Plant Ecophysiology

Twenty-nine, prominent, international researchers provide contributions which deal with understanding the basic ecophysiological and molecular principles governing the functioning of plant systems in relation to their environment. Divided into two headings: biotic and abiotic; the first consists of abiotic, natural environmental factors--light, ultraviolet radiation, chilling and freezing, high temperatures, drought, flooding, salt and trace metals. The latter half presents anthropogenic aspects including allelochemicals, herbicides, polyamines, air pollutants, carbon dioxide, radioisotopes and fire.

M. N. V. Prasad, PhD, is a Professor of Environmental Biology at the University of Hyderabad, India, and is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of six books and more than 170 research papers on environmental botany and heavy metal stress in plants. Dr. Prasad is an elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, England, and the National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi, India; life member of the National Institute of Ecology and the Bioenergy Society of India; and a member of the International Allelopathy Society and the Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research.

Preface

vii

PART 1 NATURAL, ABIOTIC FACTORS

1

(250)

1. Light

3

(38)

Yanhong Tang

2. UV-B Radiation

41

(20)

G. Kulandaivelu

K. Lingakumar

A. Premkumar

3. Chiling and Freezing

61

(40)

Louis-P. Vezina

Jean-Marc Ferullo

Gilles Laliberte

Serge Laberge

Claude Willemot

4. High Temperature

101

(28)

Sneh Lata Singla

Ashwani Pareek

Anil Grover

5. Drought

129

(22)

Helena M.O. Freitas

6. Flooding

151

(22)

Richard N. Arteca

7. Salt

173

(34)

Jurgen Hagemeyer

8. Trace Metals

207

(44)

M.N.V. Prasad

PART 2 ANTHROPOGENIC, BIOTIC FACTORS

251

(268)

9. Allelochemicals

253

(52)

S. Rama Devi

F. Pellissier

M.N.V. Prasad

10. Herbicides

305

(38)

Gerard Merlin

11. Polyamines

343

(18)

Manchikatla V. Rajam

12. Air Pollutants

375

(18)

Bruce N. Smith

C. Mel Lytle

13. Carbon Dioxide

393

(64)

Kazimierz Strzatka

Pieter Ketner

14. Radionuclides

457

(36)

Noriyuki Momoshina

15. Fire

493

(26)

P.S. Ramakrishnan

K.G. Saxena

A.K. Das

K.S. Rao

Index of Plant Names

519

(7)

Subject Index

526

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