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Genes for plant abiotic stress / editors, Matthew A. Jenks, Andrew J. Wood. - Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010. - xiii, 314 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetic determinants of stomatal function / Song Li and Sarah M. Assmann -- Pathways and genetic determinants for cell wall-based osmotic stress tolerance in the arabidopsis thaliana root system / Hisashi Koiwa -- Transcription and signaling factors in the drought response regulatory network / Matthew Geisler -- Genetic determinants of salinity tolerance in crop plants / Darren Plett, Bettina Berger and Mark Tester -- Unraveling the mechanisms underlying aluminum dependent root growth inhibition / Paul B. Larsen -- Genetic determinants of phosphate use efficiency in crops / Fulgencio Alatorre-Cobos, Damar López-Arredondo and Luis Herrera-Estrella -- Genes for use in improving nitrate use efficiency in crops / David A. Lightfoot -- Genes and gene regulation for low temperature tolerance / Mantas Survila, Pekka Heino and E. Tapio Palva -- Genetic approaches toward improving heat tolerance in plants / Mamatha Hanumappa and Henry T. Nguyen -- Genetic networks underlying plant abiotic stress responses / Arjun Krishnan ... [et al.] -- Discovering genes for abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants / Michael Popelka, Mitchell Tuinstra and Clifford F. Weil.

ISBN: 9780813815022 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009031844

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Crops--Effect of stress on.
Crop improvement.
Crops and climate.
Crops--Physiology.
Crops--Development.

LC Class. No.: SB112.5 / .G46 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 632/.1

National Agricultural Library Call No.: SB112.5 / G46 2010