Stress Responses in Plants Mechanisms of Toxicity and Tolerance /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tripathi, Bhumi Nath (Editor), Müller, Maria (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Pharmacology.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

This collection discusses the variety of specific molecular reactions by means of which plants respond to physiological and toxic stress conditions. It focuses on the characterization of the molecular mechanisms that underlie the induction of toxicity and the triggered responses and resistances. The...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction to stress in plants
• Mechanism of heavy metal toxicity and tolerance
• Mechanism of aluminium toxicity and tolerance
• Mechanism of arsenic toxicity and tolerance
• Mechanism of salt toxicity and tolerance
• Mechanism of drought stress and tolerance
• Mechanism of light stress and tolerance
• Mechanism of temperature stress and tolerance
• Mechanism of flood stress and tolerance
• Mechanism of UV-B stress and tolerance.