Environmental Adaptations and Stress Tolerance of Plants in the Era of Climate Change

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ahmad, Parvaiz (Editor), Prasad, M.N.V (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Climate change.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Climate change is a complex phenomenon with a wide range of impacts on the environment. Biotic and abiotic stress are a result of climate change.  Abiotic stress is caused by primary and secondary stresses which are an impediment to plant productivity. Prolonged exposure to these stresses results in...