Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress Book

	Preface
	Contributors
Pt. I	Soil Salinity, Sodicity, Low/High pH, and Soil Nutrient Deficiency Problems
1	Soil Salinity and Sodicity as Particular Plant/Crop Stress Factors	1
2	Influence of Sodium on Soils of Humid Regions	17
3	Impact of Soil pH on Nutrient Uptake by Crop Plants	51
4	Plant Adaptation to Phosphorus-Limited Tropical Soils	61
Pt. II	Plants, Crops, and Stressful Conditions
5	Mechanisms Involved in Salt Tolerance of Plants	97
6	Plants in Saline Environments	125
Pt. III	Plant and Crop Responses under Salt, Drought, Heat, Temperature, Light, and other Stressful Conditions
7	Germination of Seeds and Propagules Under Salt Stress	153
8	Crop Response and Management of Salt-Affected Soils	169
9	Mineral Nutrient Acquisition and Response by Plants Grown in Saline Environments	203
10	Plant Response to Water-Deficit Conditions	231
11	Constraints by Water Stress on Plant Growth	271
12	Nutrient Uptake by Plants Under Stress Conditions	285
13	Photosynthesis Under Stress: Stress Signals and Adaptive Response of Chloroplasts	315
14	The Effect of High-Temperature Stress on the Photosynthetic Apparatus	337
15	Altered Nitrogen Metabolism Under Environmental Stress Conditions	349
16	Protein Synthesis by Plants Under Stressful Conditions	365
17	Heat-Shock Proteins and Temperature Stress	399
18	Growth, Respiration Rate, and Efficiency Responses to Temperature	417
19	The Effect of Low Temperatures on the Structure of Plant Cells	441
20	Carotenoids and Stress in Higher Plants and Algae	465
21	Light Stress: Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis in Plants Under Natural Conditions	483
22	Photooxidative Stress in Higher Plants	499
23	Photosynthetic Pigment Metabolism in Plants During Stress	527
24	Photoinhibition of Photosystem II in Leaves: Stress, Acclimation, or Regulatory Response?	545
25	Oxidative Damage to Proteins in Plants	555
Pt. IV	Plant and Crop Responses under Pollution Stress
26	Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Heavy Metal Stresses	569
27	Effect of Atmospheric Pollution, with Special Reference to Ozone, on Plants Under Normal and Saline Conditions	599
Pt. V	Plant and Crop Responses under Agrichemical Stress Conditions
28	Herbicide-Mediated Changes in the Population and Activity of Root-Associated Microorganisms: A Potential Cause of Plant Stress	613
29	Photodynamic Herbicides Affecting Structure and Function of the Photosynthetic Apparatus	625
Pt. VI	Molecular Biology and Microbiological Aspects of Plant Responses under Salt, Drought, and other Environmental Stress Conditions
30	Molecular Responses to Water-Deficit Stress in Woody Plants	641
31	DNA Content, Water Relations; and Environmental Stress in Gymnosperms	659
32	Osmoregulatory Role of Proline in Plants Exposed to Environmental Stresses	675
33	Glutathione and Its Central Role in Mitigating Plant Stress	697
34	Plant Hormones and Stress Phenomena	709
35	Abscisic Acid - A Hormonal Long-Distance Stress Signal in Plants Under Drought and Salt Stress	731
36	Changes in Gene Expression in Response to Ultraviolet B-Induced Stress	749
37	Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Responses to Elevated Levels of Tropospheric Ozone	769
Pt. VII	Genetic Factors and Plant/Crop Stress
38	Genetic Factors Affecting Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants	795
Pt. VIII	Examples of Empirical Investigations of Specific Plants and Crops Grown under Salt, Drought, and other Environmental Stress Conditions
39	Response of Green Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to Salt Stress	827
40	Salt and Drought Stress Effects on Metabolic Regulation in Maize	843
41	Water Stress and Alfalfa Production	879
42	Salinity Tolerance in Turfgrasses	891
43	Stress in Wildland Plants: Implications for Ecosystem Structure and Function	907
44	Response of Woody Species to Salinity	931
45	Photosynthetic Responses of Citrus to Environmental Changes	947
46	Ecophysiology of Ajuga reptans L. at the Northern Boundary of Its Distribution	963
Pt. IX	Future Promises: Plant and Crop Adaptation and Cultivation under Stressful Conditions
47	Adaptation of Plants to Anthropogenic and Environmental Stresses: The Effects of Air Constituents and Plant-Protective Chemicals	973
48	Ecophysiological Adaptations and Genetic Variability in Mangroves	1011
49	Advances in Water Relation and Moisture Stress Studies of Plants	1029
50	Crop Responses to Salt Stress: Seawater Application and Prospects	1041
51	Strategies and Scope for Improving Salinity Tolerance in Crop Plants	1069
Pt. X	Climatic Changes, Elevated Carbon Dioxide, and Plant/Crop Responses
52	Plant and Crop Response to Trends in Climatic Changes	1089
53	Leaf Development and Acclimation to Elevated CO[subscript 2]	1129
54	Changes in CO[subscript 2] Levels and Their Stress Effects on Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation	1137
55	Effect of Increased Atmospheric CO[subscript 2] Concentration on Water-Use Efficiency of Plants	1163
Pt. XI	Beneficial Aspects of Stress
56	Beneficial Aspects of Stress on Plants	1185
	Index	1199