Growth and Defence in Plants Resource Allocation at Multiple Scales /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Matyssek, Rainer (Editor), Schnyder, Hans (Editor), Oßwald, Wolfgang (Editor), Ernst, Dieter (Editor), Munch, Jean Charles (Editor), Pretzsch, Hans (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 220
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant ecology.; Forestry.; Plant genetics.; Plant pathology.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Plants use resources, i.e. carbon, nutrients, water and energy, either for growth or to defend themselves from biotic and abiotic stresses. This volume provides a timely understanding of resource allocation and its regulation in plants, linking the molecular with biochemical and physiological-level...