Water Stress

Edited by Ismail Md. Mofizur Rahman and Hiroshi Hasegawa, ISBN 978-953-307-963-9, Hard cover, 300 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: January 25, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Agricultural and Biological Sciences
DOI: 10.5772/1419

Plants experience water stress either when the water supply to their roots becomes limiting, or when the transpiration rate becomes intense. Water stress is primarily caused by a water deficit, such as a drought or high soil salinity. Each year, water stress on arable plants in different parts of the world disrupts agriculture and food supply with the final consequence: famine. Hence, the ability to withstand such stress is of immense economic importance. Plants try to adapt to the stress conditions with an array of biochemical and physiological interventions. This multi-authored edited compilation puts forth an all-inclusive picture on the mechanism and adaptation aspects of water stress. The prime objective of the book is to deliver a thoughtful mixture of viewpoints which will be useful to workers in all areas of plant sciences. We trust that the material covered in this book will be valuable in building strategies to counter water stress in plants.

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