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OverviewUnderstanding how plants tolerate drought, with a view to plant breeding, is a difficult challenge. Before considering the variability of drought and adaptation strategies, interdisciplinary approaches are necessary to identify mechanisms acting from the molecule to the species level leading to drought adaptation. Coordinating results obtained at different levels of perception into a global analysis allows the identification of the emergent properties of drought tolerance. In this book 11 reviews present the state of the art in this subject of drought tolerance. After defining drought and drought tolerance in the wild and in crops, responses and adaptations to drought are analyzed at different levels of organization (molecule, cell, organ and whole plant). The strategies and difficulties of drought tolerance breeding are described and the possibilities of improvement using new tools are proposed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: E. BelhassenPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Reprinted from PLANT GROWTH REGULATION, 20:2, 1996 Weight: 0.437kg ISBN: 9780792341239ISBN 10: 0792341236 Pages: 104 Publication Date: 31 December 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsDrought and drought tolerance.- The diversity of drought adaptation in the wide.- Drought perception by plants. Do cells of droughted plants experience water stress?.- Drought signal transduction in plants.- Responses of plants to dehydration stress: a molecular analysis.- Plant cellular responses to water deficit.- Mutants as tools to understand cellular and molecular drought tolerance mechanisms.- Crop responses to drought and the interpretation of adaptation.- Drought as a challenge for the plant breeder.- Defining selection criteria to improve yield under drought.- New molecular tools to improve the efficiency of breeding for increased drought resistance.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |