading;208
12.6;VI. Unloading and Ion Transport in Leaves;210
12.7;VII. Ion Transport in Guard Cells;214
12.8;VIII. Salt Glands and Bladders;218
12.9;IX. Oxidative Signalling and Damage Repair in Halophytes;219
12.10;X. Conclusions and Perspectives;223
12.11;Acknowledgments;224
12.12;References;224
13;Chapter 6: The Regulatory Networks of Plant Responses to Abscisic Acid;238
13.1;I. Introduction;239
13.2;II. ABA Biosynthesis and Catabolism;240
13.3;III. ABA Transport and Localisation for Intercellular Signalling;244
13.4;IV. Intracellular Signal Transduction in ABA Responses;249
13.5;V. Emergence of the Core Signalling Pathway;266
13.6;VI. Perspectives;269
13.7;References;270
14;Chapter 7: Molecular Mechanisms of Abscisic Acid Action in Plants and Its Potential Applications to Human Health;286
14.1;I. Introduction;287
14.2;II. ABA as a Positive and Negative Regulator in Plant Growth;289
14.3;III. ABA Circulation in the Plant;290
14.4;IV. Membrane Transport in Guard Cells;290
14.5;V. The ABA Receptors;293
14.6;VI. The Soluble PYR Signalling Complex is Part of a Short Phospho-Relay Cascade;299
14.7;VII. ABA Controls Rapid Drought Adaptive Responses by Modification of Selective Transport Across the Plasma Membrane...;301
14.8;VIII. Targets of SnRK2s in Medium-Term ABA Responses-Gene Expression and Chromatin Modelling;306
14.9;IX. Epigenetics in ABA Regulation;308
14.10;X. Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in ABA Signalling;309
14.11;XI. Root Growth in Response to Environment;310
14.12;XII. ABA is Conserved in Evolution and has Potential to Improve Human Health;313
14.13;XIII. Concluding Remarks;315
14.14;Acknowledgments;318
14.15;References;318
15;Chapter 8: Signalling Strategies During Drought and Salinity, Recent News;330
15.1;I. Introduction;331
15.2;II. Osmosensors;334
15.3;III. Signalling Components Involved During Salt and Drought Stress;336
15.4;IV. Concluding Remarks;343
15.5;References;344
16;Chapter 9: An Overview of the Current Understanding of Desiccation Tolerance in the Vegetative Tissues of Higher Plants;356
16.1;I. Introduction;357
16.2;II. Global Stresses Caused by Desiccation and Associated Protective Mechanisms;358
16.3;III. Proteomics;367
16.4;IV. Metabolomics;374
16.5;V. Concluding remarks;374
16.6;References;375
17;Chapter 10: Root Tropism...;386
17.1;I. Introduction;387
17.2;II. Plant Responses to Water Stress;388
17.3;III. Mechanisms for Root Hydrotropism and its Possible Functions in Drought Avoidance;391
17.4;IV. Mechanisms for Other Root Tropisms Related to Drought Avoidance;398
17.5;V. Conclusions and Perspectives;403
17.6;Acknowledgments;404
17.7;References;405
18;Chapter 11: Roles of Circadian Clock in Developmental Controls and Stress Responses in Arabidopsis...;414
18.1;I. Introduction;415
18.2;II. ELF3, a Novel Protein without Significant Similarity to any Known Proteins;417
18.3;III. Roles of ELF3 in Light Signalling;420
18.4;IV. Roles of ELF3 in the Control of Flowering Time;424
18.5;V. Roles of ELF3 and Other Clock Proteins in Stress Tolerance;428
18.6;VI. Perspectives;431
18.7;Acknowledgments;434
18.8;References;434
19;Chapter 12: Engineering Salinity and Water-Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants: Getting Closer to the Field;442
19.1;I. Introduction;444
19.2;II. Plant Responses to Drought and Salinity Stress;445
19.3;III. Engineering of Drought and Salinity-Tolerant Crop Plants;447
19.4;IV. Conclusions and Perspectives;468
19.5;Acknowledgments;469
19.6;References;469
20;Chapter 13: Drought Stress...;482
20.1;I. Introduction;483
20.2;II. The Molecular Biology of Drought;484
20.3;III. Transcriptional Regulation of Drought;497
20.4;IV. Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Drought;499
20.5;V. Molecular Methods of Drought Research;501
20.6;VI. Conclusion;509
20.7;References;510
21;Author Index;532
22;Subject Index;582